Inside, black cloth 50/50 divided seats were standard, with copper buttons and copper carpeting. Cassini crests adorned the headrests. These special editions were only available in A1 Snow White, P1 Classic Black or F9 Copper Metallic.
This Matador was following the Levi’s denim Gremlin and the Gucci Sportabout Hornet. With the Cassini Matador, AMC hoped to push the Matador coupe toward 25-35 year-old car buyers.
The coupe introduced in 1974 was designed by Richard Teague and Mark Donahue, and Car and Driver magazine called it the best styled car of 1974. In that year there had been no new coupes introduced in its class, so maybe it was a given.
The Matador was actually a successful, but short-lived car on the NASCAR circuit in the mid-seventies. It was actually the first car on the ovals to use disc brakes.
Produced only in 1974-75, it was replaced in 1976 with the Barcelona model,
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https://www.automobilemag.com/news/the-10-strangest-special-edition-cars/
https://autopolis.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/1974-1978-amc-matador-coupe-beauty-in-the-eyes-of-the-beholder/
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