"Pretty weird" is the comment often heard when you turn up in an AMC Gremlin. And people don't mean the lines of the rear, but rather the whole car. However, the unusual shape also makes the car a cult object. From 1970 to 1978, the American Motors Corporation built the short Gremlin in response to the flood of imported cars in the USA. They even beat the big three, who only followed suit later. This report tells the story of the AMC Gremlin and portrays one of the now rare examples.