AMC: Rambler American, 1960s
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| (lively music) | 0:02 | |
| Announcer | Who were the big winners | 0:04 |
| in this year's Mobil Economy Run? | 0:05 | |
| They didn't think we'd have a chance. | 0:07 | |
| Our new Rambler American 440 was packing the biggest, | 0:09 | |
| most powerful standard engine in its class. | 0:12 | |
| The engine that made us an acceleration champ | 0:14 | |
| in the performance trials at Daytona, | 0:17 | |
| and acceleration champs just don't win in economy runs. | 0:19 | |
| Or do they? | 0:22 | |
| Well, after 3,300 miles of parched, desert dust | 0:24 | |
| and thin mountain air, | 0:27 | |
| of open turnpikes and crowded cities, | 0:29 | |
| what happened? | 0:31 | |
| Rambler American, with the same engine that's standard | 0:32 | |
| in the lowest list price car made in America, won big. | 0:35 | |
| For the fifth straight year, | 0:38 | |
| won class A for compacts, | 0:40 | |
| got best mileage of any car, any class, | 0:42 | |
| as certified by the US Auto Club. | 0:45 | |
| See your American Motors Rambler dealer now. | 0:47 | |
| Every minute of every working day, | 0:50 | |
| two more families make their choice | 0:52 | |
| a new American Motors car, | 0:54 | |
| because quality is built in, not added on. | 0:56 |
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