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...cash in on Detroit's growing emphasis on sporty styling and intermediate size. Marketed with the Fairlane line, the Torino features the elongated hood and abbreviated rear end that has caught on in the specialty cars; it comes in hardtop, sedan and station wagon, as well as a racier "GT" model equipped with a 210-h.p. V-8 (engines with up to 390 h.p. are optional). The standard Fair-lanes have also been streamlined, their bodies stretched out by a full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: The Show Goes On | 9/22/1967 | See Source »

...proudly, "her name was put above the title," which in the advertisements was accompanied by a shot of Romina sprawled nude on a towel decorated with water melons. The caption: HAVE A SLICE. Both films were banned for minors by the Italian censors, and some of Romina's racier scenes in Women, for which Mother had to give her ''private kissing lessons," were scissored at the insistence of the Vatican...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Actresses: Have Nymphet, Will Travel | 5/12/1967 | See Source »

Chevy Division Manager Elliott ("Pete") Estes has fallen behind his competitor (and Bloomfield Hills neigh bor) Don Frey, whose Ford Division in October outsold Chevrolet 194,000 cars to 192,000. None of the regular "lower-priced three" cars are burning up the track, but racier, higher-priced models are doing splendidly, and auto economists point out that "the sales mix is very rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Buying Up but Selling Down | 11/25/1966 | See Source »

...Something is happening here, and you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?" What is happening is that the folk-rock movement, heady with the success of its big-message-with-a-big-beat songs (TIME, Sept. 17, 1965), has been prompted to try racier, more exciting themes. It is no longer down with the P.T.A. and conformism, but-wheel-onward with LSD and lechery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock 'n' Roll: Going to Pot | 7/1/1966 | See Source »

Roomier & Racier. Taking a cue from the U.S. competition, the Europeans are bringing out more new models and moving to somewhat greater size. Despite the Italian slowdown, Fiat is doing better than last year because of the success of its recently introduced "850" model, which is roomier, racier and more luxurious than the standard small Fiat; sales have reached 1,000 a day. British Motor Corp. has brought out a new Austin "1800" model to compete against Ford's Cortina and G.M.'s Vauxhall Viva. In Germany, the larger Volkswagen "1500" has made up some of the sales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Business: Auto Growing Pains | 11/6/1964 | See Source »

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