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...Japanese businessmen have been poking around Silicon Valley, trying to learn about good old-fashioned American entrepreneurialism. And competition among factories in Japan is often fierce.) Somehow the Japanese vision of happy workers, loyally singing company songs as they program their robots, is hard to imagine in a Detroit auto plant...
...soon learn more than they may want to know about his dietary habits (Shredded Wheat for breakfast), his haberdasher (Wilkes Bashford) and his favorite restaurants (Le Central and the Tadich Grill). Some of his word gags not only time eggs but also lay them ("bumpersnickers," for the compendium of auto-born humor that he occasionally shares with readers; "LActress," for L.A. actress). But Caen comes up with more than his share of winners. He claims to have coined the word beatnik, and his elegies on the bygone charms of San Francisco are usually models of crisp journalistic prose...
Summer is a time for rediscovering familiar pastimes: picnics, baseball games and trips to the beach. This season millions of Americans are enjoying a kind of fun they have not had in years: a spin in a sleek, shiny new car. More buyers are flocking to auto showrooms than at any time since 1979. Instead of fuel-sipping "econoboxes," people are choosing cars with pep and pizazz that put pleasure back into driving. Says Len Scarano, general manager of the Arrow Auto Mall in Little Falls, N.J.: "A few years ago, people wanted to know only two things: the price...
...regulation, which is expected to be adopted on July 10, will still direct used-car dealers to put disclosure stickers on autos. But the notices will tell only whether the car has a warranty or specify which parts of the auto are guaranteed. The original rule never went into effect because it was blocked by a lawsuit and a lobbying blitz from auto dealers. The FTC now explains that the requirement would have Used cars in New York City been unhelpful to consumers because used-car dealers are often unaware of mechanical problems. The decision means that consumers will continue...
...people nation wide: "Their purpose is simply to enrage." Miami's Sandy Payton, whose WIOD show is less acerbic than those of competitors like Kane, believes that their appeal is strictly a matter of sensationalism: "Listening to these hosts is no different from slowing down to watch an auto accident...