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| Nash Ambassador | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) 1957 Nash Ambassador | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Nash Motors (1932–1954) American Motors Corporation (1954–1974) |
| Production | 1927–1957 |
| Assembly | |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | AMC 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]
Between 1929 and 1934, Nash produced a line of seven-passenger saloons and limousines; the Ambassador series was the automaker's "flagship" car.[4] This distinction remained following the Nash-Hudson merger in 1954 that formed the American Motors Corporation (AMC).[5]
The ongoing use of the Ambassador model name by Nash, and then its successor AMC through the 1974 model year, made it "one of the longest-lived automobile nameplates in automotive history" as of the late 1970s.[6]
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