It was first sketched on the back of an air sick bag in a jet plane at 30,000 feet, named after a mischievous creature which causes havoc in machinery and electrical equipment and released on April Fool’s day in 1970.

That’s American Motors’ (AMC) Gremlin!

This year marks the 50^th anniversary of the Gremlin and, despite the criticisms levelled at it, the car achieved considerable success for the always financially weak AMC. They sold 670,000+ of them between 1970 and 1978.