Word: buicks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...When church officers tried to press a Cadillac upon him, he refused it with the explanation: "Sure, you gave it to me," he said, "but how will I ever get such a story across to Akron's tire builders? I'll continue to drive that Olds or Buick...
...most stores getting most of the new business." G.M. has almost 14,000 dealerships, Ford 8,000, Chrysler not quite 6,000, American Motors 3,000, Studebaker little more than 2,000. There is, of course, more to it than that. G.M. has improved its styling (notably on Buick and Oldsmobile), does not have a single dog in its garage. "We thrive on competition," said Ed Cole in a speech last week that seemed to be aimed at reassuring Bobby Kennedy and his trust busters. "It makes us more responsive to modern needs and demands of the American public...
...Justice Department, whose antitrust division constantly eyes the affairs of the world's biggest manufacturer. This year G.M. has conspicuously dropped its usual practice of stepping up Chevrolet advertising as its sales increase. There have been no recent dealer incentive contests for fast-selling Pontiac. Oldsmobile or Buick...
...seeing the new Chevy II compact selling briskly without eating into sales of the regular Chevy or the smaller, sporty Corvair. Pontiac rides in third place in sales across the nation (behind Ford's Ford division), Oldsmobile has risen to fourth (from fifth last year) and Buick to fifth (all the way up from eighth...
Other Detroit whispers last week: > Buick will introduce the Centurion, General Motors' long-awaited answer to Ford's Thunderbird. Slightly bigger than the Thunderbird (116-in. wheelbase v. the T-bird's 113) and probably more expensive, Centurion will feature "fastback" styling, a gentle, slightly concave curve from the roofline to the rear bumper...