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Among the new autos rolling off the nation's assembly lines this week are two sporty but little-known models with features that no other U.S. cars can match. The cars: 1901 Oldsmobiles, enjoying a jaunty revival in the era of the tail fin and the power brake. The cars are manufactured a scant five miles apart in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. by American Air Products Corp. (whose slogan is "The Backward Look") and by Starts Manufacturing Co. They began producing the cars last year as specialty items and display models for auto dealers and stores. But the antique Oldses...
...wealth of choice makes it possible for the single-minded consumer to buy a car or appliance that is practically custom-made-but he inevitably pays for the privilege. "Imagine the poor woman who walks into our refrigerator showroom to buy a refrigerator," says Maurice Leifler, executive sales director of Chicago's Polk Brothers discount chain. "She looks around and sees 55 different models. Where does she start?" The buyer is so baffled that she often does...
Studebaker-Packard's new small car, the Lark, also made pricing news. Its price was set lower than the list prices of the Big Three and in some cases below American Motors' hot-selling Rambler. The Lark begins at $1,756 for a two-door, six-cylinder model, ranges to $2,362 for an eight-cylinder station wagon. Its four-door six carries a list price of $1,821 v. $1,918 for the cheapest four-door Rambler, but most of its two-door models run slightly above Rambler's two-door Rambler American series...
...car production last week reached 69,599 units v. 45,387 the week before, and prospects are for a production of 75,000 this week. Production was still held back by wildcat strikes at General Motors, but other carmakers hiked schedules. Chrysler hopes to increase production 15% this week. Ford's Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln division plans a 40% hike, and Studebaker-Packard scheduled a 50% rise; with Ramblers running off the line at an alltime peak, American Motors raised schedules...
...Cars were selling well. Buick announced that it has received more than 100,000 new car orders from its dealers, almost two-thirds of which have already been sold. Ford announced that its dealers sold 27,000 new Fords on introduction day alone, and Pontiac reported sales and confirmed orders of more than 20,500 during the car's first three days on the market. Buoyed by orders for 72,400 Ramblers so far this year, American Motors made plans to turn out 100,000 Ramblers by the end of December, almost double the total turned...