Word: buicks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...company overinvested in bicycles, lost out. Unperturbed, Durant got control of the tottering Flint Wagon Works, sold $10,000,000 worth of stock to exploit its rights to manufacture a horseless carriage, designed by David Buick. He made millions in a few years, laid grandiose plans to take over the lusty young auto industry. He almost did, by merging five companies-Henry Ford was the most important holdout-into General Motors...
...unlike the prairie farm-a farm so big that the old man had never learned to work it. But his big son, Pier, putting all his strength into the job, got rid of the mortgage that first bumper year. And Nertha bore him a boy. Pier bought a 1919 Buick. He was so sure of himself that he laughed at the county agent who wanted him to try contour plowing. Nertha coaxed him to learn how to read and write, but Pier cared more about breeding heifers...
Best buy ever offered, over 200 disappointed early rising readers agreed, was a 1941 Buick automobile with all accessories for $350. Residents of the address given who were awakened at sunrise also agreed, and expressed a wish they had known about such a car so that they might...
...reason for lagging K-F sales is price. Competing automakers reckon that the Kaiser and Frazer should sell for around $1,600. But the Kaiser is now up to $2,029 and the Frazer up to $2,220 F.O.B. Detroit. At such figures, car buyers can get a Cadillac, Buick or Chrysler. Apparently many of them have decided to wait until new cars with old names are ready for them...
...Cadillac and Buick divisions still plan to bring out 1948 models some time and all G.M. divisions will bring out their 1947 models early next year. They will be practically the same as 1946 models (only changes: "identification" changes in radiator grilles and decorations). G.M. still has time to change its mind on 1948 models, if competitors force...