Happier in a Nash

1940 Nash ad from Time Magazine and the ad executives have taken to iambic pentameter...or at least bad, Robert Frost-esque poetry. As last Sunday's car ad showed, Nash was one of many small car companies in business before World War II. Once the post-war market dried up, Nash couldn't keep pace with the Big Three. They eventually became part of American Motors Company (who brought you the AMC Pacer among other duds) before finally being devoured by the competition.

Like the Hudson, I admire Nash's art deco styling. That proud nose and those bumped-out fenders can't be beat. By comparison everything on the road today is vanilla with flavorless sauce.