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...testimony of Lady Charles Mordaunt was read in court confessing that she had committed adultery with Bertie when he was Prince of Wales "often, and in open day," it proved embarrassing but not fatal, because Bertie had played his part honorably-visiting her Ladyship secretly and in a hired brougham in mid-afternoon and never behaving in a manner to embarrass Lord Charles when they were fellow guests on a country weekend...
Engaged in a game that's known in the trade as Nameville, highly paid admen and eager auto executives seldom rest in their search for something new. Among a crop of 1964 models previewed recently in Detroit were cars yclept: the Pontiac Brougham (pronounced broom), after England's Lord Brougham (1778-1868), who designed the original four-seater carriage; the Mercury Comet Caliente, which is "hot" in Spanish and hot in Detroit; the intermediate Chevrolet Chevelle-with the additives "300," "Malibu" or "Malibu SS"; and the Chrysler 300-K, which is simply the next after...
...style stick shifts sprout from car floors, even when they are really only disguised automatic transmission levers. Tachometers stare from dashboards to dazzle the Sunday driver with precious information as to how many revolutions per minute his motor is delivering. And where car nomenclature once connoted carriage-trade-victoria, brougham, landau-the new names and models now smack of high compression-Monza, Le Mans, J-TR, Spyder, Grand Prix...
...banner year because it cut prices by some $200. At the top of the line, G.M.'s Cadillac has less chrome and more of a sweeping rocket shape than the '58, is priced al most exactly the same-from $4,475 to $12,000 for the Eldorado Brougham...
CADILLAC will have a new hood, grille, fenders and rear quarter panels, bear a strong resemblance to the $13,074 (f.o.b. Detroit) Cadillac Eldorado Brougham. Dual headlights and air suspension will be standard items. Cadillac will also have, a fuel injection system...