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...biggest draw is price. In West Germany, a Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang cost about $10,400 each, compared with the sticker price of $9,700 for a VW Passat (which is called Dasher in the U.S.). The Chevy Caprice sells for about $14,000, or $1,000 less than the top-line Audi 100LS and $2,000 less than the BMW 525. Indeed, the dollar has declined so much that in some European countries, U.S. cars cost less than they did last year...
...subsidiary, Audi NSU Auto Union AG, formed in 1969, now offers medium-priced and expensive (up to $5,360) sedans, most notably the Audi 80, called the Fox in the U.S. Sales of these cars are rising faster than anything else the company makes. Last August, Volkswagen introduced the Passat, a conventional-shaped, water-cooled sedan. Renamed the Dasher for the American market, 9,273 have already been sold in the U.S. this year. A four-seat sports coupe dubbed the Scirocco debuted in Europe this winter and will soon appear...
...great, square-rigged cargo carriers was the annual "grain race" from Australia to England. Some 20 windjammers hauled anchor down under at the start of that race in 1932, but by 1949 only two were left to make the run: the Pamir and her sister ship, the Passat. One by one, the others had fallen foul of wind and wave and the economic pressures of their own huffing and puffing competitors. But even though the world of commerce chose to bypass the windjammers, there were many, particularly among the hornyhanded sailormen of northern Europe, who cherished the brave tradition they...
Last year some 40 West German steamship companies got together to underwrite the costs of operating the veteran windjammers Passat and Pamir as training ships for future officers. So many youths crowded the offices to apply for berths that four out of five were turned away...
...that greeted the news of the Pamir's loss, there were many to complain of a needless sacrifice of the nation's youth, but many more to defend the tradition they died by. There still were eager cadets aplenty to sign for the next voyage of the Passat...