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...join it: as they once competed to turn out bigger and more powerful cars, so they are now racing to beat each other to the market with new small makes. General Motors disclosed last week that it is considering bringing out new small cars in all its divisions: Chevrolet, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, even Cadillac. GM had hoped to have a Chevy Vega equipped with a Wankel rotary engine ready for unveiling in September, but experimental models have consumed too much gas, so introduction has been put off until...
...pleasure driving?perhaps even a large sedan for limited use. Some families may own a small car and rent a large one whenever they have to travel somewhere together. Joseph M. Pepek, a dentist in Westfield, Mass., may represent the two-car future: last month he traded his big Buick Electra Limited for a smaller Buick Century and a tiny Japanese-made Subaru. "I use the Subaru to go to work," he says, "and the Buick for going to church or stepping out on Saturday night?you know, ceremonial occasions...
...biggest savings, though, are to be won by resisting the lures of high horsepower. In a General Motors test, Buick Electras used 21% less gas at 50 m.p.h. than at 70 m.p.h. Smaller cars have saved as much as 30% by driving at 50 m.p.h. rather than 70 m.p.h. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the nation would conserve 2,100,000 bbl. of oil daily-more than the anticipated daily production of Alaska's North Slope-if the average weight of U.S. cars was reduced from 3,500 Ibs. to 2,500 Ibs. The EPA has also rated...
...Allan D. Hughes and patrolman Harold E. Pearson of the Cambridge Police, who were dispatched to the scene of the crime after University police notified their Cambridge counterparts of the thefts, sighted the suspects driving a stolen Buick on Mass Ave. and signaled them to stop...
...manual, read it, and started doing a little bit at a time." As his confidence grew, he went into more complex tasks, such as rebuilding his engine. Says Russo: "The mystery of mechanics isn't so mysterious any more." Working near by on his wife's old Buick, Law Student Ernest Burger remarks: "I'm actually acting out a childhood fantasy." Many people have always itched to play mechanic, but lacked encouragement until the new garages came along...