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Word: rambler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...many, and Plymouth is up 16%. But there are still not enough cars to meet demand and get a true picture of the market. Last week, to make matters worse, a five-day walkout of white-collar workers at Chrysler Corp. forced a 63% slash in output, and Rambler stopped production after the Budd plant at Gary, Ind., makers of Rambler underbodies, went on strike...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Still on the Climb | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

Studebaker-Packard's new small car, the Lark, also made pricing news. Its price was set lower than the list prices of the Big Three and in some cases below American Motors' hot-selling Rambler. The Lark begins at $1,756 for a two-door, six-cylinder model, ranges to $2,362 for an eight-cylinder station wagon. Its four-door six carries a list price of $1,821 v. $1,918 for the cheapest four-door Rambler, but most of its two-door models run slightly above Rambler's two-door Rambler American series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: More & Cheaper Cars | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

Ordering moved so briskly for American Motors' Rambler (72,566 firm orders from dealers v. 35,607 at the same time in 1957) that President George Romney again boosted his sales predictions-from 252,000 to 300,000. He advertised the 100-in. wheel base Rambler American for a factory list price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Debut of the Big Three | 10/20/1958 | See Source »

...down the front end and the rear bustle. "Everybody likes the pictures," said Salesman Jim Hockney of Manhattan's Studebaker-Packard Salon Inc. "We have orders, with deposits, for 40 cars-which is just 39 more than we had last year at this time." The new American Motors Rambler is almost the same as the '58 model, which rang up a company-saving 171,000 sales. American expects '59 sales to climb to 252,000, and many dealers are already well ahead of last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Fast Getaway | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

SMALL STATION WAGON will roll out from American Motors this fall with same 100-in. wheelbase as smallest Rambler. Wagon will be about 3 ft. shorter than most other models. Price: roughly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Sep. 8, 1958 | 9/8/1958 | See Source »

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