Vintage Review: 1971 AMC Ambassador SST – Road Test Magazine Evaluates AMC’s Biggest Sedan

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(first posted 11/11/2015)     In the August 1971 issue of Road Test Magazine, the editors chose two American full size cars to review.  On Monday, we took a look at the editors’ impressions of the 1971 Pontiac Grand Ville.  Today, we’ll see what they had to say about the AMC Ambassador SST.  Though both cars were in the full size segment, they were very different in their approach.  The pragmatic, sleepy AMC versus the aggressively styled, super-sized Pontiac–which would have been your pick?

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