“American Motors’ designers were real car enthusiasts, and they wanted the company to offer a special Gremlin model for enthusiasts circa 1970, something they dubbed the Gremlin GT.”
WHEN DICK TEAGUE sketched out–on the back of an air-sickness bag, no less–his idea for an American subcompact car, he was making both history and legend. The small car that grew from that sketch became the American Motors Gremlin.
Launched on April Fool’s Day in 1970, the
