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...next model: the J-car, which will be unveiled in May or June. The J-car will be larger than a Ford Escort but smaller than the Dodge Aries. It is expected to get 28 m.p.g. in city driving. The new models will carry Chevrolet and Pontiac name plates and probably later Cadillac. They will come in a range of styles that will include a notchback and a five-door station wagon...
...Jefferson Avenue plant, and claims that it will have 17% increased productivity. For instance, by installing engines in car bodies from the bottom up, instead of the traditional way from the top down, assembly is faster. GM is spending approximately $1 billion building new plants in St. Louis and Pontiac, Mich., to replace outdated ones...
...glide relatively easily over the current bumps. The company still has a massive $40 billion six-year capital-spending program. The money will pay for the development of a new GM car every six months until 1985. Following next spring's J-car, the sporty Chevrolet Camaros and Pontiac Firebirds will be down-sized in 1982. Then in the 1983 model year GM will introduce a front-wheel-drive family car that will seat five...
...businessmen, including Henry Ford II, and persuaded them to pour millions of dollars into revitalizing the downtown area. Because of the riverfront Renaissance Center and other new convention facilities, Detroit will be the host of such major events as the Republican National Convention in July and share with nearby Pontiac the glories of holding football's 1982 Super Bowl. A downtown that was deserted by 6 p.m. a few years ago now bustles with normal nighttime traffic...
...warning-and affirmation of faith in his country-Vernon Jordan, 44, president of the National Urban League and one of the nation's foremost black leaders, drove back to the Marriott Inn where he was staying in Fort Wayne, Ind. As he stepped from the fire-engine red Pontiac Grand Prix, a burst of rifle shots shattered the muggy night. Jordan slumped against the trunk of the car, then collapsed on the pavement, his head resting near the left taillight. He was alive, but he had been grievously wounded by two bullets from a .30-06 rifle...