Summary:
Wider is better
Faults:
Nothing. I paid 500 bucks for this car, and changed the spark plugs. No problems at all.
General Comments:
It handles great although a bit top-heavy. The seats were very easy on the body. It started first time every time until I sold it. Made of Jeep parts, but don't take it mudding. The first wide-track car, first factory impregnated rollbar, first cab-forward design, etc. An innovator.
Very fast on the top end and not too bad out of the gate. Awesome towing and pushing power. It lays down a good sized black mark.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 13th May, 2004
3rd Jul 2004, 20:15
You laid a black mark with the 258? Hmm, maybe if you cut your rear brake lines first or something, heh.
19th Oct 2004, 20:46
Where did you get the idea that the Pacer came equipped with a roll bar?
Is it because the B-pillar LOOKS like a roll bar?
Next time you see one in a junkyard, peel off the headliner (if it hasn't fallen out already) and see whether there is a roll bar in there.
Doh!
19th Dec 2004, 19:15
Yeah, an AMC 258 will lay serious rubber if it's running right. At just over 100HP, it's got GOBS of torque.
27th Sep 2007, 00:30
Uhh...I don't think the info in the first comment is correct. I remember the intro of the Porsche 911T in the USA in 1971. Factory integrated roll bar standard. In 1961, the Pontiac Tempest was transform into what became the legendary GTO. It featured a big engine stuffed in a little car and wider tracking for improved performance, hence Pontiac being known for it's tradition of "wide track" performance cars. The Volkswagen Transporter (type II) debut in the early 1950s if I am not mistaken. It featured "cab forward" design. I'm not trying to put the Pacer down, but I do believe the comments regarding "first" are incorrect and should be re-written or defined in how they are "firsts". That's all.