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...inexpensive sports car is potentially so enormous-particularly since nearly one in every five households now shops for a second car -that Ford's competitors have no intention of leaving it to Lee Iacocca. Chrysler has already introduced a Valiant with a convex rear roofline-called a fastback in Detroit-and named it the Barracuda. American Motors is making a fastback version of its Rambler Classic, will bring it out next spring. When word of the Mustang first leaked out, General Motors began to work on a fastback Corvair for introduction this month, later decided against the crash approach...
...abandoned by Detroit in the late 1940s in favor of the greenhouse roof, the sloping L-shape that was later refined by Ford into the much-copied T-Bird roof, a trim, knife-edged affair with angular lines. But for two years auto stylists have slowly been reviving the fastback on some sports models, and this year and next the curve will continue its comeback in at least three Detroit offerings. Last week Chrysler introduced the first of the new fastbacks, the Barracuda, whose startlingly different appearance is caused by a huge (14.4 sq. ft.), sloping rear window-"backlight...
...time the Mustang is introduced. Priced to match the Mustang, the Barracuda uses a Valiant chassis and engine, but has a racy new Italianate body. At week's end American Motors introduced its new experimental sports car, called the Tarpon. It is the forerunner of a fastback four-seater that the com pany plans to introduce during the '65 model year. Designed more for comfort than for high performance, the new U.S. sports cars have heavier, larger bodies than their trimmer European counterparts...
...After keeping its secret for more than a year, Ford finally announced that it is producing an auto designed specifically for Europe's prestigious racing circuit. Ford's new racer is a sleek fastback with a 200-m.p.h. top speed and a 375-h.p. engine that is placed "midships"-in front of the back axle but behind the driver-to achieve the best weight distribution. Ford plans to field a racing team with its new Grand Touring racers, which will be built in a rented London plant, and hopes to have about 100 cars ready for sale...
...line with the auto industry's decision to install belts on all new autos by year's end. Though it will offer a grand total of 43 models for 1964-the widest selection in its history-Chevrolet is secretly working on yet another new model: a small, fastback sports car to compete with the low-priced sports car that Ford is planning for the spring...