The 1961 Ambassador continued the previous year's 117 inch primary unitized platform, but received a new design consisting of a trapezoid grille and headlamp arrangement. The pillar less four door hardtop sedan and station wagon models were no longer available for 1961. Unlike anything else on the market, AMC's marketing department promoted the look as European. Overall automobile industry sales fell as the entire United States economy was experiencing the recession of 1960 and 1961.
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Source Wikipedia: American Motors CorporationLead paragraph, formationtier 2Quote, Lead paragraph, formation
American Motors Corporation (AMC; commonly referred to as American Motors) was an American automobile manufacturing company formed by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company on May 1, 1954.
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The 1961 Ambassador continued the previous year's
Year: Second generation, 1961
The 1961 Ambassador continued the previous year's
Second generation, hardtop
models were no longer available for 1961.
Body style, sedan: Second generation
1960 Ambassador was available only with four
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American Motors Corporation (AMC; commonly referred to as American Motors) was an American automobile manufacturing company formed by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company on May 1, 1954.
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