Word: sedan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Hughes wanted to know if I didn't feel better rested than I had at 11. Then he suggested that I should drive to the intersection of Olympic and Sepulveda boulevards, park at the southwest corner, blink my lights twice, and wait for a two-tone, 1954 Mercury sedan to come alongside. Then?−but he had rung...
...another without making up his mind is a kangourou. Given the excitement of free enterprise, there would seem to be little allure to the idea of taking up residence in one of Peyret's projected maisons. But Nicole, a redhead who now operates out of a Simca sedan in the Madeleine district, approves. "I have no objection to working in a municipal bordello, on the condition that pimps don't run it." But Valerie, based in a bar near the Opéra, has reservations: "I don't want any fonctionnaire telling me what hours to work...
...philosophy by indicating that the U.S. subcompacts will be basically the same in size and style year after year. Meanwhile, Volkswagen is emulating Detroit by moving more strongly into the medium-priced market. In January, the 1,150 Volkswagen dealers in the U.S. will put on sale a new sedan listed at $2,959. Called the 411, it is slightly more than 20 in. longer than the 158.6-in. standard beetle, and wider and much heavier. When the 411 was introduced in Europe in 1968, critics complained that its 68-h.p. engine was not powerful enough to haul...
...first shiny new Russian passenger cars rolled off the assembly line last week at the great Fiat-built plant in Togliatti on the Volga. Thus the Soviet Union passed an important milepost on its slow and bumpy journey into the automotive age. The new auto, a four-passenger sedan, is based on the Fiat-124. Its Russian name is Zhiguli, after the rolling hills across the Volga from Togliatti, the city whose name was changed from Stavropol in honor of the late Italian Communist leader...
...basic list price of the Vega 2300 is $1,950, which (with federal excise tax and dealer preparation) comes out to $2,091 for a two-door sedan, $2,197 for a "hatchback" coupe, and $2,329 for a station wagon. Frequently requested options-such as automatic transmission ($111), deluxe interior ($125.95) and power steering ($95)-can rapidly raise the Vega's price to more than $2,500. The Pinto, which comes in only one model, a two-door sedan, is priced at $1,944, including federal excise tax and dealer preparation charges. Volkswagen's 60-h.p. basic...