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The LaFayette and the Nash 400 were combined into a single model called the Nash LaFayette 400 for the 1937 model year. The LaFayette ceased to be regarded as a separate make of car. The base price of $595 (equal to $12,611 today) was competitive to Ford and Plymouth models.
The LaFayette marque was reintroduced in 1934 as a lower-priced companion to Nash. LaFayette ceased to be an independent marque with the introduction of the 1937 models. From 1937 through 1940, the Nash LaFayette was the lowest-priced model, replaced by the new unibody Nash 600 for the 1941 model year.
In 1937, Nash acquired the Kelvinator Corporation as part of a deal that allowed Charlie Nash's handpicked successor, George W. Mason, to become President of the new Nash-Kelvinator Corporation. The 1937 models saw the return of coupes and convertibles to the Ambassador lines. From 1936 onward, the senior Nash models used identical bodies ...
The owner of a 1937 Nash LaFayette sedan, who wore as much clothing as allowed, a jaunty period-correct hat, told me proudly that her car came off the line in Kenosha, just 80 miles away, and she ...
Nash was a hands-on executive who concentrated on developing more efficient purchasing and setting up accounting procedures that would specify the source of costs and profits. Nash acquired other car companies, including Mitchell Motors of Racine in 1923 and LaFayette Motors of Milwaukee in 1924. [16]
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation was the result of a merger in 1937 between Nash Motors and Kelvinator Appliance Company. The union of these two companies was brought about as a result of a condition made by George W. Mason prior to his appointment as CEO of Nash. The company manufactured cars and refrigerators as well as aeronautic components and ...
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Cars introduced in 1937 (36 P) Cars introduced in 1938 ... LaFayette Motors; LaSalle (automobile) Luc Court; M. Marmon Motor Car Company; Marquette (automobile)