Editing AMC Ambassador (section)

{{short description|Large-sized cars produced by American Motors Corporation}}
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{{Infobox automobile
| name = AMC Ambassador
| image = 1964 Rambler Ambassador 990 H in black and white with red interior at 2017 AMO meet 01of16.jpg
| caption = 1964 Rambler Ambassador 990-H
| predecessor = [[Nash Ambassador]]<br/>[[Nash Statesman]] <br/>[[Hudson Hornet]] <br/>[[Hudson Wasp]]
| successor = [[AMC Matador]]
| aka = {{unbulleted list | Ambassador by Rambler | American Motors Ambassador<ref name="1970_brochure">{{cite web|url= http://www.lov2xlr8.no/brochures/misc/70_2.html |title=1970 American Motors Ambassador export brochure |page=2 |website=lov2xlr8.no |access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref> | Rambler Ambassador | IKA Ambassador }}
| manufacturer = [[American Motors Corporation]] (AMC)
| assembly = {{unbulleted list | [[Kenosha Engine|Kenosha Factory]], [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]], [[United States|U.S.]] | [[Port Melbourne]], [[Australia]] ([[Australian Motor Industries|AMI]])<ref name="Neasmith">{{cite magazine|first=Bruce |last=Neasmith |title=AMC Rambler in Australia Part 1 |magazine=Restored Cars |issue=177 |date=July–August 2006 |pages=39, 40, 69}}</ref> | [[Córdoba, Argentina]] ([[Industrias Kaiser Argentina|IKA]]) | [[San José, Costa Rica]] (ECASA)<ref name="CostaRica" /> | [[Monterrey, Mexico]] (Planta REO)}}
| layout = [[Front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout|FR layout]]
| production = 1957–1974
| model_years = 1958–1974
| class = [[Mid-size car|Mid-size]]/[[Full-size car|Full-size]]
}}

The '''Ambassador''' is an [[automobile]] manufactured and marketed by [[American Motors Corporation]] (AMC) from 1957 through 1974 over eight generations, available in two- and four-door sedan, two-door hardtop, four-door station wagon as well as two-door convertible body styles. It was classified as a [[full-size car]] from 1957 through 1961, [[Mid-size car|mid-size]] from 1962 until 1966, and again full-size from 1967 through 1974 model years.

When discontinued, the ''Ambassador'' nameplate had been used from 1927 until 1974, the longest continuously used car nameplate until then.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Fitzgerald |first=Craig |title=1957 Nash Ambassador Country Club |url= https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/1957-nash-ambassador-country-club |magazine=Hemmings Classic Car |date=November 2008 |quote=Nash had been utilizing the Ambassador model name continuously since 1927, and American Motors would continue to use it until 1974. |access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1965 AMC Ambassador |url= https://www.conceptcarz.com/z28735/amc-ambassador.aspx |website=conceptcarz.com |access-date=20 August 2019}}</ref> The ''Ambassador'' nameplate was used variously as the '''Ambassador V-8 by Rambler''', '''Rambler Ambassador''', and finally '''AMC Ambassador.''' Previously, the nameplate [[Nash Ambassador|Ambassador]] applied to [[Nash Motors|Nash's]] full-size cars. The nameplate referred to a trim level between 1927 and 1931.

Ambassadors were continuously manufactured at AMC's Lake Front plant in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]] until 1974, as well as at AMC's [[Brampton Assembly]] in Brampton, Ontario, between 1963 and 1966. [[Australian Motor Industries]] (AMI) assembled Ambassadors from [[knock-down kit]]s with [[right-hand drive]] from 1961 until 1963. The U.S. fifth-generation Ambassadors were manufactured by [[Industrias Kaiser Argentina]] (IKA) in [[Córdoba, Argentina]] from 1965 until 1972, as well as assembled by ECASA in [[Costa Rica]] from 1965 through 1970. Planta REO assembled first-generation Ambassadors in Mexico at its Monterrey, Nuevo León plant. Fifth- and seventh-generation Ambassadors were modified into custom stretch [[limousine]]s in Argentina and the U.S.
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