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...prospect that extended 100 miles before him was deeply satisfactory to the man on the terrace, for within it he had ridden trails, painted the colorings, read the local history, gone fishing, driven back in his father-in-law's Packard from Eldorado Springs on the first trip he had taken after his wedding. Contemplating it, he seemed unusually relaxed and contented, for here was the segment of land that he had always most liked to come back to. Suddenly from below, from the croquet garden of the hospital, came shouts denoting that here was another day, spent...
Studebaker-Packard has spent $100 million for new design, retooling and facilities in a bid for bigger sales this year...
Studebaker abandoned the bullet-nosed, sports-car look designed by Raymond Loewy, in favor of a car that more closely resembles those of the Big Three. President James Nance thinks that an independent auto cannot compete by radical design, must be built to look like other cars. Packard offers minor changes in grille, hood and chrome, and a pushbutton transmission control mounted on the steering post...
...next day, 22 hours after its workers went on strike, American Motors (Nash, Hudson) became the first of the Little Three (others: Willys, Studebaker-Packard) to sign a pact with a guaranteed annual wage. But struggling American, which currently produces 2.3% of the industry output, won important concessions at the last minute. It will not begin payments into the special G.A.W. trust fund until Sept. 15, 1956, more than a year after the Big Three, will thus save 5? an hour on 24,000 workers during the pact's first year...
...family resemblance to this year's Mercury Montclair. The engine is the most powerful Lincoln has ever built, and one of the most powerful ever put in a U.S. family car (285 h.p. v. 225 in the 1955 Lincoln, 270 in the Cadillac Eldorado. 275 in the Packard Caribbean, and 300 in Chrysler's limited production "300"). Both Premiere and Capri have automatic transmission and power steering as standard equipment; the Premiere adds power window controls and a device that moves the driver's seat in any of four directions. Optional: power brakes, an air-conditioning unit...