25 Facts About Nash Motors

Nash Motors Company was an American automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin from 1916 to 1937.

From 1937 to 1954, Nash Motors was the automotive division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation.

Nash Motors was founded in 1916 by former General Motors president Charles W Nash, who acquired the Thomas B Jeffery Company.

Charles Nash Motors convinced the chief engineer of GM's Oakland Division, Finnish-born Nils Eric Wahlberg, to move to Nash Motors's new company.

The first Nash Motors engine introduced in 1917 by Wahlberg had overhead valves.

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In 1924, Nash Motors absorbed LaFayette and converted its plant to produce Ajax automobiles.

Mason accepted, but placed one condition on the job: Nash Motors would acquire controlling interest in Kelvinator, which at the time was the leading manufacturer of high-end refrigerators and kitchen appliances in the United States.

In 1936, Nash Motors introduced the "Bed-In-A-Car" feature, which allowed the car's interior to be converted into a sleeping compartment.

In 1939, Nash Motors added a thermostat to its "Conditioned Air System", and thus the famous Nash Motors Weather Eye heater was introduced.

The 1939 and 1940 Nash Motors streamlined cars were designed by George Walker and Associates and freelance body stylist Don Mortrude.

Nash Motors was considering the potential of offering a pickup truck and developed a prototype built on the existing chassis with a modified 600 front end and cab along with an outsourced cargo bed.

Aerodynamic 1949 Nash Motors "Airflyte" was the first car of an advanced design introduced by the company after the war.

In 1949, Nash Motors became the first American cars with seat belts as a factory option.

Nash Motors directed Nash towards the development of the first compact of the post-war era, the 1950 Nash Rambler, which was marketed as an up-market, feature-laden convertible.

Nash Motors was the only American car manufacturer to introduce an all-new 1952 model other than Ford Motor Company.

Also in 1952, Nash Motors began offering automatic transmissions, either a GM Hydramatic or a Borg-Warner overdrive transmission.

High costs, low sales and Nash Motors's focus on the Rambler line led to the termination of Nash Motors-Healey production in 1954 after 506 automobiles had been produced.

In January 1954, Nash announced the acquisition of the Hudson Motor Car Company as a friendly merger, creating American Motors Corporation .

Nash Motors would focus most of its marketing resources on its smaller Rambler models, and Hudson would focus its marketing efforts on its full-sized cars.

In 1970, American Nash Motors acquired Kaiser Jeep and its Toledo, Ohio, based manufacturing facilities.

Since the early days, Nash Motors vehicles were exported as complete cars or in knock-down kit form for local assembly to many countries around the world including right-hand-drive markets such as United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

In 1950 a small quantity of Nash Motors trucks were assembled by Davies Pty Ltd in Launceston, Tasmania.

In 1963 AMC struck a deal with Thames company Campbell Nash Motors to build a new vehicle assembly plant for AMC vehicles which began production in 1964.

Nash Motors vehicles were imported into the United Kingdom by London company Nash Motors Concessionaires.

AMC's deal with Austin for the production of the Nash Motors Metropolitan was independent of the Chiswick Rambler operation.

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