Word: chevrolet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...business, 1962 seems destined to go down as a General Motors year. Already the world's biggest manufacturing corporation (more than $8 billion in assets), G.M. last week was growing in every direction. At home in the U.S., G.M.'s bread-and-butter car, the standard-sized Chevrolet, was outselling the rival Ford Galaxie by nearly 2 to 1. In Germany, G.M.'s Opel subsidiary was gearing up for fall introduction of its new Kadett economy sedan which seemed certain to lift still higher G.M.'s 11% share of world auto sales outside...
...showpieces are a one-of-a-kind sports version of its Falcon compact, the Challenger I, with a tuned 244-cu.-in. engine and special suspension designed to cruise at 120 m.p.h., and the Cougar 406, with gull-wing doors and a top speed of 160 m.p.h. Chevrolet's sports compact is a 150-h.p. version of the Corvair known as the Monza Spyder, and there are two special show models of the Corvette-the Shark and the Kelly...
...parents emigrated from Holland. In recent years, she and their five children have bravely endured both his long absences from home and his addiction to secondhand automobiles (he owns four: a '36 Dodge coupé, a '41 Dodge pickup, a '50 Ford convertible, a '51 Chevrolet sedan...
...model Ts got 60% in 1921, and more than enough to prompt some nervous glances from G.M. officials toward the U.S. Justice Department, whose antitrust division constantly eyes the affairs of the world's biggest manufacturer. This year G.M. has conspicuously dropped its usual practice of stepping up Chevrolet advertising as its sales increase. There have been no recent dealer incentive contests for fast-selling Pontiac. Oldsmobile or Buick...
...Chevrolet's 1963 Corvette will get its first major face-lifting: boxy, squarish front and a "fastback" line for the hardtop model...