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Increasingly, buyers are looking for cars that combine styling and performance. Despite the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, they want quick, highly maneuverable vehicles. General Motors' Pontiac division, which had expected to sell 65,000 of its agile, two-seat Fiero (base sticker price: $8,310) this year, now says sales will top 100,000. Momentum is also building for the $15,500 turbo-powered Chrysler Laser and Dodge Daytona, which have a claimed top speed of 125 m.p.h. In California, one of the strongest sellers is the Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta, a luxury sports car. Loaded with options such...
...luxurious Continental Mark VII LSC has been redesigned for better handling. It has a new slippery shape and a suspension system that uses air-filled rubber sacks instead of steel shock absorbers. Another manufacturer that has been especially successful with cars designed for demanding drivers is Pontiac. In addition to the Fiero, it has won over customers with its 6000 STE, a mid-size model aimed at wooing young adults away from expensive imports. The STE has a wedge-shape profile, six head lights in place of the usual four, and it handles like a European sedan...
Detroit's factories are getting their workers closer to what they are making. At the plant where Pontiac builds its stylish Fiero, Manager Ernie Schaefer has eliminated one rank of supervisors, forcing responsibility on line workers. The pressure is on, he says, "to do it right the first time." At a Buick plant in Flint, Mich., a worker monitors the reliability of springs on a computer screen, rejecting those that do not measure up. Says Utilityman James Adkins: "I like it. It makes my job easier...
...team, its average age is only 20.7 years-the youngest in U.S. Olympic hockey history. Leading the offense is "the Diaper Line": Center Pat LaFontaine, 18, and Wings David A. Jensen, 18, and Ed Olczyk, 17. LaFontaine, sweet-natured and teen-idol cute, left his home in Pontiac, Mich., in 1982 to sharpen his skills in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where he scored 104 goals to break records set by Islander Mike Bossy and Montreal Canadien Guy Lafleur. The U.S. Olympic chief assistant coach, Tim Taylor of Yale, praises LaFontaine's See-ing-Eye hands...
Under Smith's plan, Chevrolet and Pontiac would be combined into a small-car group, which would sell nothing larger than intermediate-size models such the Chevrolet Celebrity and Pontiac A6000. Production of big cars would be restricted to Buick, Oldsmobile and Cadillac. GM would continue to market cars under the present five names. Each part of the bifurcated company would still be larger than either Ford or Chrysler. Word around Detroit last week was that Chevrolet General Manager Robert Stempel, 50, will take over the small-car group, while Buick Boss Lloyd Reuss, 47, will head the large...