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...meantime, the nation's fourth automaker, American Motors Corp., is making an even bolder play to increase showroom traffic. Despite the dismal sales climate, A.M.C. is bringing out a brand-new car. Called the Pacer, the new entry is a two-door subcompact aimed primarily at the urban market...
Just over 1 in. longer than A.M.C.'s Gremlin and designed with a sloping front that cuts aerodynamic drag, the Pacer has more headroom in back than a Continental Mark IV. The door on the passenger side is 4 in. longer than the driver's-an innovation aimed at facilitating entry to the back seat. The car's most striking feature is an abundance of glass: it has more window surface than the Cadillac Eldorado. But its main selling points will be low cost (base price: $3,299) and high fuel economy (25 m.p.g. on the highway...
...products supposed to save gasoline, a more acceptable form of gas-mileage salesmanship. Ford, for example, offers for $20.95 an instrument-panel "fuel sentry" that warns a driver when he should decelerate because he is burning too much gas. Chrysler will soon offer for $10 to $12 a "fuel pacer system"-a light mounted on the fender that glows when a driver is wasting fuel by accelerating too fast. Such devices may be useful, but most drivers are likely to find that the ultimate fuel-saving gadget is a small...
American Motors plans to bring out this fall a new minicar, tentatively named the Pacer, that Chairman Roy D. Chapin Jr. describes as "clearly different, perhaps controversial." The car has a rounded rear end, lots of glass and may have front-wheel drive...
...eliminating the usual clutter caused when two or three events are staged simultaneously. When Pole Vaulter Bob Seagren bounded his way to an easy victory over three opponents by reaching 17 ft. 6 in., the audience was not distracted by competition in the mile run. Another I.T.A. innovation was pacer lights; spaced every ten yards along the track, the lights told both the competitors and the crowd what pace the racers were maintaining. Running against the lights, Lee Evans broke Martin Bilham's indoor world record in the 600-meter...