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...cars went into the second lap, a white Pontiac Tempest sedan hot-rodded past everyone into the lead. The Tempest is Pontiac's compact, normally has a four-cylinder engine, gentle springs, and all the aerodynamic qualities of a two-by-four. But some expert rebuilding and the addition of an optional, high-performance V-8 Pontiac engine was all that Driver Paul Goldsmith, 36, himself an Indianapolis driver, needed to leave the Sting Rays in his exhaust...
...enviable record of scientific development: the first TV set that would operate without a roof aerial in 80% of U.S. homes, the first horizontal freezer compartment in the top of a refrigerator, the hermetically sealed compressor system for room air conditioners that has made possible today's compact air conditioners. Ford followed Beck's advice to buy Philco, put Beck in as president...
Truck sales have received their biggest boost from the steady spread of suburbia, which has created a need for more and more light and compact delivery trucks; last year such trucks accounted for three-fourths of all truck sales. Other segments of the industry are also growing fast. The share of long-distance freight transported by truck has risen to 23% from less than 10% 20 years ago, a trend that means a growing market for heavy-duty haulers. The healthy construction industry and the federal highway program increase the demand for big trucks...
...market is divided up among Mack Trucks. White. Volkswagen, and such seldom-heard-of brands as Diamond T. Reo, Autocar, Available. Peterbilt and Divco. Chevy's and Ford's big lead comes from concentrating some 80% of their efforts on the popular, mass-produced light and compact trucks. This leaves the heavy-duty field wide open for smaller companies, which thrive by tailor-making trucks ranging from $6,500 highway tractors to $75,000 giants that can haul 49 tons of iron ore. Although they account for only 13% of industry production, the big trucks bring...
...Lines-one of the biggest U.S. truck fleets-tested two pilot models for a year, then asked for changes from windshield wipers to heaters. It was partly because Bell Telephone, the world's biggest commercial truck customer (8,800 purchased a year), wanted a Volkswagen-styled side-door compact truck that Ford and Chevy two years ago produced their copies of the Volkswagen compact. But for the most part, truck buyers give radical design changes a chilly reception, prefer gradual improvements on tried-and-tested trucks. As a result, the industry is moving away from the annual model changeover...