Storied Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, and American Motors

by Charles K. Hyde

Book Overview

With roots extending back to the first decade of the twentieth century, Nash Motor Company and the Hudson Motor Car Company managed to compete and even prosper as independent producers until they merged in 1954 to form the American Motors Company, which itself remained independent until it was bought in 1987 by the Chrysler Corporation. In Storied Independent Automakers, renowned automotive scholar Charles K. Hyde argues that these companies, while...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814334466
• ISBN13: 9780814334461
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Great Lakes Books Series
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 10.2"