Word: pintos
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Chevette's competition will not come only from imports. Last week Ford announced the Pinto Pony MPG, sticker-priced at $2,895, $4 below the Chevette and now lower than any other U.S.-built car. In an obvious slap at GM, Ford President Lee lacocca added, "The back seat comes at no extra charge...
...admittedly rough) that the middle-of-the-road Popular Democrats and the Center Social Democrats would win 60% of the vote and the Socialists another 25%. But the Communists could conceivably enlarge their estimated 12% of the vote should other leftist groups swing their support to them. Says Francisco Pinto Balsemào, editor of the weekly magazine Expresso and a founder of the Popular Democrats: "The Communists have already imposed their view of socialism on the country through the Revolutionary Council and through nationalization. I'm a nonCommunist, not an antiCommunist. But I'm more inclined...
...explain what the election means, the Armed Forces Movement launched a program last month called dinamizaçã (dynamiza-tion). Army commandos with tanks, planes, trucks and landing barges went into remote regions, putting on exhibition maneuvers to get people together. Explains Captain João Carlos Albuquerque Pinto: "Our teams are apolitical. We only explain democracy. Later the political parties can reach the population themselves. We just tell the people that they can now speak freely because there are no secret police...
...boost, average list prices now stand about $1,000 above what they were 16 months ago. But small-car prices jumped about 25%, while those of full-size models went up only an average of 15% during that period. For example, the cost of Ford's latest subcompact Pinto has climbed 27%, to $2,919; Plymouth's Duster is up 29%, to $3,243. By contrast, full-size Dodge Monacos have increased 18%, to $4,605, and Ford...
Next month Ford's Mercury division will introduce the Bobcat, a fancied-up, $3,000-plus version of the Pinto, as its entry in the small-car field. Ford has also come out with two trimmed-down models aimed at the standard-car buyer: the Mercedes-size Granada and Monarch, which are 26 in. shorter, 8 in. narrower and more than half a ton lighter than the standard-size sedan, but longer on mileage (between 18 and 26 m.p.g. on the highways...