Word: rambler
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...that instant, a green Rambler also bound for Beirut rounded the turn. In it. were Fayet Esrouer and his pregnant wife, their five-year-old daughter and three relatives. The father was rushing his wife from Beit Méri to a hospital in Beirut, to give birth to her fifth child. Hearing the honking ministerial caravan and the siren of its motorcycle escort, Esrouer excitedly decided to pass the disabled Ford before pulling over to let the motorcade pass him. On the hilltop the confused assassin reached for the plunger a trifle too soon...
...blast of the concealed bomb tore the stalled Ford into shrapnel. It blew the Rambler off the road; the little car plunged in flames over a cliff into the steep gorge of the Beirut River. All five adults in the car were killed at once; the girl died hours later. The charred body of Fayet Esrouer came to rest sitting on a cliffside rock, feet propped up as if still on brakes, and hands still clutching the wheel that was no longer there. On the asphalt of the highway, the motorcycle cop was sprawled dead. Behind him, two gendarmes...
...with a big smile is American Motors President George Romney, whose boxy Rambler is the only U.S. entry in the small-car race and whose sales are racing ahead. Says Romney: "We are in the beginning phase of a real revolution in the automobile market. Finally, the big-car mentality has disintegrated." This week Romney pushed production up another 6% to put it 26% ahead of 1957. American's first-quarter sales were the greatest in its history (31,260 cars), and, after years of red ink, it reported a handsome $2,380,895 profit. Yet Romney...
...plenty of gadgets, loads of interior and luggage space and lots of horsepower. In effect, the desire is for everything the U.S. car already is, only 10 ft. shorter, and somehow a lot cheaper. In any case, a U.S. model would probably be a "compact" car, something like the Rambler, rather than a small car. Nor will it be cheap. Volkswagen learned that fact of life. It planned to manufacture in the U.S., but found that it cost at least $100 per car more. There was one overriding difference-labor cost...
FAST-SELLING RAMBLER, which sped from twelfth to seventh place in car production during first quarter, will boost output 10% to 660 cars...