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...result was a shortage of critical parts in the important West German auto industry. By the end of the week the stoppages engulfed 69,000 more of the country's 680,000 auto workers. Sympathy strikes could touch banking, public transport, textiles, insurance companies and the postal service. Audi, the luxury-car unit of Volkswagen, could be forced to shut down in two cities this week. BMW, the Bavaria-based car and motorcycle maker, has already closed two plants. Porsche and Mercedes-Benz might also curtail production...
CHARGED. Maury Wills, 51, former base-stealing (104 in 1962) shortstop of the Los Angeles Dodgers and manager of the Seattle Mariners (1980-81); with felony possession of cocaine after police spotted him driving an Audi 4000 that had been reported stolen; in Los Angeles. Though the car turned out to have been borrowed from a friend, officers found a vial containing a small amount of cocaine...
Away from the track, Lewis remains obsessed by speed. He once drove his sleek black Audi 5000 from Houston to Fort Worth at speeds approaching 125 m.p.h. "I can't stand someone in front of me on the track," says the speeder, "and I can't stand someone in front of me on the freeway." Compactly muscular at 6 ft. 2 in. and 175 lbs., Lewis now competes for the Santa Monica Track Club, since he was declared scholastically ineligible at Houston last year. But he is finishing his degree in broadcasting and, on the side, restoring...
March 25, 10:36 p.m.--A silver 1980 Audi 5000 was stolen sometime between 6:45 and 10:45 p.m. from the Soldier's Field Road parking lot. The car was valued at $14,000. No suspicious persons were seen and no arrests have been made...
...Lynn Townsend was Chrysler chairman from 1967 to 1975. - Ranked by cars and trucks produced in 1981, the 15 largest vehicle manufacturers in the world are: GM, 6,240,380; Ford, 3,730,319; Toyota, 3,220,418; Nissan, 3,100,968; Volkswagen-Audi, 2,210,666; Renault, 1,810,365; Peugeot-Citroen-Talbot, 1,593,943; Fiat, 1,209,819; Toyo Kogyo (Mazda), 1,176,608; Mitsubishi, 1,094,793; Honda, 1,008,927; Chrysler, 1,002,464; Lada (U.S.S.R.), 830,000; Daimler-Benz, 712,315; Suzuki...