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...Australia, G.M.-Holden's Ltd. commands 48% of the continent's car sales, while Ford's subsidiary pushed its share to 18% last year, after introducing the compact Falcon-with 94% Australian-built parts. From Australia, Ford and G.M. export throughout Southeast Asia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Detroit Looks Outward | 7/28/1961 | See Source »

...squared off look capped with a heavier-looking grille. The Fairlanes, with a 115.5-in. wheelbase and 197-in. overall length, have interior dimensions approximating the 1961 standard Ford. Flat grilles have a forward thrust, and the round taillights and metal trim are reminiscent of earlier Ford models. Falcon, the best-selling compact of the year, will have a rakier look, achieved by a simulated air scoop in the center of the hood, a raised, squared hood, bigger grille and taillights, and altered metal trim. Added to the Falcon line: a station wagon with simulated-wood side paneling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Design: The 1962 Pizazz | 7/21/1961 | See Source »

...clean-styled Falcon continued to lead the compact field, boosted its market penetration from 5.9% to 7.9%. In so doing, it cut into sales of the standard-sized Ford, which slipped from 15% to 13%-Mercury also slid, from 2.5% to 2.1%, partly because it looks too much like the Ford. But its little brother Comet more than made up the slack by spurting from 1% to 3% of the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State of Business: Detroit's New Line-Up | 6/23/1961 | See Source »

...falcon cannot hear the falconer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Soul Clap Its Hands and Sing. . . A YEATS SAMPLER | 6/16/1961 | See Source »

...long ago, the General Accounting Office caught accounting oversights in which the Hughes Aircraft Co. charged twice for a $150,000 tooling bill on the Falcon missile and failed to pass on to the Government a $103,000 saving in the price of materials. Hughes adjusted the errors when they were pointed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public Policy: Missiles & Mismanagement | 6/9/1961 | See Source »

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