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Origins
By 1967 the Mustang had created a market AMC could not ignore, so the company answered with the Javelin — a clean, long-bonnet fastback styled under Dick Teague, launched for 1968 on a fraction of Ford's or GM's budget. It undercut the Mustang on price, offered V8s up to AMC's 390, and shed the company's economy-car image almost overnight. The second generation of 1971 grew broader, with exaggerated front arches that made it one of the most distinctive shapes of the era. The racing programme mattered most: Roger Penske and Mark Donohue took the Trans-Am championship in 1971, and George Follmer repeated it in 1972 — a giant-killing result for the smallest of the American manufacturers. Production ended in 1974, when the segment it chased was already dying.
1970 AMC Javelin 390 CID Go Package engine · CZmarlin — Christopher Ziemnowicz, releases all rights but a photo credit would be nice if this image is used anywhere other than Wikipedia. · Public domain
