Word: chevrolet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...beleaguered auto industry last week came under stress from a new quarter-with serious implications for its nationwide dealer-franchise setup. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that General Motors and three Chevrolet dealers' associations, in fighting discount-house car sales in the Los Angeles area in 1960-61, had violated the Sherman Antitrust Act in "a classic conspiracy in restraint of trade...
Plymouth Valiant 200 1,840 $2,226 $ 386 Ford Falcon Futura 1,849 2,237 338 Dodge Coronet 1,902 2,302 400 Plymouth Belvedere I 1,913 2,315 402 Pontiac Tempest 1,926 2,331 405 Chevrolet Biscayne 1,945 2,431 486 Mercury Caliente 2,027 2,453 426 Ford Galaxie 500 2,142 2,677 535 Olds Toronado (V8) 3,694 4,617 923 Lincoln...
...They have us in their hip pocket," said Texas Oilman Hap Sharp, complaining that Jiis two Chevrolet-powered Chaparrals were leaking oil and handling poorly on practice runs. Italy's Enzo Ferrari, whose high-whining, finely tuned cars had dominated Sebring for a decade, winning seven times in all, was so pessimistic about his chances of stopping Ford's "steamroller" this year that he bothered to enter only one prototype in the race. Of course, the new Ferrari 330 P3 was quite a car: developed specifically to compete with Ford, it harbors beneath its streamlined, electric-red shell...
...target of G.M.'s sleuthing was Ralph Nader, 32, a Harvard Law School graduate who last year authored a book called Unsafe at Any Speed, which devoted a chapter to telling about the dangers of driving a 1960-63 model of Chevrolet's Corvair. Nader charged Corvair with sloppy-and therefore presumably unsafe-engineering in its rear suspension system...
...Life. As of the time that Nader wrote his book, more than 100 lawsuits had been filed against Chevrolet for Corvair's alleged deficiencies (to date, G.M. has won two such suits, lost one, and settled one out of court). Angered by Nader's charges, some General Motors executives decided to counterattack. The corporation retained a Washington law firm, which in turn paid out $6,700 to hire Vincent Gillen, a onetime FBI agent turned private detective with headquarters in Manhattan. Gillen sent his agents a frank letter about what they were supposed to try to accomplish...