That "300" was followed by 11 low-volume models in succeeding years, each with a letter affixed to the number, culminating in the 300L of 1965.
The body panels are steel, not the plastic commonly used for low-volume models.
The idea was that the new car would be a distinctive, low-volume model symbolizing a new Rambler look and spearheading a full product line.
The car-car is also fading as the industry gets better at building and selling the more specialized, low-volume models known as niche vehicles.
There have been rumors that the Diamante was either not intended for a Japanese launch, or it might have been planned as a low-volume model.
At present, Zanzibar benefits from a high-value, low-volume model where most visitors come to the spice island after a safari in Tanzania's national parks.
In the case of the former, Ford engineers were too busy with the bread-and-butter trucks to be distracted by a specialized, low-volume model.
Developing a new car costs hundreds of millions of dollars, and often more than $1 billion, and it can take years to recoup that investment on a low-volume model.
It immediately became evident that special, low-volume models of this nature were highly desirable from both the sponsor and the collector's perspective, as well as being profitable for Matchbox.
The Xerox Corporation introduced new copiers today, including two low-volume models and a copier with a beveled edge that can make copies from books without ruining bindings.