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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Free Cars. Last week, after an initial period of stonewalling, GM yielded. It made an offer for which no auto executive could recall a parallel: it will take back any 1977 Olds, Buick or Pontiac equipped with a Chevy engine and give the buyer credit for the full sales price, minus 8? for each mile driven, on the purchase of a new car of the same make. Thus if the price of a Chevy-engined Olds less mileage deductions comes to, say, $7,000, the buyer can give it back and get a new $7,000 Olds (this time fitted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Engine Trouble | 5/9/1977 | See Source »

...plan to take a little church in Alabama, Father, preach the gospel, turn bread into flesh, forgive the sins of Buick dealers, administer communion to suburban housewives...

Author: By Jean A. Riesman, | Title: Mercy, Mr. Percy | 4/13/1977 | See Source »

Earlier in the evening a motorcycle driven by an MIT student collided with a 1975 Buick at the same location. Robert G. Mudge, coordinator of records and communications for the University Police Department, said yesterday "a lot of vehicle accidents" occur at this intersection...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Student Hit | 10/7/1976 | See Source »

...that, and the $1,000 he now receives for an evening's performance, his life has changed little. His beloved black 1941 Buick sedan and a '65 Dodge Dart are the only family automobiles. "I might like to walk on a little bit nicer rug," he admits. "But if I get caught up in big cars and fancy homes, I'll lose touch with the people. My music is simple honkytonk. It's nothing too eloquent 'cause I'm a simple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The South/music: A Honky -Tonk Man | 9/27/1976 | See Source »

Luxury cars, including Cadillacs, Lincolns and Chrysler New Yorkers, are selling briskly. And now that gasoline prices have leveled off, at least temporarily, some full-size models, among them the $6,500 Buick Electra, are regaining favor with family buyers. But the big winners so far are the fancier compacts and small, sporty cars that promise buyers both economy and plenty of options and pizazz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Back to 'More Car per Car' | 6/14/1976 | See Source »

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