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...Ilie Nastase, 26. Flying about the grass courts like an impassioned Gypsy dancer, Nastase came from behind to defeat Arthur Ashe of Richmond 3-6, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 and win the U.S. Open championship. His reward: a check for $25,000 and a stylish Pinto station wagon that should be the talk of Bucharest...
...called minicars-Vega, Pinto, and Gremlin-in turn are leading
...Gremlin is in short supply, forcing some customers to wait an extra five weeks for delivery. For the past two months, production of the Vega at Chevy's recently struck Lordstown, Ohio, plant has been at a peak level of 101 cars an hour. Ford's Pinto is the speediest seller of all: 175,000 in the first five months of 1972 v. 131,000 in the same period of 1971. Pinto benefited especially from the introduction early this year of a mini-station wagon that resembles Ford's successful full-sized Country Squire. One auto industry...
...salary rises. Chrysler Vice President Robert McCurry sees a "blue denim society" developing among drivers, and adds: "The fact that 80% of all the small cars are two-doors shows the demand for personal transportation." Detroit has adopted this theme in its marketing. Ford touts the Pinto as a "new Model T," presumably to suggest economy and durability. American Motors is even offering optional blue denim upholstery on its. 1973, Gremlins^^Qmplete with Levi-like copper rivets instead of tufted buttons...
...lacocca, LL.D., president of Ford Motor Co. Creative involvement in the evolution of that corral of young people's vehicles [Mustang, Maverick, Pinto] has shown a balanced alertness to engineering, financial and psychological trends...