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...averaging 4% to 8% higher than previous ones. None of the increase will be absorbed by dealers. The new f.o.b. prices, all for the popular four-door sedans, are: Dodge DeLuxe, $1,176; De Soto DeLuxe, $1,251; Chrysler Royal, $1,353; Pontiac Six, $1,127; Oldsmobile, $1,163; Buick, $1,250; Cadillac, $1,794; Nash, $1,119; Packard Six, $1,510; Hudson, $1,257; Lincoln, $1,919; Mercury, $1,241; Studebaker, $1,158. The new prices are substantially above those of 1942. Example: Ford DeLuxe four-door sedan will be $995 instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Up Again | 6/3/1946 | See Source »

...Herald reporter (at $34.79 a week, the Newspaper Guild scale for beginners), Phoebe Hearst gets up early, drives to work (at 7:30 a.m.) in her Buick convertible coupe, gets half an hour for lunch, tries hard to please everybody. Her grandfather said he could fix it with the city editor to give her easier hours, but she said no. "I'm learning a different side of life," said the fledgling Hearstling last week, "and meeting some strange people-interesting in their own little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Such Interesting People | 5/27/1946 | See Source »

...Court asked: "Is it true that during the occupation you owned a car and employed a chauffeur?" The Prince of Zombie replied: "I had four cars-two Packards, one Buick, one Mercury...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Grand Zombie | 12/24/1945 | See Source »

Technically, Prisoner Okamura took orders from Chungking. But he still carried on from a comfortable stucco headquarters in Nanking, equipped with a formal garden and teahouse. He drove about in a black Buick sedan. He maintained direct radio contact with his forces in the field. Meticulously uniformed, his riding boots a bit worn but smartly polished, he talked with a TIME correspondent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: They Make Mischief | 12/24/1945 | See Source »

...reasonable price, Harvester plans to buy the $71-million RFC plant outside Chicago in Melrose Park, where Buick has been building plane motors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: Harvester Goes to Town | 10/29/1945 | See Source »

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