Editing Nash Motors (section)

{{short description|Defunct American motor vehicle manufacturer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Nash Motors
| logo = Nash Motor Company logo (text).svg
| caption =
| fate = Merged
| successor = [[Nash-Kelvinator]]<br /> [[American Motors Corporation]]<!--company merged into etc.-->
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1916|4|11}}
| defunct = {{Start date and age|1954|2|23}}
| location = [[Kenosha, Wisconsin|Kenosha]], [[Wisconsin]], United States
| industry = [[Automobile]]<!--types of products or services offered-->
| key_people = [[Charles W. Nash]], Nils Erik Wahlberg
| products = [[Vehicles]] <!--some of company's notable products-->
| num_employees = <!--peak number of employees-->
| parent = <!--former parent companies, if any-->
| subsid = <!--former subsidiaries, if any-->
}}

[[File:Nash Motors Comp. 1919.jpg|thumb|Share of the Nash Motors Company, issued 2 June 1919]]

'''Nash Motors Company''' was an American [[automobile]] manufacturer based in [[Kenosha, Wisconsin]] from 1916 until 1937. From 1937 through 1954, Nash Motors was the automotive division of [[Nash-Kelvinator]]. As sales of smaller firms declined after 1950 in the wake of the domestic [[Big Three (automobile manufacturers)|Big Three]] automakers’ (General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler) advantages in production, distribution, and revenue, Nash merged with Hudson Motors to form [[American Motors Corporation]] (AMC).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Perschbacher |first1=Gerald |title=Merger Mania: Nash and Hudson form AMC |url= https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/features/merger-mania-nash-and-hudson-form-amc |work=Old Cars Weekly |date=11 January 2021 |access-date=2 February 2023}}</ref> Nash automobile production continued from 1954 through 1957 under AMC.

Innovations by Nash included the introduction of an automobile heating and ventilation system in 1938 that is still used today, [[unitary construction|unibody construction]] in 1941, [[seat belts]] in 1950, a U.S.-built [[compact car]] in 1950, and an early [[muscle car]] in 1957.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Patrick R. |title=AMC cars, 1954-1987: an illustrated history |page=158 |date=2004 |publisher=Iconografix |isbn=978-1-58388-112-5}}</ref>