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Word: frazers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dodge Coronet 21.39, Kaiser Special 23.95; Studebaker Commander 23.79, Mercury 26.52, Hudson Pacemaker 22.60, Nash Ambassador 26.42, De Soto Custom 18.78, Oldsmobile "88" 20.19; Packard "8" 18.92, Chrysler Windsor 19.85, Oldsmobile "98" 19.45, Studebaker Land Cruiser 24.89; Lincoln 18.15, Frazer Manhattan 23.91, Chrysler New Yorker 17.11, Packard Super 16.00, Hudson Commodore 21.39; Kaiser Virginian 23.97, Cadillac "61" 22.97; Cadillac "62" 22.53, Lincoln Cosmopolitan 17.56; Cadillac "60" Special 22.08; Cadillac...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 27, 1950 | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

...have no intention of buying a car that costs me the equivalent of a year's salary, but if Kaiser-Frazer or Nash . . . can market a car in the $1,000 bracket as opposed to the $1,500 or $2,000 price tags on the currently misnamed low-priced cars, I for one will be in the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 13, 1950 | 3/13/1950 | See Source »

...still, the even heavier and more expensive Cadillac, represented by several entries, won both second and third places, getting 59.12 and 58.56 ton-miles respectively. Among the low-priced cars, a Ford 6 outperformed both Chevrolet and Plymouth; in higher price ranges, a Kaiser Special, Studebaker Land Cruiser and Frazer Manhattan won top honors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Test Run | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...basis of gasoline mileage alone, the Studebaker Champion placed first with 26.551 miles to the gallon, the sweepstakes-winning Mercury second with 26.524 mi., and a Nash Ambassador third with 26.424 mi. Next, in order of ranking: Nash Statesman, 25.522 m.p.g.; Studebaker Land Cruiser, 24.887; Kaiser Special, 23.946; Frazer Manhattan, 23.907; Studebaker Commander, 23-794; Ford 6, 23.326; Cadillac 61, 22.972; Cadillac 62, 22.525; Cadillac 60, 22.080; Hudson Commodore, 21.386; Plymouth, 21.254; Chevrolet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Test Run | 2/27/1950 | See Source »

...improvised theater in an old army hangar at Willow Run, Kaiser-Frazer dealers gathered to see their company's new models. The dealers were gloomy: their share of U.S. auto sales had slumped from an early postwar 5½% to 1%; they knew that K-F had staked its entire future on the new models, pledging all its assets for the $44 million RFC loan which made the new line possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Big Gamble | 2/20/1950 | See Source »

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