Nash's two-door Statesman had a party trick: the front seats reclined flat into a bed, an option the four-door sedans didn't even get.
Lead trim: Statesman 184 cu in I6
Nash Statesman1950–1951
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FactNash's two-door Statesman had a party trick: the front seats reclined flat into a bed, an option the four-door sedans didn't even get.
The Nash Statesman was the renamed base 600, sold for the 1950 and 1951 model years below the Ambassador and above the compact Rambler, in three trims (top-line Custom, entry-level Super and a base fleet model) as a two- or four-door sedan with Nash's unit-body Airflyte fastback styling and skirted fenders. It had a 184 cu in (3.0 L) I6 on a 112.0 in wheelbase, based on the L-head Nash Light Six of the 1920s, with "Airliner Reclining" front seats convertible into a bed in two-door models; the Statesman and Ambassador were Nash's volume and profit leaders.
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Trims & Figures
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statesman 184 cu in I6 | 1950–1951 | 3.0 L Inline-6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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For its 50th anniversary, Nash gave the Statesman an all-new body styled by Pininfarina — an Italian design house shaping a mid-tier American sedan, decades before that became fashionable.
Nash's two-door Statesman had a party trick: the front seats reclined flat into a bed, an option the four-door sedans didn't even get.
Rivals
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