Word: competitors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Simca's sleek little Aronde car is considered the hottest thing on the French market today. Priced at $1,870, it is a strong competitor in popularity to the $995 Renault Baby. Simca's passenger-car output in the first six months of 1954 totaled 40,655. Net profit last year was $1,570,000. Simca's exports have climbed from 4.77% of all French cars sold abroad in 1949 to 18% last year...
...tracks at home. But by 1950 Gonzalez, too, was campaigning abroad. And only one year later, driving a Ferrari, he was pushing Fangio hard for the Grand Prix championship. Brusque, stubborn and fearlessly heavy-footed, Gonzalez was a match for the best. "He never let go," said one competitor. "He would drive the pistons out of a car before he'd quit...
...rugged route was a test of men as well as motors. As the nerve-racking trial ground on, Sydney Garage Owner Jack Murray proved that his rowdy humor and his mechanical skill were an unbeatable combination. Along the way he touched off sticks of explosive gelignite that blew competitors out of much-needed rest. Outside Broome, Murray's 1948 Ford V-8 (which he uses for a tow car at home) ran out of gas; Murray promptly made a deal with another driver, whose car was stranded with burned-out bearings. After filling his Ford from his competitor...
...With a competitor's critical eye, Auto Magnate Henry Ford II looked over some Russian cars on display at an industrial fair in Copenhagen. "As far as I can see, these cars are not very good," said he. "They are obviously about the same type of cars we made some 20 years...
...green infield of Cleveland's Municipal Stadium: "That young feller," he gestured grandly, "that feller's a ball player. He'll give you the works every time. Gets all the hits, gives you the hard tag in the field. That feller's a real competitor, you bet your sweet curse life...