The two-seat AMX was "meant for a small, well-defined market niche, and it pulled in young people into AMC dealer showrooms in never before seen numbers".[34] Numerous road tests described the new AMX as a "handsome two-seater with American-style acceleration and European-style handling".[34] Journalists gave it a real run workout on all kinds of terrain and wrote "that the AMX is one of the best-looking cars – if not the best-looking car – made in the U.S.A."[35]