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...problems, increased its share of the market by nearly 2%, taking 49.85% of the total. Pontiac is a big star this year, with first-half sales climbing from 392,863 to 426,874. Both Buick and Oldsmobile have held their own, but Chevrolet models have proved a mixed bag. Corvair has slipped by about 10,000 units from a poor 17,986 sales last year. So far this year, Chevy II and Camaro have saved the day. Cadillac continues at its phenomenal pace, selling all the models that the division can turn...
Cole's reputation soared still higher when he not only designed the revolutionary rear-engine Corvair, but outflanked several layers of unwilling management to sell then Chairman Harlow Curtice on the lively little car. The Corvair has since had its troubles, but Cole's baby is often credited with creating the current taste for sporty cars...
...other three are look-alikes in their corporate backgrounds. All are graduate engineers who have been G.M. divisional heads. Cole came from Chevrolet, where he was best known for having developed the Corvair; though the car has had recent safety and sales problems, it is still counted a success in G.M. circles. An articulate man with an outgoing personality, Cole should be the favorite for the big job if G.M. is anxious to polish its public relations image, which became somewhat tarnished under austere Fred Donner. But Cole has a black mark on his record: he was less than stringent...
...merely a hair-raising path through the city streets of Monte Carlo, barely wide enough to allow one car to pass another, and replete with such hazards as a curving tunnel in the middle of a 120-m.p.h. straightaway and two hairpins. It is hard enough to steer a Corvair around a 180° turn, let alone a 400-h.p. Formula I racing car. In the past 15 years, the winner's speed has climbed from 58.2 m.p.h. to 75.8 m.p.h...
...year off the development time of the Barracuda in order to get it on the road this year. Lincoln-Mercury has introduced the Cougar to fill the price gap between Mustang and Thunderbird. Chevrolet this fall introduced its Camaro, a frank copy of Mustang, to go along with the Corvair Monza which had been its interim lower-priced specialty car. In February, Pontiac, which already has the Tempest GTO model, will bring out its brand-new Firebird-also being built in a crash program-as the twelfth entry in the specialty field...