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...Metropolitan looks much like a baby brother to Nash's Rambler. It has a short wheelbase (85 in.), a four-cylinder, 42-h.p. engine that gets 40 miles to the gallon, and a top speed of 70 m.p.h. The front seat will hold three adults, the rear seat two children...
...company has had to cut itsdividend. Mason thinks that there is a trend to small cars, for city and suburban driving. If the Metropolitan catches on, he will be in a position to step up production rapidly. However, the car's handicap is its price. The Rambler Deluxe is only $100 more, and Ford and Chevrolet come within $200 of it, f.o.b. Detroit, on their cheapest models. But Mason thinks hard selling can put the car over. Says he: "Our refrigerator boys are selling, and they had a tough time. If they can sell, the automen...
...Order of other finishers, on the basis of miles per gallon: Hudson Super Jet, 25.42; Nash Rambler Super. 25.37; Studebaker Commander, 24.50; Dodge V8, 23.41; Studebaker Land Cruiser, 23.39; Mercury Monterey, 23.15; Studebaker Land Cruiser (with automatic shift), 22.88; Plymouth Cranbrook, 22.83; Nash Ambassador, 22.54; Ford Mainline Eight, 22.51; Kaiser Manhattan, 22.27; Hudson Jet, 22.05; Kaiser Dragon, 21.45; Nash Ambassador Custom, 21.12; De Soto Firedome V8, 20.92; Lincoln Capri, 19.94; Nash Statesman, 19.44; Hudson Super Wasp, 19.09; Hudson Hornet, 18.95; Packard Clipper, 18.67; Chrysler New Yorker, 17.75; Chrysler Imperial...
Nash, which helped pioneer the postwar American small car market with its Rambler, last week announced plans to bring out a still smaller sports car next spring. Like other U.S. carmakers, Nash knows it can hardly afford to tool up for the limited market such a car may have. So it made a deal with Britain's Austin Motor Co. Ltd. to build the car (still not named) in England. Birmingham's coach-makers Fisher & Ludlow Ltd. will supply the body, Austin the chassis and a 42 h.p. engine. Nash does not expect to sell...
Nash plans no major changes in its big lines, but Designer Pinin Farina has restyled the sporty Rambler along the lines of Nash's heavy cars...