When American Motors introduced the Javelin in 1968, they presented a car that was like no other car in their lineup at the time. Designed to compete with the soaring sales of the Ford Mustang and the one-year-old Chevy...

After a successful initial year in 1968, AMC changed very little about the Javelin for the 1969 year model. Minor trim changes and a slightly altered engine lineup were virtually all that distinguished the 1969 year models from the...

While many cars will find themselves in a holding pattern in the year model before they undergo a restyle, the 1970 Javelin had quite a few thing separating it from the previous two year models, which were very similar...

In his book, “Collectible Cars,” Richard M. Langworth describes the look that head designer Richard A. Teague gave to the original first-generation Javelins: “Teague managed to endow the Javelin with what he termed the wet T-shirt look: voluptuous curves...

While there were some slight differences in the 1972 models as compared to 1971 cars, which were the first of the second-generation Javelins, perhaps the biggest story was the new warranty plan, which was applied to all AMC cars....

After the redesigned second-generation Javelins were introduced in 1971, little changed about the cars from year to year until they were discontinued during the 1974 model year. Most changes that did occur were in response to ever-tightening government safety...

Following the trend of most pony cars, 1974 marked the end of the Javelin. The 1974 Javelin basically was a carbon copy of the 1973 model, which itself was very similar to the original second-generation Javelin that had been...