Word: chevrolet
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...many who are ignorant about the Government's farm program, but he quickly demonstrated that he was not above taking part in similar stunts himself. Five Illinois corn and soybean farmers got so mad reading about Farmer Smith's Cadillac that they jumped into a 1959 Chevrolet, drove all night and arrived in Washington the next afternoon to complain that Smith was not really a farmer at all, and was "creating a bad impression on city folks." The travelers were a motley band two were Republicans, three were members of the subsidy-opposing Farm Bureau...
...GENERAL MOTORS. Chevrolet's Impala and Bel Air, the standard models of the line, are unchanged in basic dimensions, have new, squared-off silhouettes. Similarly, the Corvair-still the only U.S. car with a rear engine-has only a new insignia and a little more ornamentation; contrary to widespread gossip, there will be no Corvair convertible for the fall. Chevy's intermediate (110-in. wheelbase and 183-in. overall length), will have single headlights, sculptured side, horizontal bars on the grille and a squared-off back fender. A pizazz version will get the bucket-seat treatment...
...more money to spend, the camper can look over the variety of mobile campsites in the showrooms. Volkswagen's Camper comes fitted with bunks and a sophisticated assortment of kitchen equipment, sells for $2,973 (plus taxes and shipping); Chevrolet has a similar model, and both Land-Rovers and Ford station wagons are promoted with special camping equipment. There are small house trailers mounted on pickup trucks, also called "campers" (some are available on a you-rent-it basis), which feature refrigerators, butane or propane stoves, utensils, even hot and cold running water, showers, toilets and air conditioners (about...
...economy got its biggest lift in May from the auto industry, where production was up 9%. Not since 1929, the maiden year of the model A. had Ford sold so many Fords in May. Over at General Motors, Chevrolet enjoyed its best month this year and the second-best May in history. Sales rose...
...Chevrolet, as in 18 of the past 20 years, continues to be the fastest seller. Its registered sales in the first four months were off by more than 100,000 from 1960, but its share of the market held fairly steady at 21%. Chevy lost part of its sales to its own brother, Corvair, which scored with the Monza-a hot-selling, bucket-seat job that increased Corvair's market slice from 3.3% to 5.6%, second highest among individual compact models...