Word: product
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Carlucci indignantly rejects any thought that this pattern is applicable to the U.S. today. It is "ridiculous," he says, "to say that our country cannot afford 5.9%" of gross national product, approximately the current rate for national defense. Yet Congress is reflecting a judgment that gargantuan deficits ($147 billion this year) will eventually cripple the economy. They cannot be significantly reduced without a whack at planned military spending, which constitutes 27% of the entire budget...
...device uses 8-mm videocassettes, an increasingly popular format a mite bigger than their audio counterparts. The Video Walkman can record programs from its built-in TV receiver or from a home set, then play the tape on its 3- in. color screen. The new product will be released in the U.S. late this year. Expected retail price: about...
...design flaw: the center of gravity is too high. Thus Consumers Union is urging the Government to order Suzuki Motor to buy back all 160,000 of the Samurais (base price: about $8,500) sold in the U.S. The car's importer, American Suzuki Motor Corp., strongly defends its product as safe...
...addition, about 28 other states, including Maine and Wisconsin, have laws regulating the vehicles. Several bills now pending in Congress would restrict the sale of ATVs or provide refunds to customers who have purchased the three- wheel versions. Hundreds of product-liability cases and class actions have been brought against manufacturers. James Lacy, general counsel of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, says there have been 998 ATV-related deaths since the beginning...
...joint project with Mazda, the Japanese company in which Ford owns a 25% interest. Mazda's plant in Flat Rock, Mich., will be turning out 600 Probes a day by September. All the cars that can be produced through next October have already been sold to dealers. The product seems to be attracting young buyers who have previously leaned toward such imports as the Honda Prelude ($13,640) or the Toyota Celica ($11,548). Ford and Mazda are so confident of the Probe's quality and appeal that they plan to export 6,000 of the cars to Japan this...