AMC: Rambler American, 1960s
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- | Who were the big winners of this year's Mobil Economy Run? | 0:02 |
They didn't think we'd have a chance. | 0:05 | |
Our new Rambler American 440 was packing the biggest | 0:07 | |
most powerful standard engine in its class. | 0:10 | |
The engine that made us an acceleration champ | 0:13 | |
in the performance trials at Daytona. | 0:15 | |
And acceleration champs just don't win in Economy Runs | 0:17 | |
or do they? | 0:21 | |
Well after 3,300 miles of parched desert dust, | 0:23 | |
and thin mountain air of open turnpikes and crowded cities. | 0:26 | |
What happened? | 0:29 | |
Rambler American with the same engine that standard | 0:30 | |
in the lowest list price car made in America. | 0:33 | |
Won big for the fifth straight year, | 0:36 | |
won class-A for compacts, | 0:38 | |
got best mileage of any car, any class | 0:40 | |
and certified by the US Auto Club. | 0:43 |
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