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Russians, for example, have few cars, scarcely any leaded gasoline and nothing like the plethora of disposable diapers, plastic containers and nonreturnable bottles that clog capitalist garbage cans. Paradoxically, Communist regimes also can-at least in theory-cure by fiat the very environmental ills they cause by runaway industrialization...
...first shiny new Russian passenger cars rolled off the assembly line last week at the great Fiat-built plant in Togliatti on the Volga. Thus the Soviet Union passed an important milepost on its slow and bumpy journey into the automotive age. The new auto, a four-passenger sedan, is based on the Fiat-124. Its Russian name is Zhiguli, after the rolling hills across the Volga from Togliatti, the city whose name was changed from Stavropol in honor of the late Italian Communist leader...
...probably will become the first man ever to win the Grand Prix world championship posthumously; when his Lotus-Ford crashed at 185 m.p.h. at Monza, Italy, while preparing for a Grand Prix race next day. A professional racer since he was 19, Rindt worked through all the classes from Fiat saloons to Ferrari sports cars, in which he captured (with Masten Gregory) the classic 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1965. Last year he took over as top driver for Lotus and roared off to victory this season in the Monaco, Dutch, French, British and German Grand Prix. That gave...
...largest manufacturer of heavy trucks, as well as the producer of the elegant Mercedes automobiles, is trying to line up a consortium of Common Market truck makers for the Soviet project. Discussions are already under way with France's Renault. Another likely member is Italy's Fiat, which is building a huge auto plant in Stavropol, which was renamed Togliatti in honor of the late Italian Communist leader. Daimler-Benz wants help in financing the $1.09 billion project; the Soviets will repay the loan over a long term at rates to be settled later...
Swing to Simplicity. By making such simple, basic machines, the automakers have decided to try to beat Volkswagen, Toyota and Fiat at their own game. The Vega has only 1,231 parts, the Pinto 1,600. By comparison, a standard two-door Impala has 3,500 parts and a Lincoln Continental 9,000. Partly because big U.S. cars are so full of complicated tubes, wiring and equipment, which mechanics call "plumbing and spaghetti," even easy repair jobs can cost great amounts of money. Mechanics' hourly pay has increased from about $3.78 in 1966 to $5 today. This autumn Ford...