Word: loofbourrow
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Love Affair. Ford, using technology bought from West Germany's Audi-NSU-Wankel, is also extensively testing the Wankel. Chrysler officials are the least enthusiastic about a rotary revolution. Engineering Vice President Alan Loofbourrow recently predicted that the Wankel "will turn out to be one of the most unbelievable fantasies ever to hit the world auto industry." Few other auto executives would go nearly that far; almost all insist that they must still cross several important bridges-especially the higher fuel consumption problem-before putting a rotary engine into mass production...