Word: modelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hectic week, became part of another Government action when the Environmental Protection Agency ordered it to recall 112,000 of its 1979 Chevrolet Chevettes for exceeding maximum federal standards for carbon-monoxide emissions GM said separately that it is calling back 367,700 vehicles, produced mainly during the 1983 model year, to correct defects involving brakes. In addition, a federal judge released confidential company documents reportedly indicating that GM knew that its 1980 X-model autos had brake problems before it started producing the cars. The material was assembled in connection with a Justice Department suit demanding that GM recall...
Because the consortium did not raise its projected $30 million goal, funds and technical advice will only be given to several as yet undermined model schools. Schiffer added. The group also plans to hold conferences to discuss educational issue and examine the results from the model schools...
Returning for Yale are Calvin Hill, who went on to play for the Dallas Cowboys, and Brian Dowling, Yale's star quarterback, who also played in the NFL and became the model for Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury character...
...says Frank Galeana, owner of Van Dyke Dodge in Warren, Mich. "As soon as we get the product in we're able to sell it." Shortages began cropping up last summer after Detroit underestimated the number of cars that dealers would need during the production break between model-years. The industry plans to assemble 1.98 million cars from October through December, up nearly 40% from a year ago and the highest fourth-quarter total since...
Inexpensive autos, in fact, could become an exclusive franchise of Japanese manufacturers. The average price of a U.S.-made car is expected to exceed $11,000 in the current model-year, an increase of 143% over the $4,523 cost in 1974. "You can see a lot of list prices starting at $7,500," says Ben Bidwell, executive vice president of Chrysler. "But by the time you build them the way the average person wants them-with AM/FM stereo, power steering, power brakes, automatic transmission and air conditioning-it's pretty hard to keep them below...