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Nobody else makes a car like this. The AMX idea is totally new.
    It's a 2-seater sports car for people who love sports cars, but don't love costly special tune-ups and constant upkeep.
    Priced at under $3,300*, the AMX gives you the sheer fun and maneuverability of a foreign sports car costing thousands more. Plus the easy maintenance of an American family car.
    Most features you'd expect to be extras are standard: a short throw all-synchromesh 4-on-the-floor, dual exhausts, fiberglass belted wide-profile tires, slim-shelled reclining bucket seats, 8,000 RPM tach, padded aircraft-type instrument panel with deep-set controls, heavy duty springs and shocks, large diameter sway bar, rear traction bars.
    Plus one you'd never expect: the Airless Spare--a fifth tire that takes up little trunk space because it doesn't inflate until you need it. (Then whoosh.)
    The standard engine is the 290 cu. in. 4-barrel carb V-8. Two optional engines are the 343 4-barrel V-8 and a new 390 4-barrel we call the AMX. Once the 390 is broken in, you could roll right onto a race track and be ready to do about 130 mph. In pure stock form--without special modifications. We named that engine after the car.
    Such a lot of car, we're only making 10,000 in 1968. We're even putting the production number on the dash--for collectors who want to prove they got in on a great car fast.

 1968 AMX
AMX 390

*Based upon manufacturer's suggested retail price, federal taxes included. State and local taxes, destination charges, options excluded.

Source: 1968 American Motors full-line brochure.