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...bare, spare autos of postwar Europe, which sparked the American revolution in favor of the compact car, are growing big for their boots, as the British might say. Citroën and Renault, Fiat and Hillman, BMW and the Japanese Datsun are adding new inches, new horsepower, and new luxury of interior appointment and exterior trim. Even the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL is tarted up with the same kind of speed-line chrome trim that is the one jarring note on the beautiful, continental-style new Buick Riviera...
...Shimazu, sympathizes with Michiko in her struggle to observe palace protocol, feels that Michiko is "working too hard" in her efforts to live up to her role. Suga advises Michiko to "relax," helps her in her many tasks. Most recently, Suga has been buzzing all over Tokyo in her Datsun Bluebird, a Japanese compact, to shop for Michiko's forthcoming U.S. trip. One of last week's purchases: a pair of shoes...
...Japan's Datsun Fairlady, a sporty convertible that seats four, has a four-speed stick shift. Price...
...passenger cars last year, automakers plan big things. Toyota Motor Co., which makes a sturdy Toyopet sedan (30 miles per gal.) for $2,222, has shipped 800 cars so far this year, including 150 to Hawaii. Japan's other major producer, Nissan Motor Co., with a smaller Datsun sedan (40 miles per gal.) for $1,762, has sent out another 800 to Hawaii and the West Coast. The reception was so enthusiastic that the two companies see a U.S. market of 500 cars a month next year...
...Japanese Datsun, which is an inferior copy of the Baby Austin, would cost $786 landed in San Francisco. †For such airplanes as that of Alcock & Brown, first to fly the North Atlantic...