 An advertising image featuring the 1934 Nash Ambassador. Ambassador was the model name applied to the senior line of Nash Motors automobiles from 1932 until 1957. From 1958 until the end of the 1974 model year, the Ambassador was the product of American Motors Corporation, which continued to use the Ambassador model name on its top-of-the-line model. From 1927 through the 1931 model year, the Ambassador name was applied to a high trim option on Nash's senior models. Image File history File links Nashamb5334. ...
Also see: Kelvinator and American Motors Corporation Nash Motors was an automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin in the United States from 1916 to 1938. ...
1959 Ambassador Cross Country hardtop wagon The AMC Ambassador was an automobile produced by American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1958 until 1974. ...
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"Ambassador" Trim Option 1927-1931
Nash Motors first use of the name Ambassador was during the 1927 model year when a specially trimmed four door, five passenger sedan version of Nash's Advance Six automobile (designated model 267). As the most expensive car in the line, the Ambassador received premium upgrades in upholstery and other trim items for a base price of $2,090 (FOB). The Ambassador model lost its position as Nash's most expensive car in 1929 with the introduction a nine passenger limousine model which was carried from 1929 through the 1931 model year.
The Ambassador remained in the Advanced Six range until 1930 when the model was moved to the Nash Twin Ignition Eight model. In 1931 the cumbersome Twin Ignition Eight name was replaced by the simpler "890" model designation.
Nash Ambassador, 1932-1948 In 1932 Nash established the Ambassador as a stand alone model range under which the "Advanced Eight" models were housed. Riding a 142 wheelbase, and sumptuously appointed, these cars earned the title of the "Kenosha Duesenburgs" for their quality, durability, styling and speed. Nash introduced a second 1932 series which included engineering updates to all models produced by the company. Along with General Motors, Nash was the only automobile manufactures to make a profit in 1932. Kenosha is a city located in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. ...
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The Ambassador model range also began to expand and was no longer simply a well appointed sedan, but could be had as a coupe, limousine and a convertible sedan, the last listing at a very expensive $6,600. 2006 Cadillac DTS Presidential Limousine A limousine (or limo) is a long luxury car, traditionally black in color. ...
While the Ambassador had been offered only with Nash's line eight from 1932 to 1935, the 1936 Ambassador added Nash's largest inline six as well. In 1937 Nash acquired the Kelvinator Corporation as part of a deal that allowed Charlie Nash's handpicked successor, George W. Mason, to become President of the new Nash-Kelvinator Corporation. Kelvinator Appliance ad from 1951 Kelvinator is an appliance company since 1994 owned by Electrolux of Sweden. ...
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Kelvinator Appliance ad from 1951 Nash-Kelvinator Corporation was the result of a merger between Nash Motors and Kelvinator Appliance Company. ...
For the 1936 restyle, Nash eliminated numerous vanity body styles of 1933,34 and 35, and instead focusing its limited resources on sedans, coupes and two door convertibles through the 1942 model year. The 1939 restyle provided a visual cue to differentiate the more expensive Ambassador Eight from its less expensive Six model which wore a shorter hood and shorter front fenders.
For the 1941 model year all Nash vehicles became Ambassadors, and rode both long and short wheelbases. The Nash Ambassador 600 became the first popular automobile to built using unitized body/frame construction. Nash would stand pat with the model arrangement for the shortened 1942 model year. The Nash Ambassador 600 was an automobile manufactured by the Nash-Kelvinator Company of Kenosha Wisconsin from 1940 through the 1949 model year, afterwhich the car was renamed the Nash Statesman. ...
1949-1957 Nash continued to use the Ambassador on its plushest models from 1949 to 1957. N-K President George Mason was an outspoken supporter of aerodynamics in car design, and the post war Ambassador is best remembered for its enclosed front wheels. When Nash rolled out its Airfylte body style, Ambassador sales enjoyed a significant gain by selling just four door and two door sedans in the 1949-1951 market place. The Airflyte's also featured fully reclining seats that could turn the car into vehicle capable of sleeping three adults, however this would also earn the dubious distinction of being the make-out automobile of choice for teenagers coming of age in the 1950s.
Mason believed that once the sellers market following World War II ended, that Nash's best hope for survival lay in a product range not addressed by other car manufactures in the United States at that time – the compact. With sales of the large Nash's surging ahead of prewar production numbers, Mason began a small car program that would eventually emerge as the compact Rambler. Combatants Allies: Poland, British Commonwealth, France/Free France, Soviet Union, United States, China, and others Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan, and others Casualties Military dead:17 million Civilian dead:33 million Total dead:50 million Military dead:8 million Civilian dead:4 million Total dead:12 million World War II...
The original Rambler was an automobile produced of the Thomas B. Jeffery Company then by its successor, Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and finally, by its successor, American Motors Corporation (all in Kenosha, Wisconsin). ...
 Golden Anniversary Nash for 1953 and 1954 The Nash Ambassador received its last significant restyle in 1953, which carried over into 1954 almost uncahnged. Nash Models fielded for 1955-1957 were heavily face lifted and offered in a variety of two-tone color schemes. While Nash Ambassador styling may have suffered, the cars did offer Nash's highly acclaimed Weather Eye ventilation system, which could also be equipped with Nash's advanced automotive air-conditioning unit. While other manufacturers in America at the time offerred A/C on some models, their air conditioning units were driven by large, heavy trunk mounted compressors which carried the air into the car via clear plastic tubes and out through ceiling mounted vents. Nash's unit was inexpensive, compact, fit under the hood and could either circulate fresh, or recycled air. Image File history File links Nashamb5354x. ...
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Nash-Kelvinator had merged ailing Hudson in 1954 to form American Motors, and both Nash and Hudson dealers sold Ramblers that were identical save for the "Nash" or "Hudson" badging, and it was Rambler sales that were powering the company's bottom line. As the Rambler's fortunes increased, sales of senior Nash cars, including the Ambassador, plummeted. Hudson Six-40, 1914 1937 Hudson Custom Eight 1950 Hudson The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson brand automobiles in Detroit, Michigan, from 1909 to 1957. ...
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The final Nash Ambassador rolled off the Kenosha production line in the summer of 1957, but the Ambassdor as a model name would continue to exist until 1974.
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1959 Ambassador Cross Country hardtop wagon The AMC Ambassador was an automobile produced by American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1958 until 1974. ...
References - Kimes, Beverly R., Editor. Clark, Henry A. (1996). The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805-1945, Kraus Publications. ISBN 0-87341-428-4.
- Gunnell, John, Editor (1987). The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975, Kraus Publications. ISBN 0-87341-096-3.
External links - Nash Car Club
- Nash Healy History
- Nash in the UK
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