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...streetlamps we see the damage: smashed storefront windows, the charred, upturned carcass of a municipal Volga sedan and, farther off, burned- out city buses. Alexandra takes a picture of a trashed photography store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union 48 Hours of Chaos | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

...novel gimmick: the autos are nowhere in sight. Now, as it turns out, neither are buyers. The Infiniti ads, applauded for their Zen approach, depict lushly photographed trees, boulders, lightning bolts and breaking waves. At first that created suspense about the $23,500 coupe and $38,000 sedan. Curious car shoppers descended on Infiniti dealerships just to catch a glimpse of the mystery mobiles. A Gallup poll in November found that the ad was the best- recalled commercial on U.S. television...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Phantom Car, Faint Sales | 1/22/1990 | See Source »

When Toyota introduced its Lexus LS 400 luxury automobile in September, it ran ads touting the $35,000 sedan as the ingenious brainchild of "1,400 perfectionists" and "close to faultless." Toyota was wise to hedge that claim. Because of safety defects, the company last week recalled all 8,000 of the Lexus LS 400s it has sold in the U.S. The Japanese carmaker made the decision after it received some customer complaints about loose wiring, a faulty cruise control and a malfunctioning brake light. The defects have caused no accidents or injuries, but the episode is an embarrassment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: O.K., So We're Human | 12/18/1989 | See Source »

Adamec left halfway through the two-hour meeting with other parties yesterday, striding grimly toward his official sedan in silence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Czech Premier Resigns After Negotiations | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

...future looks oddly familiar. The purloined photos include shots of a two-door coupe that resembles Chevrolet's 1989 Geo Storm, as well as pictures of a four-door sedan that Automobile Magazine said "could fit right into Oldsmobile's lineup." The magazine added that Saturn's mechanical features, also leaked from within GM, were not "particularly innovative." With advance notices like that, GM might do well to devote as much energy to Saturn's continued improvement as to the search for the culprit who leaked its photos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Case of The Purloined Pix | 11/27/1989 | See Source »

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