Founded in 1916 by former General Motors president Charles W. Nash, the Nash Motors Company disappeared in 1954, when its merger with Hudson Motor Car Co.
If you think fumbled product launches are something new at GM, you're wrong. Underwhelming power, sky high prices and bad marketing nearly killed the Corvette, until it found unlikely savior. TheDetroitBureau.com takes a look at the 1953 Chevrolet Corvette.
Launched in 1953, the Chevrolet Corvette is widely regarded as the first sports car introduced in the U.S. by a major automaker since the Great Depression. But the truth is Nash Motors did it before Chevy rolled out the iconic Corvette by launching the Nash-Healey in 1951.
Merged into American Motors Corporation (AMC) after the purchase of Hudson, Nash disappeared as an automobile brand almost 70 years ago. But the Kenosha-based carmaker left a few notable cars and innovations behind. The Ambassador Airflyte is one of them.