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...Kadett model, which is 6 in. shorter than the standard VW but roomier inside, and sells in Germany for $1,269 v. $1,245 for the VW. Ford's best seller is its new Taunus 12M, which is 7 in. longer than the Volkswagen and costlier ($1,370). Its success has lifted Ford's German sales by 23%, to 157,000 cars in 1963's first three quarters...
...units to 250,000 this year, and that its world wide sales will jump almost 10%, to $1.75 billion. In Germany, hopeful buyers still have to wait up to six weeks for delivery of a standard VW and three months for the company's bigger, costlier 1500 sedan (TIME, Sept...
...Carlisle & Jacquelin and DeCoppett & Doremus. In 1951, said the SEC, the two got together and fixed the extra charges that small investors have to pay above and beyond the regular commission for buying odd lots-1210 per share on stock priced up to $40 and 250 per share on costlier stock...
...number runs to 13.000 or 14.000 scientists and engineers. Says Gross: "I suspect there's more science and engineering in a button today than there was 20 years ago." In, steel, Europe's new oxygen furnaces have outmoded the old open hearth, which is much slower and costlier, and forced many U.S. steel firms to begin installing the more efficient furnaces...
Buyers are universally trading up to costlier and sportier cars (see MODERN LIVING) and shifting away from the compacts, which have leveled off at 32% of the market. Says Los Angeles Oldsmobile Salesman Ed Sarafian: "Nobody asks how many miles to the gallon any more." The buyers are also showing a price-swelling preference for such extras as air conditioning and adjustable steering wheels. "People want luxury cars, not basic transportation," says Chevrolet Chief Semon Knudsen, who recently reported that only three of Chevy's 6,800 dealers failed to make money last year. So far this year, more...