My parents had a subscription to Consumer Reports back in 1969 and I still remember reading a comparison article about all the "Pony Cars" of that era. I think it included the Camaro, Firebird, Cuda, Mustang, Cougar,and the AMX. (Why they couldn't find a Javelin to test I'll never know)
Now since I was in the market for a new AMX, I thought I'd check out what they had to say.
I remember they were impressed with the AMX's performance, but it did have one the biggest engines of the bunch. They also liked its handling, but complained that it road much too harsh. (by today's standards it would be on par with an SRT6's ride compared to a Limited)
But their biggest complaint about the car was that even though it had the most luggage capacity, it didn't have a back seat.
It's funny, I never heard anybody ever complain about a Corvette not having a back seat....HELLO! I think that's why they're called "Sports Cars".
I pretty much never paid a whole lot of attention to what they had to say about cars after that. (other than to see which cars had the most "black" circles instead of "red".