Cover of Motor Trend magazine, featuring 1965 Marlin
The Marlin was a mid-sized fastback "sporty" car built by American Motors from 1965 to 1967. At first, it essentially consisted of a fastback roof grafted onto the boxy Rambler Classic body. The roof design was first used on the 1964 Rambler Tarpon show car, which was based on the compact Rambler American. Cover of Motor Trend magazine, showing 1965 Marlin. ... Cover of Motor Trend magazine, showing 1965 Marlin. ... A mid-size car, frequently referred to as an intermediate, is an automobile with a size between that of a compact and a full-size or standard-size car. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Rambler Classic was an intermediate sized automobile that was built and sold by American Motors Corporation from 1961 to 1966. ...
In 1967, AMC transferred the Marlin from the Rambler Classic to the longer AMC Ambassador. Continuing low sales and the introduction of the AMC Javelin for 1968 resulted in the Marlin's cancellation after 1967. 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). ... 1959 Ambassador Cross Country hardtop wagon The AMC Ambassador was an automobile produced by American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1958 until 1974. ... 1973 AMC Javelin AMX Pierre Cardin edition The AMC Javelin was a sporty coupe_type automobile in the pony car class built by American Motors Corporation between 1968 and 1974. ...
The Marlin was sold as a Rambler model in 1965, then as an AMC model from 1966 to 1967. Total sales for all three years amounted to about 20,000 units.
Rambler was an automobile brand name used by the Thomas B. Jeffery Company between 1900 and 1914, then by its successor, Nash Motors in 1950, and finally by Nash's successor, American Motors Corporation from 1954 to 1969.
Rambler introduced such early technical innovations as a steering wheel (as opposed to a tiller), interchangeable wheels and spare tires.
In 1962 the Ambassador was officially brought under the Rambler name (it had previously been the "Ambassador by Rambler"), and the former Rambler Six and Rebel V8 were renamed the RamblerClassic.
The vehicle was known as the AMC Ambassador, Ambassador by Rambler, and RamblerAmbassador at various times during its tenure in production.
The 1962 Ambassador emerged as a well-appointed RamblerClassic, trimmed from the 117" wheelbase of 1961 down to the 1962 Classic's 108", and the line included a two-door pillared sedan for the first time.
Also in 1967, AMC shifted its fastback RamblerMarlin, rechristened as the AMC Marlin in 1966, to the longer Ambassador chassis and restyled body.
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