Metropolitan 1955-1962 - Three fathers
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There have been around 10,000 car brands and designers - most of them have disappeared. One of these vanished brands is Metropolitan. Before it became an own brand, it was sold as Nash and Hudson and in export countries under the Austin brand.
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The Metropolitan, which became an own brand in 1955, was launched in 1954 as the Nash , and was soon also available as the Hudson, as Nash and Hudson had merged to form the American Motors Corporation in the same year. In Switzerland and other export countries, it was later launched under the Austin brand. This was because Austin, the leading brand of the British Motor Corporation, and its Fisher and Ludlow body plant produced this US small car, making it an English product. The Metropolitan's strict pontoon shape with half-locked wheels was based on the Pinin Farina-influenced shape of the large Nash models. The self-supporting 2+2-seater body was available as both a coupé and a convertible, both with a three-part panoramic rear window made of glass or plastic material. The 1.2 L drive mechanism and the chassis were taken from the Austin A 40, but from 1956 the 1.5 L engine from the A 50 was installed.
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