1948 Hudson Commodore Sedan

The new Hudson models made their debut on December 7, 1947. They featured the company's step-down design with a low roof with plenty of interior room. In 1948, sales jumped nearly 50 percent over 1947, and Hudson rose from 13th to 11th place in the market.

This Hudson Commodore is a near-original car with just one repaint since new. The original color is Quartermaster Grey metallic and is a striped grey cloth interior with clear plastic seat covers. Inside, there is a two-tone wood-grain dashboard, and the odometer shows just 27,000 miles. It is very well equipped with an overdrive system, a windshield visor with a traffic light prism, chrome side window visors, a tissue dispenser, a rear window wiper and window blinds, and reversing lamps. It has the correct fender skirts and chrome hubcaps. There are trim rings and wide whitewall tires.

By Daniel Vaughan | Nov 2014

Hudson was best-known for its revolutionary 'Step-Down' models which debuted on December 7, 1947. Ads told us, 'You're Face-to Face with Tomorrow.' These low-built cars had unitary construction of body and chassis, rear wheels mounted inside the chassis frame, and coil-spring independent front suspension. Revolutionary at the time, they proved very successful in NASCAR stock car racing. Sales reached a peak of nearly 145,000 units in 1950, but it was a downhill slide from that point on. Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator in 1954 to form American Motors and production was transferred from Detroit to Kenosha, Wisconsin. Ironically, both the Hudson and Nash names were gone by 1957 as the firm concentrated on compact cars under the Rambler label. This was Hudson's most expensive model. Finished in Quartermaster Gray Metallic over a striped gray cloth interior, it remains largely original except for one repaint.