Unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show in
early 1969, the non-running AMX/2
surprised everyone as the first evidence
that tiny AMC was toying with an
advanced mid-engine sports car. Styling,
created under company design chief Dick
Teague, featured an "airfoil" shape, and
managed to be interesting -- swoopy
without being cartoonish. Graceful
simplicity was the watchword from
curved nose to "Kamm" tail. A fastback
roofline with a dorsal "spine" floated
above a flat, ribbed engine cover-cum-
deck. Central twin exhausts implied a
V-S, which was planned for but not
installed in this purely speculative
exercise. Still, public response was wildly
enthusiastic.