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General Motors will kick off its new model year with the Buick on Sept. 15. Last week the completely restyled Buick was already on the streets, being delivered to dealers (see cut). Ford said the new Mercury will be "totally new from road to roof," with 61% more glass space than the poor-selling '585. To make the overhaul complete, Ford's Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln Boss James J. Nance, onetime head of Hotpoint and Studebaker-Packard, resigned under pressure after eight months as division chief. Under Nance, production skidded to 110,644 cars this year from...
...organizer for Hoffa's Central Conference of Teamsters, Baker visited Miami, there lavished $25,000-in Teamsters Union funds, naturally-on a house, swimming pool and Buick for his doxy. Since 1953 Baker has spent $2,200-also in Teamsters' money-for sanitarium treatment that brought his weight down from 420 Ibs. to an oafish...
This week, without contracts and with a vague strike threat in the air, furloughed Detroit workers were back on the assembly line, putting together cars for a new and hopefully better model year. Down the line with a clatter came the first 19595. Buick was slated to start first; four Chrysler divisions-Dodge, De Soto, Chrysler and Imperial-planned to tailgate close behind. Chevrolet and Plymouth were both to close out their 1958 model runs, quickly move new dies into place for 1959. Only Ford held aloof, will produce 1958 Mercurys, Fords, Lincolns and Edsels through August...
...final changeover. 1958 1957 1956 1955 Chevrolet 1,283,052 1,552,471 1,617,398 1,766,013 Ford 961,236 1,655,068 1,468,734 1,451,157 Plymouth 399,236 662,824 526,852 672,130 Oldsmobile 296,369 384,392 485,459 583,181 Buick 241,908 405,086 572,024 738,814 Pontiac 217,282 334,041 405,730 554,090 Rambler 162,182 84,699 66,573 81,237 Dodge 138,166 281,359 233,686 273,286 Mercury 128,270 286,163 327,943 329,808 Cadillac...
...Buick, its production of '58s halted at 242,000, v. 400,000 in the '57 model year, has scrapped its boxy, overchromed styling, will turn out a comparatively chrome-free, conservative "comeback car" in a "complete break with the past." The longer, lower, wider '59, which will come out in mid-September, will taper from its flaring, high-finned rear to its shovel-snouted front. It will have slanting double headlights like the 1958 Lincoln's, and bigger front and rear windows. Only this year's toothy aluminum grille will remain...