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...auto industry last week went to the Government to complain about foreign tariffs. Before the Commerce Department, the Automobile Manufacturers' Association argued that European duties, purchase taxes and quotas have priced U.S. cars out of the market. Noted the association: with taxes and duties, a U.S. compact such as the Ford Falcon (New York list price: $2,040) costs an English buyer $5,238, an Italian $4,368 and a Frenchman $4,184. Many a businessman feels that unless foreign nations allow U.S. products to compete on equal terms in foreign markets, there will be a rise in protectionist...
...COMPACT-CAR SALES lead is held by Ford Motor Co.'s Falcon, which since Jan. 1 has sold 80,433 models v. 72,113 for American Motors' Rambler...
Every automan knows that the compact cars have boosted overall auto sales, but no one has been sure just what effect they have had on the market for standard-size cars. Last week Detroit had enough figures to show that the compact has been an unreserved blessing for some, a mixed blessing for others. Imports were feeling compact competition, were down from 11.5% of car sales in August 1959 to 8.7% last month. Items...
...medium-price divisions-Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick-are bringing out compact cars. The new models will not, despite the rumors, be deluxe versions of Chevy's Corvair, but slightly bigger, considerably more powerful cars with engines in front. All three will have a wheelbase of 112 inches, use the same body shell and many interchangeable parts. Buick and Olds will share the same engine, a scaled-down aluminum block V-8 that turns up 150 h.p.; Pontiac's engine will be a cast-iron, four-cylinder job, canted at a 45° angle, with an output of more than...
Midgets in the Studios. In addition, the Big Three are also testing several experimental smaller-than-compact models to compete against the European imports. Ford is farthest along, already has a proven power plant in the aluminum block, four-cylinder engine that runs its Jeep-like military vehicle called the Mutt, is trying it out on a 96-in. wheelbase. But neither Ford nor G.M. nor Chrysler plans to introduce its midget cars for 1961. First, Detroit wants to see how well the current crop of compacts do against the foreign cars. So far they are doing fine...