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Originally posted by 2strokebloke
I have heard that AMC had planned to use a wankel engine in the Pacer, but changed their mind to save money. Am I right?
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Partially. AMC did design the Pacer to use a rotary engine. In the middle of development, GM (the planned supplier of Wankel engines to AMC) dropped the rotary engine project. AMC, now with no engine for their car, needed to redesign the Pacer to accept the AMC six-cylinder. It wasn't AMC's mind that changed.