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Nash Motors

What is Nash: Nash Motors was an automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in the United States

Founder(s): Charles Nash.

Nash Motors History:

Nash Motors was founded in 1916 by General Motors fifth president Charles W. Nash who acquired the Thomas B. Jeffery Company. Jeffery’s best-known automobile was the Rambler whose mass production from a plant in Kenosha, Wisconsin began in 1902. The 1917 Nash Model 671 was the first vehicle produced to bear the name of the new company’s founder.

Nash Motors Trivia:

1. Nash-Kelvinator Corporation was the result of a merger between Nash Motors and Kelvinator Appliance Company. The union of these two companies was brought about as a result of a condition made by George W. Mason prior to his appointment as CEO of Nash.
2. In 1925, Nash introduced its entry level marquee Ajax, later sold as ‘Nash Six Light’, which was produced in the newly acquired Mitchell Motor Car Company plant in Racine, Wisconsin.
3. In 1924,  Nash acquired Indianapolis based LaFayette Motors , which was a manufacturer of expensive luxury cars.
4. In 1954, Nash Kelvinator acquired Hudson Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan to form the American Motors Corporation. Kelvinator continued as a wholly owned division within the new company.
5. The Kelvinator brand was eventually sold to White Consolidated Industries.