page_title: Nash Ambassador
section_title: 1952
hierarchical_section_title: Nash Ambassador / The last Nash Ambassadors / 1952
caption_attribution_description: English: 1953 Nash Ambassador Custom, a full-sized car riding on a 121.25 inch (3080 mm) wheelbase, with a 209.25-inch (5315 mm) overall length and 78-inch (1981 mm) width. This is the two-door hardtop (no center or B-pillar) in the "Airflyte" body design. It has the 252.6 cubic inch (4.14 L) 120-horsepower "Super Jetfire" straight-six engine and HydraMatic automatic transmission. Picture taken on the show field of the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) 2015 Eastern Regional Fall meet that is held every October in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
context_page_description: Ambassador was the model name applied to the senior line of Nash automobiles from 1932 until 1957. From 1958 until the end of the 1965 model year, the Rambler Ambassador, then 1966-1972 as the American Motors Ambassador, then 1973-1974 as AMC Ambassador, were the products of American Motors Corporation, which continued to use the Ambassador model name on its top-of-the-line models, making it "one of the longest-lived automobile nameplates in automotive history."
  From 1927 through the mid-1932 model year, the Ambassador name was applied to a high trim club sedan body style, one of Nash's most prestigious senior models. The Ambassador series was the "flagship" in the Nash line.
context_section_description: The 1952 Ambassador was available in "Super" and "Custom" series as a two- or four-door sedan and a two-door "Country Club" hardtop. The Super included Nash's basic features with the Custom adding two-tone upholstery with foam topped seat cushions designed by Helene Rother, electric clock, directional signals, chrome wheel discs, and automatic interior courtesy lights. Standard was the "Super Jetfire" 252.6 cu in (4.1 L) 120 hp (89 kW; 122 PS) I6 engine and was available with optional dual-range Hydramatic automatic transmission or a Warner Gear overdrive unit.
  Due to materials restrictions caused by the Korean War, Nash sales, like those of many other carmakers, dropped off sharply in 1952. With the end of the War, a battle for market leadership began between two historic rival automakers. The 1954 sales war between Ford and Chevrolet meant both divisions were shipping vehicles to their respective dealers no matter if there were any orders for them. Ford and GM dealers were often larger with stronger finances and they offered deep discounts to sell these cars. This caused a severe sales toll on all the independent carmakers (Hudson, Kaiser, Packard, Studebaker), and Nash was no exception.
caption: 1953 Ambassador hardtop
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