Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sources: National Opinion Research Center; Detroit News; SPORTS ILLUSTRATED; Associated Press; USA Today; Wall Street Journal
...Nearly everyone I talk to is spitting angry or near tears with grief. Or both," writes Susan Ager in Friday's Detroit Free Press. "No one can imagine how such a smart man, with so much to lose, could be such an idiot...
...last year VW of America increased sales 1.2%, to 137,885 cars, that's only a third of the metal VW of America moved in its mid-1960s heyday. The idea of reviving the Bug came after VW buffs went wild over a Beetle built for display at the Detroit auto show four years ago. The company did some market research and decided it might be able to win Americans back by rolling out a contemporary version (the engine is in front this time...
Washington wants smaller--or at least cleaner. At the Detroit show this year, the Big Three did their save-the-earth bit by displaying some "clean" concept cars. Chrysler unveiled its ESX2, which combines lightweight construction, plastic body panels and a hybrid power train (a small diesel engine, batteries and electric motor) to get 70 m.p.g. Ford displayed a concept vehicle fabricated out of aluminum, titanium and carbon fiber that gets up to 63 m.p.g. and weighs 40% less than a Taurus. Ford promised to adapt its Windstar minivan, classified as a truck, to meet lower emissions...