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...relationships with the butcher for an extra piece of pork chop for the kids." The neighborhood hero is the man who betters his lot by any means -the man who "wears a $200 silk suit every day, $55 alligator shoes and this sort of thing. He drives a big Cadillac, because they know he is winning the war. He is a soldier, you know, like he is a real soldier. He is a general in the community. If he gets busted [arrested], well, he is just a prisoner...
...pidgin. As a student, Odili had disapproved of Chief Nanga for his demagoguery and his "ignorance," but it is hard for a young schoolteacher to feel superior to his old school-and-scoutmaster now that the wily old charmer has a house with seven bathrooms and an official Cadillac with chauffeur...
Secrecy is a fetish in the auto-rental business, but best estimates are that Chevrolet-sized Avis has upped its revenues by 34% in 1966, compared with Cadillac-sized Hertz's gain...
Beyond these, '67 changes are subtle. Despite disappointing sales of its front-wheel-drive Toronado, General Motors is putting front-wheel drive on the Cadillac Eldorado. Chrysler is discontinuing Imperial as a separate line, will make it a more expensive Chrysler with extra decor and equipment. Ford for the first time will bring out four-door Thunderbirds. Pontiac's grille has been given a cat-whisker effect, with metal trim above the headlights suggesting flaring eyebrows. Detroit insiders have a name for the car: Batmobile...
...full of snarly good humor as the high-class crook in charge of plots. After his Bentley has bested Bourvil's midget Citroën in a two-car tie-up, De Funès decides that he has found the dupe to drive a certain white Cadillac convertible from Naples to Bordeaux. More than hot, the Cad is a crime wave on wheels; its bumpers are full of gold, its fenders are full of heroin, its battery contains a fortune in precious stones, and the fabulous You-Koun-Koun diamond is hidden among the optional accessories...