American Motors Corporation
The AMC Rebel (known as the Rambler Rebel in 1967) is a midsized car produced by American Motors Corporation (AMC) from the 1967 until the 1970 model year. It replaced the Rambler Classic. A similar AMC Matador line replaced the Rebel models, starting with the 1971 model year. The Rebel was positioned as the high-volume seller in the independent automaker's line of models. The Rebel was also available in several specialty models, including station wagons featuring themed trim and luxury equipment offered only in selected geographical regions.
A high-performance, low-priced muscle car version was produced in 1970, the Machine, which is most recognized in its flamboyant white, red, and blue trim. The Rebel is the shorter-wheelbase, intermediate-sized version of the longer-wheelbase, full-sized Ambassador line. The Rebel was built at AMC's West Assembly Line (along with the Ambassador) in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and in Brampton, Ontario, Canada (Bramalea – Brampton Assembly Plant). The Rebel was also assembled from Complete Knock-down (CKD) kits under license in Europe (by Renault in 1967), in Mexico (by Vehiculos Automotores Mexicanos), in Costa Rica by Purdy Motor; and from Semi Knockdown kits (SKD) in Australia (by Australian Motor Industries), and in New Zealand (by Campbell Motor Industries). Although the Rambler name was discontinued on the Rebel in the U.S. and Canadian markets after the 1967 model year, the cars continued to be sold in international markets under the historic "Rambler" brand.
From the Wikipedia article AMC Rebel, CC BY-SA.
The AMC Rebel is one of 23 American Motors Corporation models in the MotorJury library, the catalogue that sets out to hold every car ever made — production, prototype and concept alike. The record places its introduction in 1967. The photography on this page is hotlinked from Wikimedia Commons under an open licence, with the photographer credited on every frame.
To read the AMC Rebel properly it helps to place it in its decade. The 1960s were the decade of the pony car, the mid-engined revolution and the birth of the modern hot hatchback's ancestors — engineering advanced faster than in any decade before it. Any car launched into that world was shaped by it — by what materials, engineering and regulation allowed, and by what buyers of the day demanded. Its direct contemporaries in this catalogue, introduced within three years of it, include the Pontiac Pontiac Firebird, the Lamborghini Lamborghini Miura, the Peugeot Peugeot 504 — the cars a buyer of the period would actually have cross-shopped.
On paper, the AMC Rebel reads like this: the record lists its engine as 232 CID I6 145 or 155 hp / 252 CID I6 170 hp (Mexico) / 290 CID V8 220 hp (1967–1969) / 304 CID V8 210 hp (1970 only) / 343 CID V8 235 or 280 hp (1967–1969) / 360 CID V8 245 or 290; kerb weight is recorded at 3500 lb approx.; drive goes through 3-speed Manual transmission / manual / 3-speed with Overdrive (mechanics) / overdrive / 4-speed manual floor or console / 3-speed Automatic transmission / automatic on column / 3-s; the layout is FR layout. Every figure above is a manufacturer specification carried by the Wikipedia infobox or the open Wikidata record for this model — nothing on this page is estimated, and where a source is silent the row simply does not appear.
Within American Motors Corporation's own catalogue the AMC Rebel sits alongside the AMC AMX, the AMC AMX-GT, the AMC AMX/3, the AMC Ambassador. The record names the Rambler Classic as its predecessor and the AMC Matador as its successor, fixing its place in the model line's chronology. Assembly is recorded at United States: Kenosha, Wisconsin (Kenosha Engine) / Australia: Port Melbourne, Victoria / Port Melbourne (Australian Motor Industries / AMI) / Belgium: Haren, Brussels / Haren (Vi.
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