counterparts starting with the 1975 model year. The basic automobile platform was used by AMC since the 1967 model year, and the full-size automobile market segment was declining. American Motors' strategy was now aimed at smaller cars and sport-utility vehicles. However, the Ambassador basically continued as the similarly sized and styled Matador sedans and wagons. From 1975 they became available in uplevel "Brougham" trim and assumed the model numbers of the previously equivalent Ambassadors. The Matador was also offered in a unique top-of-the-line Barcelona four-door in its final year of production, 1978. Notes References External links AMC Rambler Club American Motors Owners Association Nash Car Club Nash Healey History Nash in the UK 1967 Ambassador information Ambassador Sedans Convertibles Coupés Station wagons Mid-size cars Full-size vehicles Limousines Police vehicles Taxi vehicles Rear-wheel-drive vehicles 1960s cars 1970s cars Cars introduced in 1958