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...Victor, a yard shorter, a foot narrower and 1,000 Ibs. lighter than a Chevrolet, is a 55-h.p. wrap-around-look car that gets 35 miles per gallon. It is expected to sell for about $1,800 v. Chevrolet's cheapest price of about $2,000. The Opel, which approximates the Victor in performance, will get a face-lift before appearing...
...Price Class. Ford Fairlane 500 "6," 22.2534 m.p.g., 52.5181 t.m.p.g.; Chevrolet Bel Air "8," 21.2636 m.p.g., 49-4378 t.m.p.g.; Chevrolet Bel Air "6," 21.4948 m.p.g., 49.0080 t.m.p.g.; Rambler Rebel "8," 21.6214 m.p.g., 47.8914 t.m.p.g.; Ford Fairlane 500 "8," 19.1567 m-p-g-, 45-4013 t.m.p.g...
...Postman's Ring. To Businessman Summerfield., the reports that landed on his Post Office desk were as plain (but by no means as satisfying) as the sales figures had been at his prosperous Chevrolet agency back in Flint, Mich. The Post Office books simply showed that the department was about to run out of money-with three months still to go in the fiscal year. Thus, while the House was still listening to Clarence Cannon's cries of bluff, Summerfield issued the orders that 1) eliminated, effective last week, all regular deliveries on Saturdays, 2) closed all Post...
TRUCK-SALES BOOM for International Harvester is pushing biggest U.S. farm-equipment maker ahead of American Motors Corp. as nation's No. 4 automotive producer. New figures show International's 1956 truck sales jumped two-thirds to $573 million, ranking company just behind front-running truckers Chevrolet and Ford. Trucks now account for 46% of International's business v. 29% for farm equipment...
HORSEPOWER RACE will get hotter in 1958. Chevrolet is building new eight-cylinder engine at Tonawanda, N.Y. plant, will make it about 3 in. to 4 in. lower, 6 in. longer and much more powerful than basic 162-h.p. V-8 on 1957 models. Next year's Chevy chassis will also be lower (though not so ground-hugging as 1957 Plymouth), along with Pontiac will get complete styling overhaul from General Motors...