Word: benzes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...automakers-Volvo and Saab-Scania-announced their decision to unite in a new company, to be called Volvo-Saab-Scania. By any measure, the triple-hyphenated outfit will be a giant: with sales of $5.8 billion, it will rank as Europe's fourth largest automaker (after Daimler-Benz, Renault and Volkswagen), turn out a line of vehicles ranging from compacts to huge Scania rigs, and employ nearly 104,000 workers...
...Mercedes Benz...
...probation officer once a month and get the court's permission before leaving the state. Patty will be guarded closely by both private and federal agencies. Four husky private guards were waiting when she was whisked home to Nob Hill in the family's gray Mercedes Benz...
Mercedes after Mercedes after Mercedes. One might expect to see them at the Beverly Hills Hotel, or perhaps a drive-in movie in Kuwait-but at a factory's employee parking lot? Ah, but the factory belongs to the German automaker Daimler-Benz, whose employees may buy the company's prestigious product at a 21.5% discount. Last year Daimler-Benz's 129,000 workers snapped up 40,000 Mercedes, or 11.4% of total output. After one year, employees are free to resell their cars on the open market. These days they often get 10% more than they...
Other customers do. Waiting time for a new Mercedes-Benz ranges from five months to 14 (for the relatively plebeian-priced $6,738 diesel 200 model), and would-be buyers who are not employees are getting annoyed. So Daimler-Benz has made an odd request: that employees sell their year-old models not to the highest bidder but to Mercedes dealers, who will recondition the cars and sell them. "We are appealing to our employees' sense of responsibility," says a company spokesman. "We point out that they will be helping to ensure the company's future if they...