Word: carred
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...where General Motors is fighting the first of scores of suits involving the 1,124,076 Corvairs it produced between 1960 and 1963. Nearly all the suits claim that in those years the Corvair's rear axle (since redesigned) tended to cause violent oversteering that sometimes forced the car to "fishtail" and roll over...
...Jose. The plaintiff is Doreen Collins, a pleasant-faced divorcee who seeks $400,000 in compensatory damages for a grisly accident in 1962 when she was driving her five children and her new fiance on a camping trip in a 1960 Corvair. Suddenly swinging out of control, the car hit a truck headon, killing one child and the fiance. U.S. Racing Driver Paul O'Shea has taken the stand to back the Collins claim that the Corvair was unsafe. British Racing Driver Stirling Moss has testified that it was safe. The war of experts may well leave judge...
...flashes green, then bolt off, engines screaming and rear ends smoking as the tires burn under the tremendous torque. The course, usually four to 14 miles long, runs up steep country roads, contains no fewer than 15 curves, and its straightaways are no longer than 200 yds. Yet the cars average 69 m.p.h., occasionally even top 125 m.p.h. Most drivers try to "straighten the curves" by skidding around the corner in a controlled four-wheel slide and then snapping the car into a lightning-like acceleration. Says British Driver Tony Marsh: "You have no chance of winning unless...
...back again-and faster than ever. In a 6.5-mile climb in the Italian Alps last week, Ludovico Scarfiotti drove a new lightweight Ferrari 2000 to victory at a speed of 74.4 m.p.h. It was Scarfiotti's second win in as many starts and clearly proved the new car's superiority. With three more races to go for the championship, Scarfiotti is third (with 18 points) behind Mitter (25) and Herrmann (22). But he is odds-on favorite to take the title for Ferrari. In that event, Porsche designers will trudge back to their drawing boards and thousands...
...settle peaceably. Under an interim agreement, management has been putting in escrow 11.50 an hour for every steelworker since May 1, and once the contract is signed, each worker will collect about $80-enough to buy a portable TV set or put a down payment on a used car. Abel himself is eager to make a statesmanlike impression in his first real test since wresting the presidency from Dave McDonald, knows that a reasonably sweet settlement would enhance his reputation far more than a disruptive strike. The union realizes that if a strike comes, the companies could hold...