Other speculations involve Karmann and Volkswagen: Because the production of the AMC Javelin at Karmann ended almost at the same time as the AMX/3 project, an intervention of the Volkswagen Group is partly suspected, which wanted to prevent a commitment of Karmann to AMC and thus secure production capacities for its own models.The discontinuation of Javelin production at Karmann can also be explained in another way. It coincides with the discontinuation of the first Javelin series in the United States. For the 1971 model year, which began in late summer 1970, the second Javelin generation appeared in the United States, which was larger than the first series and had a limited fit on the European market.
