It’s remarkable how few of the 70s and 80s American compact cars have survived. I haven’t seen a Pinto on the street in years even though millions of them were built. Vegas are likewise extinct on the street, but there is a giant rusty pile of them at a local junkyard.
The Pacer, of which 280,000 were built, has something of a cult following but they are still very rarely seen in public. Unlike most American cars, the Pacer was fairly popular in Europe. Paris AMC distributor Jean Charles came up with an interesting comparison for the Pacer’s attractively rounded body style in this ad.