Word: kaisers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...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...
Prince Hubertus of Prussia, grandson of the late Kaiser Wilhelm, landed in South Africa to begin a new life as a sheep farmer. "This is going to be a considerable change from my vineyards at Wiesbach on the Rhine," he told newsmen in Johannesburg, "but your country has a wonderful future. Germany today is not a very happy place...
...miles per gallon. More surprising 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...
...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...
...company was not in the cars but in the men to sell them. K-F's dealer organization, never first-rate, was in poor shape. Its 4,600 agencies had melted to 3,200, and hardly half of the survivors seemed to know how to sell. Edgar Kaiser had to find a way to pep up his dealers to match his cars...