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...teens Lucas did what most other boys did in Modesto: cruised the streets. Nearly killed when he crashed his Fiat into a walnut tree, he missed his high school graduation and took four months to recuperate. When he was able to function again, he attended Modesto Junior College for two years, then went to the film school of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. At U.S.C., Lucas finally came into his own. "He played with the concepts, he was free, he said we can do anything," says Classmate John Milius, director of Conan the Barbarian. "In those days...
...Ranked by cars and trucks produced in 1981, the 15 largest vehicle manufacturers in the world are: GM, 6,240,380; Ford, 3,730,319; Toyota, 3,220,418; Nissan, 3,100,968; Volkswagen-Audi, 2,210,666; Renault, 1,810,365; Peugeot-Citroen-Talbot, 1,593,943; Fiat, 1,209,819; Toyo Kogyo (Mazda), 1,176,608; Mitsubishi, 1,094,793; Honda, 1,008,927; Chrysler, 1,002,464; Lada (U.S.S.R.), 830,000; Daimler-Benz, 712,315; Suzuki...
...crowd continued its cheering. At last the man turned to his supporters and shouted a final "I-TAL-IA!" He waved his fist in defiance, then marched back to his Fiat parked in the middle of the street Slowly he undraped himself and put on his pants. The crowd loved it. Banners waved Women screamed. After a few moments more of encouragement, the throng moved...
...Fiat had only two models in the U.S. anyway, the X1/9 and the flashy Spider 2000, assembled by Coachmakers Bertone and Pininfarina, respectively, but containing many Fiat parts, including the engine. Fiat will no longer sell those cars, although it will maintain its U.S. parts and service network for them as well as for the Strada, which it quietly stopped selling in the U.S. last year...
...Fiat officials blamed competition from the Japanese for the demise. Indeed, almost as the company called it quits in the U.S., it was introducing, in Orlando, Fla., of all places, a new small car for the European market where competition from the Japanese is minuscule. Fiat might return to America at another time, says a company vice president, with "the right car at the right moment...