On this thread
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=9694436#post9694436
I brought up an article on the AMC Pacer.
According to Google, auto designer Mark Stehrenberger penned an eighties version of the Pacer after AMC killed the first generation pacer in 1980.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GWYE_enUS267US267&q="mark+stehrenberger"+pacer
Anyone have a link to this Gen II design?