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In mid-1968, soon after American Motors had decided to drop its Javelin-based two-seat AMX, then-Chairman Gerry Meyers commissioned Italian design house Giugiaro to prepare a mid-engine sports car styling prototype and told AMC styling chief **** Teague to do an alternative design in-house. Teague's far better AMX/2 concept prevailed and was displayed at the 1969 Chicago Auto Show. Both press and public reactions were strongly positive.
The design was further developed into the even better-looking AMX/3, and a serious effort was launched to move it to production at a reasonable cost. When soon-to-come federal bumper regulations and other issues inflated the cost to well beyond volume viability, the program was scaled down to an initial run of just 30 cars to be built by Italian coachbuilder Giotto Bizzarrini, then dropped entirely after only five cars were completed. A sixth unauthorized AMX/3 was put together in Italy from a spare body and parts acquired from a subcontractor.
This example, chassis number 4, was one of the three sold to **** Teague by AMC after the project was canceled. Teague later sold the car to George Doughtie Jr., who then sold it to the Prisma Collection. The current owner acquired it in 2003 after seeing a small ad in Hemmings Motor News. Since then, it has been restored and its original engine was reunited with the car.
The design was further developed into the even better-looking AMX/3, and a serious effort was launched to move it to production at a reasonable cost. When soon-to-come federal bumper regulations and other issues inflated the cost to well beyond volume viability, the program was scaled down to an initial run of just 30 cars to be built by Italian coachbuilder Giotto Bizzarrini, then dropped entirely after only five cars were completed. A sixth unauthorized AMX/3 was put together in Italy from a spare body and parts acquired from a subcontractor.
This example, chassis number 4, was one of the three sold to **** Teague by AMC after the project was canceled. Teague later sold the car to George Doughtie Jr., who then sold it to the Prisma Collection. The current owner acquired it in 2003 after seeing a small ad in Hemmings Motor News. Since then, it has been restored and its original engine was reunited with the car.
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