1975 AMC Matador Sedan review from North America

In the 8 years that we had the car, the starter went 2 times. First was back in 1980, and then in 1985. In addition, other mechanical things went wrong, with the exception of back in 1987 when we got rid of it. What happened? Well, the transmission and the exhaust system all went at one shot.

When we got the car back in 1979, it was owned by a priest from a local church who told us that he at the time wanted a Cadillac. We paid $3000 for it. The car had only 14000 miles on it. The color? Sort of a burnt orangy color with tan vinyl seats that looked drab in texture.

The car was a beast! It had lots of room inside, and trunk was very big. We used it for flea markets, and back in 1981, we had a very close call with the car.

As we were starting the car at the flea market that we were at, we heard this loud grinding noise coming from the motor. It turned out that one of the fan blades from the motor broke off, and went right through the hood. Luckily, nobody was near the car when it happened! The problem was fixed in just a week.

There are days when we still talk about this car, and we still miss it. By now, the parts will be very hard to find for it. Back in the 1970's here in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, these cars were used as city an municipal cars.