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Chrysler showed off its new 300-h.p. Chrysler "300," the most powerful U.S.-built stock car. The hardtop "300" has a V-8 FirePower engine souped up with two four-barrel carburetors that give it a top speed of 140 m.p.h. Chrysler will begin production of the model next month, with a list price of around...
...Kaiser-Willys announced two new models, with seven inches more in length and $300 to $400 less in price than last year's models: the Bermuda, a two-door hardtop replacing the Eagle, has a factory list price of $1,795; the Custom, replacing the Ace, has a list price...
...engine, Ford has boosted its own V-8's horsepower from 130 to 162, with optional carburetors and dual exhausts to push it to 182. All cars will come equipped with tubeless tires. The new paint combinations are dazzling, e.g., a white and lavender hardtop with orchid interior. Gaudiest car: the Crown Victoria Fairlane two-door (see cut), which has a thick belt of chrome running across the top of the car to make it look like a semi-convertible phaeton...
...angle as the accelerator is pressed to the floor, adding a big extra kick for passing. And the Century and Roadmaster have boosted horsepower from 195 and 200 respectively to 236 h.p. In a few months Buick and Olds will both have a brand-new model: a four-door hardtop that has the sporty look of the two-door models, plus the roominess of a sedan...
...brought out the first two-tone car. In 1948, for a special investment bankers' show, Curtice ordered a Buick combining the all-weather protection of a coupe with the sporty look of a convertible. The car was the Buick Riviera, the nation's first mass-produced hardtop convertible, a style that proved so popular that it now accounts for 54% of Buick's sales...