1959 Nash Metropolitan Roadster

The Metropolitan was built by Austin on their A40 platform in the United Kingdom between 1954 and 1960 having been penned by Pinin Farina in Italy. It was sold in the United States both by Nash and Hudson dealers prior to 1957 when AMC took over and both brand names were dropped, and by 1959 it was simply a Metropolitan. The second generation, Series 4 (or NK4), 1500, first with 52 horsepower, was built on the Austin A50 platform and claimed a top speed of 78 mph and 40 mph. In 1959 Austin switched to the A55 platform (59 horsepower) and that year some 22,309 units were reportedly produced between both Convertible and Hardtop versions.