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...some 5,000 dealers closed their doors, the survivors tried to reduce their dependence on a single company by carrying a host of different cars. Today so-called megadealers sell many makes, sometimes out of one-stop auto supermarkets, where customers can buy either a Mercedes-Benz or a Jeep. Other megadealers have showrooms in several states...
...save. "I got my watch, my Levi's and my dog and ran," said one young man in the neighborhood. He complained that spectators who had come to watch the fire had parked their cars in front of his house, blocking any chance for him to save his Jeep or his parents' Volkswagen Rabbit. "We lost our cars because of those looky- looks," he said bitterly. Almost everyone involved, however, directed the most anger at the unknown arsonists. Said one Los Angeles fireman: "It's terrorism...
...Aston Martin Lagonda sedan at $150,000. Last week in Denver, Auto Dealer Jerry Morris unveiled his own very different vision of automotive high life, American-style. Equipped with a bar and Baccarat crystal, trimmed with teak and priced at $50,000, Morris' showpiece is a 19-ft.-long Jeep station wagon. The dealer bills it as the world's first stretch limousine with four-wheel drive. Morris' theory is that off-road travel should be comfortable. Said he: "People have said to me, 'Wouldn't it be nice if there were a luxury car that could be used...
...American Motors' Grand Wagoneer, a favorite of skiers and suburbanites. The fancier touches include a built-in champagne bucket and an 8-in. color television, but for rugged back-country terrain, the four-wheel limo also features an electronic shock-absorption system. Morris expects to find buyers for his Jeep limo among oil-well owners and ski-tour operators...
...light bulb -- young Elliot does the same thing in E.T. -- and call her in and moan and groan. She'd play along and say, "My God, you're burning up. You're staying home today." When I was shooting a war movie and needed our family Jeep for production value, I said, "Mom, could you put on this tin helmet and this army surplus uniform and drive the Jeep through my shot?" And she'd drop everything, climb into the Jeep, race out behind Camelback Mountain and helter-skelter barrel through the shot, hitting the potholes, her blond hair sticking...