This RARE Offroad Sports Car Confused Everyone - The AMC Eagle SX4

In this Rare Cars documentary, we are going over what is possibly one of the wackiest cars of the 1980s - The AMC Eagle SX/4. A car built by AMC at the tail end of its life to essentially spearhead a new market segment that the world had never seen before. The Eagle SX4 was the 2 door "sporty" version of the 4-wheel drive Eagle that was meant to be an offroad capable commuter car for the masses. Although the Eagle SX/4 is pretty rare and wasn't a commercial success per se, it did help invent a new class of vehicles that is one of the most popular today. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:22 Background & Engineering 6:04 Engine 7:00 Performance Numbers 9:08 Sales & Impact *Note, we are not historians. If you see an error in our research then please mention it in the comments! Sources: https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/09/junkyard-find-iron-duked-1981-amc-eagle-sx4/ https://silodrome.com/amc-eagle-sx-4/ https://barnfinds.com/same-owner-30-years-1983-amc-eagle-sx-4/ https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a35521676/1981-amc-eagle-sx4-sport-by-the-numbers/ https://www.insidehook.com/autos/amc-eagle-invented-crossover-too-soon For business inquiries or other inquiries, reach out to: rarecarsmedia@fearlessotter.com NOTICE: Clips used from other videos are fair use and fall under U.S. copyright law because this work is transformative in nature, and has no negative effect on the market for the original work. It is against the law to fraudulently claim a copyright on a video you do not own under the DMCA or to abuse YouTube’s copyright claim tool. Copyright concerns and takedown requests can be submitted to: rarecarsmedia@gmail.com The visuals or audio herein may not be utilized to train a machine-learning algorithm of any kind without explicit permission