Word: chevrolets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Long Beach Dealer Art Hall, rolled up 61.27 ton-miles per gallon. More surprising still, the even heavier and more expensive Cadillac, represented by several entries, won both second and third places, getting 59.12 and 58.56 ton-miles respectively. Among the low-priced cars, a Ford 6 outperformed both Chevrolet and Plymouth; in higher price ranges, a Kaiser Special, Studebaker Land Cruiser and Frazer Manhattan won top honors...
...Nash Ambassador third with 26.424 mi. Next, in order of ranking: Nash Statesman, 25.522 m.p.g.; Studebaker Land Cruiser, 24.887; Kaiser Special, 23.946; Frazer Manhattan, 23.907; Studebaker Commander, 23-794; Ford 6, 23.326; Cadillac 61, 22.972; Cadillac 62, 22.525; Cadillac 60, 22.080; Hudson Commodore, 21.386; Plymouth, 21.254; Chevrolet...
...what raised the roof was K-F's new, still unnamed low-priced car. It is a five-passenger two-door sedan which President Edgar Kaiser hopes to sell at around $1.175 f.o.b. Willow Run-$250 cheaper than the more luxurious two-door Ford or Chevrolet. At the sight of it, Midwest dealers swarmed across the stand, lifted the 2,400-lb. car waist-high and carried it around the room...
...Doing It Myself." What Booth has got includes four tractors, a corn chopper, a self-propelled combine, plenty of discs, plows, wheat drills, and cultivators, a 1946 Chevrolet and-his pride & joy-a 1948 Cadillac. Said Mrs. Booth: "It's a four-door sedan with white sidewall tires. I wanted the Fleetwood, but it wouldn't go in the garage." Booth apologized for the farm buildings: "Need painting. Haven't been able to buy the quality of paint we wanted. But I'll paint this summer. I'll save 50% doing it myself...
...show to dollar-conscious consumers was something much plainer, the Chevrolet. Though little changed in body style, the Chewy had an automatic transmission (a version of the Dynaflow), the first in the low-priced field, and a new engine delivering 105 h.p. Chewy hoped to put the "Power Glide" automatic shift on 20% of its cars this year. The price: $150 extra...