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Graced with the same snub-nosed design that has characterized the basic bug since 1948, the new 1200 is as much a throwback as an evolution. It has the same chrome trim and many, though not all, of the improvements built into the current 1300 and 1500 models, such as wide-track wheels and automatic choke. But the new car resurrects the pony 41-h.p. engine which VW dropped in 1965. It will hit 70 m.p.h., as against 78 m.p.h. for the 53-h.p. 1500, will cost a bare $1,121, compared with...
Sausage Arms. But this year, showgoers spotted a new trend: a sweeping return to the 1930s, with its love of overstuffed furniture (one possible source of inspiration: late night replays on TV of the '30s movies) and the bright chrome chairs, tables and settees initiated by such Bauhaus architect-designers as Marcel Breuer and Mies van der Rohe; there was even a revival of the laminated blond wood chairs made popular by Finnish Architect Alvar Aalto in the 1940s. What made the trend significant is that such furniture comes not from the avantgarde, relatively low-volume makers such...
Lost in a Maze. Now that his gleaming, chrome-plated figures stand on their own two feet in the U.S.'s top contemporary museums and private collections (the Museum of Modern Art put kaleidoscopes of Trova's falling men on sale for $3.95 each, sold 8,000 in the past year), Trova is less concerned with the figures than with the sculptural environments in which he places them (see color). "You might say I am a student of Aristotle," explained the mustachioed Missourian in his suburban St. Louis studio last week. "Man has to deal with things around...
...name appropriated from an early Willys model, it retains the familiar boxy design, but otherwise is a far cry from the vintage Jeep. Roadster, pickup truck and station-wagon versions (price: $2,300 to $4,000) are available, but the series' mainstay is a convertible featuring bucket seats, chrome spinner wheels, continental spare tire, and regular windows instead of isinglass curtains-plus such options as air conditioning, automatic transmission and power brakes...
...Shiny metal in front of the driver will be reduced in order to cut down glare. There will be less chrome on wipers and steering wheels; dashboards will be padded to cut shininess...