Originally posted by Realtruth
The AMC "Pacer".....God! What an ugly car. The thing that really gets me about the "Pacer" was that, at the time, it was actually touted as
being a car that designed for people. For example, the driver side door was four inches shorter than the passenger door. This would allow for easier
entry and egress for passengers while allowing for the fact that the drivers door would have lower "street side" profile.
This certainly did sound good at the time. What those AMC engineers didn't account for was that the driver side door kept hitting the curb or
sidewalk.
A friend of mine had a pacer during the period when this car was new and it was, indeed, a lemon. My buddy's Pacer had fabric seats -- the color of
the seats would actually bleed through to one's clothes! Whoa to anyone wearing white !
