Word: ladas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hungary's distinctive and partially decentralized brand of Communism. Says one European banker who has negotiated with him: "If Hungary weren't a Communist country, Fekete would be the chairman of a private bank and ride around in a Rolls-Royce." He actually drives a Soviet-built Lada...
...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...
...hunger for Western technological imports like computers and machinery, they have problems marketing their own products to the West in return. The only Soviet exports sold easily abroad, in addition to vodka, are raw materials such as petroleum and gold. Despite attractive prices for Yak-40 passenger jets or Lada cars, Western countries have shown little interest in low-quality, dowdy Soviet merchandise. The Soviets usually are forced to dump their exports on the soft-currency countries of Eastern Europe or the Third World...
...more emotional than rational," I answers Dick Lada, a Dodge Main employment supervisor. "Half the judges and attorneys in town paid for their educations working at this plant. I was born here. I've worked at this plant 15 years and hired thousands of people, many of whose fathers and grandfathers worked here. It's been good to a lot of people...