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Nash Motors was an automobile manufacturer based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, from 1916 to 1938. From 1938 to 1954, Nash was the automotive division of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation. Nash production continued from 1954 to 1957 after the creation of American Motors Corporation.

Nash pioneered some automotive construction approaches (1941), along with a heating and ventilation system which are still commonly utilized (1938), seat belts (1950) and the manufacture of cars in the compact (1950), subcompact (1970) and muscle car (1957) categories.

Nash Motors was founded in 1916 by former GM president Charles W. Nash when he acquired the Thomas B. Jeffery Company (best known for the Rambler). Nash saw decades of success by marketing mid-priced cars for middle class buyers.

Much of the early success of the Nash company was due to engineer Nils Wahlberg, who was one of the first to conceptualize the importance of wind resistance of automotive design. At this early date, Nash utilized wind tunnel testing for vehicles. Wahlberg also designed modern flow-through ventilation, where fresh, outside air enters a car's air-circulating system, is warmed (or cooled), and exits through rear vents.

Nash's approach from the late 1920s and 1930s was "Give the customer more than he has paid for". Innovations included a straight-eight engine with overhead valves, twin spark plugs, and nine crankshaft bearings. The 1932 Ambassador Eight had synchromesh transmissions and free wheeling, automatic centralized chassis lubrication, a worm-drive rear end, and its suspension was adjustable from within the car.

The aerodynamic 1949 Nash "Airflyte" was the first car of an advanced design introduced by the company after the war. Its aerodynamic body shape was developed in a wind tunnel. Nils Wahlberg's theories on reducing an automobile body's drag coefficient resulted in a smooth shape and enclosed front fenders.