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Word: eights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dodge, eight years in the Chrysler family, is entering its own silver jubilee year. Like De Sotos, 1939 Dodges look like Chryslers, have ten body styles in Luxury Liner Special ($855) and Luxury Liner DeLuxe ($905). Only vestige of the old Dodge is the Rocky Mountain Ram and the nameplate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Four-Wheel Debutantes | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Buick has low, spread-eagled, "catwalk-cooling"' radiator grilles, a distinctive narrow nose. Down in price from $16 to $102, the four straight-eight series of Buicks now cost $996 to $2,074. Standard on all models this year is the handi-shift gear control; optional on some are sunshine tops, stream boards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Four-Wheel Debutantes | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

...struck from these dies is sleek and slip-streamy with a 101-h. p. motor for which is claimed the fastest getaway of any U. S. car. Price: $895. (Later a 4-cylinder motor will be installed for a lower-price market.) Other Hupps: the Senior Six ($995) and Eight ($1,145), conventional streamliners with optional overdrive equipment. Standard on all: steering post gearshift...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Four-Wheel Debutantes | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Oldsmobile has three series: a new six-cylinder Sixty in the medium price field at $889 and its Seventy six and Eighty eight, lower-priced than last year at $952 and $1,043. Retained is the straight-line streamline; stressed is "rhythmic ride," result of new coil springing at the four frame corners; standard is a handishift like Buick's; optional, the automatic transmission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Four-Wheel Debutantes | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Packard, entering its 40th year, is still unmistakably sturdy in its four types-Six, 120, Super Eight and Twelve. Thirty-three body models are available at prices ranging from $1,095 to $4,155. Overdrive is standard on the Twelve, optional on the Six, 120 and Super Eight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Four-Wheel Debutantes | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

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