Nash Ambassador

Nash Ambassador
1957 Nash Ambassador
Overview
ManufacturerNash Motors (1932–1954)
American Motors (1954–1974)
Production1927–1974
Assembly
Chronology
SuccessorAMC Ambassador

The Nash Ambassador is a luxury automobile produced by Nash Motors from 1927 until 1957. It was a top trim level for the first five years, then from 1932 on a standalone model. Ambassadors were lavishly equipped and beautifully constructed, earning them the nickname "the Kenosha Duesenberg".[2][3]

For a period between 1929 and 1934, when Nash produced a line of seven-passenger saloons and limousines, the Ambassador series was the maker's "flagship",[4] and remained so following the Nash-Hudson merger in 1954. The newly formed American Motors Corporation (AMC) continued the Nash Ambassador. From 1958 until 1965, the cars were named Rambler Ambassador. They were marketed from 1966 through 1974 model years as the AMC Ambassador.[5] The ongoing use of the Ambassador model name by successive companies made it "one of the longest-lived automobile nameplates in automotive history" as of the late-1970s.[6]

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  3. ^ "1932 Nash Ambassador 8 Convertible Sedan". Hyman. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  4. ^ "1952-1954 Nash Ambassador and Statesman". How Stuff Works. 13 September 2007. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Nash Ambassador Automobile - Museum Object". Wisconsin Historical Society. 3 August 2006. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  6. ^ Peters, Eric (2011). Detroit's Big, Beautiful Luxury Performance Cars of the 1960s and 1970s. Motorbooks. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-7603-3764-6. Retrieved 14 March 2022 – via Google Books.