Word: chryslers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...drive the warnings home, auto plants around the U.S. were gradually reacting to the slower sales and resultant pile-up of 1956 models. At Ford, G.M. and Chrysler last week, production was cut as much as 10% on some models, and 14,000 workers were laid...
Many executives find that fresh air helps them to relax. Chrysler Corp. President L. L. ("Tex") Colbert religiously takes a long (i½-to 4-mile) walk every evening, says his mind is "anywhere but on business." Industrial Designer William Snaith of Manhattan's Raymond Loewy Associates, who sails a 47½-ft. yawl in his spare time, says: "Any activity that reunites us with elemental natural forces brings back the living, breathing human being...
With a sales eye out for the sports-car buff, Chrysler last week brought out four souped-up models of its regular lines...
...Soto Adventurer, a low-slung two-door hardtop which will develop 320 h.p. against the standard 255 h.p. Chrysler's other entry of the week: an experimental two-door station wagon, the Plainsman, featuring a rear "observation car" seat, facing backwards, so that its two passengers see not where the car is going, but where it has been...
...Dealers who once got markups of 25% now slashed profit margins as low as 3% per car. In the race for the No. 1 spot, Chevrolet turned out 1.8 million cars, edged out Ford by 65,000. But the comeback story of the year in the auto industry was Chrysler. After slumping to 12.9% of the market in 1954, President Lester Lum ("Tex") Colbert poured $250 million into racy new styling, fired up his dealers to get out and sell the mass market. Result: Chrysler wound up 1955 with 17% of the auto market for its four-car line...