Commodore MAX or Commodore 64 - Which Was First?

Wikipedia and several other online sources say the Commodore MAX machine is the predecessor to the Commodore 64. This short historical video looks into that claim.

Reference documents:

Commodore's 1982 Annual Report to Shareholders:
https://archive.org/details/commodore...

Michael Tomczyk (CBM) / Tony Tokai (CJL) meeting notes:
https://archive.org/details/tomczyk_t...

Commodore Product Brochure showing Max will be available Christmas 1982
https://archive.org/details/commodore...