Warpath aka AMX/2

Once upon a time, I had the 1975 rendition of this car. As far as I know, it looked identical to the 1969 version pictured here—right down to the redline tires. Redlines weren’t retired by Hot Wheels until 1977. My car eventually went missing, due to one of the many reasons toy cars disappear: lost, traded, stolen, smashed…

Decades later, when I went hunting for a replacement on eBay, I learned that Warpath was based on a 1969 concept car from the American Motors Corporation. The show car, as beautiful as it was, never made it into production. In fact, it was never even fitted with running gear or an engine. Sadly, had it been brought to market, it would have easily been their best-looking car—and one of the finest-looking American automobiles.