Nash Model History

United States · founded 1916

American automaker (1916–1957) founded by Charles W. Nash — pioneer of US unibody construction and the modern compact, maker of the Ambassador and Rambler before merging into AMC.

Models

Ambassador

Nash's top-line full-size car (1932–1957) — one of the longest-lived nameplates in motoring, home of the 'bathtub' Airflyte and Pinin Farina styling.

Full-size car · 1932–1957
600

The first mass-produced unibody car in the US (1941) — its name claimed 600 miles on a tank of fuel.

Full-size car · 1941–1949
Statesman

Nash's mid-tier full-size car (1950–1956), the renamed successor to the unibody 600, slotted below the Ambassador.

Full-size car · 1950–1956
Rambler

Widely regarded as the first successful modern American compact (1950–1955) — the car whose name outlived Nash itself under AMC.

Compact car · 1950–1955
Metropolitan

A tiny British-built economy car (Nash-badged 1954–1957) — conceived as America's 'second car' and built by Austin in England.

Subcompact car · 1954–1957
Nash-Healey

A British-American-Italian sports car (1951–1954) — Nash drivetrain, Healey chassis, Pinin Farina body; among the first postwar American sports cars.

Sports car · 1951–1954
LaFayette

Nash's lower-priced companion line of the 1930s (1934–1940), reviving an earlier luxury marque's name as a value model.

Mid-size car · 1934–1940

Other makes