books.google.com.jm - With roots extending back to the first decade of the twentieth century, Nash Motor Company and the Hudson Motor Car Company managed to compete and even prosper as independent producers until they merged in 1954 to form the American Motors Company, which itself remained independent until it was bought...http://books.google.com.jm/books/about/Storied_Independent_Automakers_Nash_Huds.html?id=PerGbKxOPZYC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareStoried Independent Automakers: Nash, Hudson, and American Motors