AMC, 1960s
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| (car horn honking) | 0:15 | |
| - | Move it. | |
| - | Ah, move it yourself. | 0:18 |
| Who do you think you're trying to- | 0:20 | |
| Jake. | 0:22 | |
| - | Charlie. | |
| - | Hey, you're looking great. | 0:23 |
| Holding cars, huh? | 0:25 | |
| - | Not just cars, Charlie. | 0:26 |
| Young ideas, excitement, news. | 0:28 | |
| Cars from American Motors. | 0:31 | |
| Meet the AMX. | 0:33 | |
| Charlie | Hey. | 0:35 |
| Jake | Yeah, huh? | 0:36 |
| Isn't that something? | 0:37 | |
| You've never seen anything like this beauty. | 0:39 | |
| It's loaded with all kinds of new ideas. | 0:40 | |
| Charlie | I'll take a dozen. | 0:43 |
| (Jake laughing) | 0:44 | |
| - | It's not for sale. | |
| It's an experimental car. | 0:46 | |
| Taking it to an auto show. | 0:47 | |
| But here's one for you. | 0:49 | |
| This baby just won first place in acceleration. | 0:50 | |
| Last six this year's pure oil performance trials. | 0:53 | |
| - | First place? | 0:56 |
| - | Yep, Rambler American ran away | 0:59 |
| from everything in its class, | 1:00 | |
| and it's still wearing the lowest list price | 1:02 | |
| of any car made in America. | 1:04 | |
| Who's got the news, eh? | 1:06 | |
| - | American Motor? | 1:08 |
| - | Now wrap your eyes around this solid success. | 1:13 |
| The Ambassador DPL, real class. | 1:15 | |
| Ambassador sales are up 26% over last year. | 1:18 | |
| - | Hey. | 1:21 |
| - | You like, huh? | |
| Motor Trend magazine calls it | 1:23 | |
| the industry's richest interior. | 1:24 | |
| - | Poshly posh. | 1:26 |
| - | And that's not all, it has double safety brakes | 1:27 |
| and coil spring seats. | 1:29 | |
| - | Like in a Cadillac. | 1:31 |
| - | That's what they mean by quality built-in, | 1:32 |
| not added on. | 1:34 | |
| That's why these cars stay younger longer. | 1:37 | |
| You know, keep their value. | 1:39 | |
| So like I said, Charlie. | 1:40 | |
| This is a company that's hatching all the young ideas. | 1:42 | |
| Up and coming American Motors. | 1:46 | |
| Hey, gotta get rolling. | 1:48 | |
| See you, Los Angeles. | 1:49 | |
| - | Yep, see you, Los Angeles. | 1:53 |
| Los Angeles? | 1:55 | |
| I'm going to New York. | 1:57 | |
| Jake, let me out of here. | 1:58 | |
| I'm going to New York. | 2:01 | |
| Jake, what are you doing to me? | 2:03 | |
| Let me out of here. | 2:05 | |
| I'm going to New York. | 2:06 | |
| Narrator | Every minute of every working day, | 2:09 |
| two more families make their choice. | 2:11 | |
| A new American Motors car | 2:13 | |
| because quality is built-in, not added on. | 2:14 |
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