METROPOLITAN (GB/ US) 1954-1961

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METROPOLITAN (GB/ US) 1954-1961
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DaWeber	Oct 17 2009, 01:11 PM Post #1
Station Wagon Posts: 1,310 Group: Members Member #96 Joined: December 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Matchbox Favorite Car Chevy Cruze	Because production of this marque was a cooperative effort, I have chosen to include this car as a separate marque. The car was produced by the Austin Motor Car Company in England for exclusive sale by Nash and Hudson Dealers. This was about the same time that the merger into American Motors (AMC) took place. As a concept model, this car was initially called the NXI. It subsequently was offered as a subcompact Coupe and Convertible . Both Nash and Hudson placed their invidual brand identification on the cars. After 1957, the cars were only identified as Metropolitans in the AMC line. Small scale odels have been made by Tootsietoy,Johnny Lightning, Hot Wheels ( radicaly modified), Widea of Hong Kong (1:87) and Muscle Machines ( greatly distorted).



ChFalkensteiner	Oct 18 2009, 11:27 AM Post #2
Subcompact Posts: 69 Group: Members Member #1,559 Joined: December 10, 2008 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Matchbox Location Linz, Austria Favorite Car Citroen DS	1961 Metropolitan convertible at the 2009 Oldtimer Meeting in Baden-Baden, Germany: This is an example of Metropolitan being used as a brand name of its own, after the demise of Nash and Hudson and before the introduction of the AMC brand. Attached to this post: F090711_368.jpg (89.14 KB) Edited by ChFalkensteiner, Oct 18 2009, 11:29 AM.



Swifty	Oct 19 2009, 12:40 AM Post #3
The Mustang II is a Mustang too! Posts: 47,821 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: July 3, 2006 DLM or Cardboard Collector DLM Gender Male Preferred Brand Yat Ming Location Pennsylvania Favorite Car Ford Mustang & Toyota Celica Supra	The JL. AMC also made a prototype of the Metropolitan as a wagon. Sadly, it did not make it into production but it probably would have sold tolerably well and kept the line energized with minimal investment.



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