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...Detroit auto show, which ended last week, the sports compacts were elbowed to the sidelines by family sedans, high-ticket luxury models and by two categories of lightweight, low-cost cars: the compacts (such as the Ford Maverick, Chevrolet Nova and American Motors Hornet) and subcompacts (such as Ford Pinto, Chevy Vega and Dodge Colt). Summarizing the change in taste, Chrysler Vice President Bob McCurry told TIME Correspondent David DeVoss: "The emphasis now is on practicality, quality and convenience, and it is the young people who are leading the parade...
...Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a research group financed by auto insurers, ran a series of head-on test crashes at 40 to 50 m.p.h. Each collision pitted a small car against a larger model produced by the same U.S. manufacturer: a Chevrolet Vega against an Impala, a Ford Pinto against a Galaxie, a Dodge Colt against a Plymouth Fury, an American Motors Gremlin against an Ambassador...
...Compact U.S. cars like the Vega, Pinto and Colt in Haddon's test crashes generally weigh from...
...Point. Lest anyone think he had softened, however, Connally lost few opportunities to drive home the U.S. position. At a press conference, a plaintive question about the U.S. surcharge prompted him to remark: "You can buy a Toyota in California for $2,000. You can buy an American-made Pinto there for approximately $2,000, but that same Pinto here in Japan would cost you $4,000. That is slightly more than...
...expecting a lot of passing from Penn, especially if Pinto sits out the game," Restic said yesterday...