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...early 1974 have made official a historic shift in the public's automotive tastes: for the first time in memory, standard-sized Chevrolets and Fords are no longer outselling every other make of car. They have finally lost their lead to the Chevy Vega and Nova, the Ford Pinto, the American Motors Gremlin and the Dodge Dart...
...will introduce two new small luxury cars, one to be distributed by Ford dealers and the other to be sold by Lincoln-Mercury dealers. Chrysler last week finally confirmed that it plans a U.S.-built subcompact to supplement its Japanese-built Dodge Colt in competing against the Vega and Pinto. The new car will not be ready until...
...opted for a smaller vehicle. Governer Sherman W. Tribbitt prefers riding in his own Chevrolet hardtop on state business, rather than the state-owned limousine. Your reference, nevertheless, was to the wrong Governor. Russell W. Peterson is the former Delaware Governor who traded in his limousine for a Ford Pinto in his new role as head of the Council on Environmental Quality in Washington...
...energy crisis is radically altering the popular mood. Politicians, ever sensitive to public attitudes, have recently been falling all over one another to swap their long limousines for more modest cars: Delaware Governor Russell W. Peterson is exchanging his chauffeur-driven limousine for a chauffeur-driven Ford Pinto. Some legislators have gone so far as to attempt direct action against the big car. Early this month, the Senate voted to require that by 1984 all U.S. automakers increase fuel economy by an average of 50% or more over 1974 models?a move that would surely force a drastic reduction...
...shortages and the threat of rationing. The price of optional equipment−the industry's great profitmakers-will soar; there is no limit at all on how much can be charged for such gadgets as stereo tape decks, power steering and vinyl roofs. Automatic transmission in a Ford Pinto, for example, will now cost $217, up from the old price...