Nash

Automobile ads often go over the top when describing a new line of cars. Nash Motors certainly made their 1940 limited edition Nash Ambassador Eight Special Cabriolet sound pretty special in the ad announcing its availability:

“Presenting a Brilliant New Sport Car – custom-built in the finest sports tradition for those who look beyond the present standards of transportation. Long, low and racy, it is definitely continental in feeling – but its clean, power-packed lines, its spirit, stamina and mechanical perfection are completely American. Your first experience at the wheel will indeed be a revelation. Only its engine (and Rolls Royce in Europe) offers you the supreme smoothness and performance of twin-ignition power. Eight eager cylinders let you cruise at speed-way pace, yet handling is as easy as with the smallest car. Its Weather Eye Conditioned Air System offers all-weather comfort beyond what the usual closed car affords. It is equipped with Tachometer, Fourth Speed Forward and Cut-out.  Luxuriously tailored, topped, and upholstered in finest whipcord and leather. Designed by Count Sakhnoffsky for those few discriminating people who appreciate fine things, a limited number are being produced for immediate selection.” –Ad copy, circa 1940