Word: barracudas
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...than a dozen dealerships have gone under in recent months. Where one agency had ordered 400 new cars by this time in 1969, it now orders 115. A newspaper campaign comes complete with $400 discount coupons for a new car. It brings a limp reply. A brand-new 1970 Barracuda, which would normally sell for $3,000, goes on special sale at a mere $1,495-and draws no takers. Housing is not much better off. Apartments stand vacant everywhere; in some suburbs the vacancy rate reaches 40%. Many landlords have cut rents by as much as a quarter; others...
...Gimmicks. Determined to gain a larger share of the muscle-car market, Chrysler entered its brand-new Dodge Challenger in the Trans-Am for the first time this year, along with a redesigned Plymouth Barracuda. American Motors convinced Mark Donohue and Roger Penske, Trans-Am champions for the past two years in Chevrolet Camaros, to switch to its Javelins in a deal that will earn the pair a reported $3,000,000 over the next three years. General Motors countered by appointing Jim Hall, designer and driver of the innovative Chaparrals to head its Camaro team, while Veteran Driver Jerry...
...laps. They fined the Mustang driver $100 for "unsportsmanlike conduct." Said Minter: "At first I thought George was coming out to shake my hand, but when I saw his eyes-he was hysterical!" The point tally as of last week-Mus-fang, 48, Camaro, 26, Javelin, 25, Challenger, 7, Barracuda, 5-held little solace for Follmer. Last year Mustang won four of the first five races and still lost out to Camaro. With seven encounters still ahead, the real hysteria of the 1970 Trans-Am is yet to come...
...Right Now. To sweeten the deal, G.M. is lopping $148 off the list price of the Chevelle four-door and $147 from the Chevelle hardtop. Ads for Buick read: "Everybody is looking for a bargain. Here's one you can believe in." The Chrysler-Plymouth Division promotes its Barracuda sports car by comparing its cost with competing models of G.M. and Ford. "Even the price is beautiful," notes...