AMC: American Motors Cars, 1960s
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| (horn honking) | 0:16 | |
| - | Move it! | 0:17 |
| - | Ah, move it yourself, who do you think you're trying | 0:18 |
| Jake! | 0:22 | |
| - | Charlie. | 0:23 |
| - | Hey, you're looking great. Hauling cars, huh? | 0:24 |
| - | Not just cars, Charlie. | 0:26 |
| Young guy's there's excitement, news, | 0:28 | |
| cars from American Motors. | 0:31 | |
| Meet the AMX | 0:33 | |
| - | Hey! | 0:35 |
| - | Yeah, huh? Isn't that something? | 0:36 |
| You've never seen anything like this beauty. | 0:39 | |
| It's loaded with a kinds of new ideas. | 0:41 | |
| - | I'll take a dozen. | 0:44 |
| - | Oh, no, it's not for sale. | 0:45 |
| It's an experimental car, taking it to an auto show. | 0:46 | |
| But here's one for for ya. | 0:48 | |
| This baby just won first place in acceleration. | 0:50 | |
| Class six, this year's pure oil performance trials. | 0:53 | |
| - | First place | 0:56 |
| - | Yup, Rambler American ran away from everything | 0:58 |
| in its class and it's still wearing the lowest list price | 1:01 | |
| of any car made in America. | 1:04 | |
| Who's got the news, eh? | 1:07 | |
| - | American Motors? | 1:09 |
| - | Now wrap your eyes around this solid 6 cent, | 1:13 |
| The Ambassador DPO, real classy. | 1:15 | |
| Ambassador sales are up to 26% over the last year. | 1:18 | |
| - | Hey! | 1:21 |
| - | You like, yeah? | 1:22 |
| Motor Trend Magazine calls it | 1:23 | |
| the industry's richest interior. | 1:25 | |
| - | Poshly posh. | 1:26 |
| - | And that's not all, has double safety brakes | 1:28 |
| and coil spring seats. | 1:30 | |
| - | Like in a Cadillac! | 1:31 |
| - | That's what they mean by quality built in, not added on. | 1:32 |
| That's why these cars stay younger longer. | 1:37 | |
| You know, keep that value. | 1:39 | |
| It's like I said, Charlie, this is the company | 1:41 | |
| that's hatching all the younger ideas, | 1:43 | |
| up and coming American Motors. | 1:46 | |
| Hey, gotta get rollin'. | 1:48 | |
| See you in Los Angeles! | 1:50 | |
| - | Yep. See you in Los Angeles. | 1:53 |
| Los Angeles? I'm goin' to New York! | 1:56 | |
| Jake! Let me outta here, I'm goin' to New York! | 1:59 | |
| Jake, what are you doin' to me? Let me outta here! | 2:03 | |
| I'm goin' to New York! | 2:06 | |
| - | 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. | 2:15 |
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