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...Washington sent eight planeloads of official aid, plus a U.S. Air Force C-141 carrying supplies that left from Italy. Private donors gave millions of dollars' worth of supplies and equipment that required more than twelve planes to ferry them to Armenia. Industrialist Armand Hammer donated $500,000, and Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lee Iacocca announced a fund drive. In Chicago, one of five major Armenian population centers around the U.S., the local community raised more than $800,000 and collected 20,000 lbs. of supplies, from blankets to medicine. The Armenian Relief Society raised more than $10 million in little...
...cutter cars: a Chevrolet Citation was a ringer for a Pontiac Phoenix, for example. At the same time, shoddy workmanship, especially in the notorious X-car line, sent hordes of GM devotees to Toyota and Honda salesrooms for better-made products. Many customers were also lost to Ford and Chrysler, which were reviving their reputations for quality...
Once the producer of nearly 52% of all new cars sold in the U.S., GM saw its share slide to 46% in 1984, then drop to 36% today; Ford forged ahead from 19% in 1984 to 22%, and Chrysler climbed from 10% to 11%. Japanese automakers, who are rapidly opening U.S. plants, have boosted their share of the U.S. market from 18% to 26% in the same period...
Think of the classic convertible cars: long, sleek, sporty, maybe even a bit impractical. All in all, not the kind of vehicle that would lend itself to a gun rack behind the driver's seat or a load of cargo bouncing around in the back. Think again: Chrysler, the No. 3 U.S. automaker, plans to introduce in early 1989 a Dodge Dakota pickup truck with a removable, manually operated vinyl...
...Chrysler, which blames the mix-up on human error, agreed last week to pay affected customers up to $2 million for the twice-squeezed lemons. Depending on how long ago the cars were bought, the owners can choose between a full refund or a twelve-month service contract, reimbursement for all previous repair work and a payment...