The Budd XR-400 was a fully operational 2+2 sports convertible concept built in 1962 by the Budd Company, a Detroit body maker, to tempt American Motors into a low-cost Rambler-based sports model. The X stood for experimental and the R for Rambler. Budd started from a two-door 1962 Ambassador chassis, moved the floor pan back and shortened it, and lowered the engine, giving a long nose, a short rear deck and a 108 inch wheelbase, with a 327 cubic inch AMC V8 and automatic transmission. Budd hoped to supply production bodies by October 1963, ahead of the Ford Mustang, but AMC declined. The only prototype stayed with Budd, was renamed XR-Budd and was sold to The Henry Ford Museum in 1997.
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it was built in 1962 by the Budd Company, an independent body builder in Detroit, Michigan
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it was built in 1962 by the Budd Company, an independent body builder in Detroit, Michigan
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A "sporty" youth-oriented convertible, it was built in 1962 by the Budd Company, an independent body builder in Detroit, Michigan, for evaluation by the fourth largest U.S. automaker at the time, American Motors Corporation (AMC).
Legacy
The Budd Company kept the only prototype model, but later renamed it "XR-Budd," and used it for marketing purposes.
Legacy, status
Budd sold the prototype to The Henry Ford Museum in 1997.
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The XR-400 is a fully operational concept car.
Design, powertrain
Power for the XR-400 was supplied by a standard Ambassador two-barrel 250 hp (186 kW; 253 PS) 327 cu in (5.4 L) AMC V8 engine.
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it was built in 1962 by the Budd Company, an independent body builder in Detroit, Michigan
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it was built in 1962 by the Budd Company, an independent body builder in Detroit, Michigan
Of Make: Rambler, Origin, make
The "X" stood for experimental, and the "R" stood for Rambler.
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A "sporty" youth-oriented convertible, it was built in 1962 by the Budd Company
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A "sporty" youth-oriented convertible, it was built in 1962 by the Budd Company
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