Word: datsun
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reporter-Researcher Elaine Dutka spent several days interviewing, among others, Newman's daughter Susan, the Datsun dealer for whom Newman races and the Newmans. Dutka found Joanne Woodward, who shares her husband's predilection for privacy, unexpectedly forthcoming; Newman seemed happiest talking about racing and Reaganomics...
...little stronger, despite the cost, if the car had not been so long getting to market. In the mid-1970s when the DMC-12 began taking shape in De Lorean's mind, there was nothing quite like it on the road. But by 1981 Mazda, Porsche and Datsun had competitive cars on the market, and the DMC-12 found itself in a rigorous grille-to-grille battle. De Lorean's sense that he could not fail compounded the problems. His own market research showed that perhaps 12,000 DMC-12s, at most, could be sold in a year...
...Fernando Ed, 35, paced in the balmy California night air and totted up the rewards of being a successful farmer. They included two Porsches, a Datsun, three four-wheel-drive pickup trucks, a redwood home perched on a hilltop in Northern California, a three-bedroom house with an outdoor Jacuzzi near the beach in Los Angeles and a custom-built vacation hideaway in Hawaii. Then he opened up a plastic bag and pinched out a sample of the crop that has made his fortune of nearly $1 million: marijuana...
...consumers will display their freewheeling ways Money does not stay long in Patricia Goodson's pocketbook. Says the manager of a fashionable women's clothing shop in Los Angeles: "If I want something, I'll buy it. My husband and I just bought a brand new Datsun 280-ZX sports car. I feel like I might not be here the day after tomorrow, so I want to enjoy things...
...sighed. "It looks like I'll have to get rid of them They don't meet the new mileage standards. Even the best only get 12 miles a prance. I'm thinking of buying a Datsun...