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...week furlough. Back home less than 24 hours, Riggs was helping his wife load a car and rented van to move out of a crack-infested neighborhood in northeast Detroit to an apartment in the safer suburbs. Someone took a fancy to Riggs' 1989 Nissan Sentra, pumped five shots into the soldier and sped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Death on the Home Front | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

...Portugal, a New York City consulting firm, oversaw Libbey-Owens-Ford's metamorphosis into Trinova, and suggested Consolidated Foods adopt the tastier name of Sara Lee Corp. Siegel & Gale, another New York company, persuaded United States Steel to transform itself into USX. San Francisco-based NameLab christened Nissan's Sentra car and Honda's luxury Acura model...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pros Who Play the Name Game | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

...Excel is certain to intensify competition among makers of small cars. The rivals include Ford's Escort (base price: $6,052), Chrysler's Omni and Horizon ($6,209), the Toyota Tercel ($5,598), the Nissan Sentra ($5,649) and the Honda Civic ($5,649). Admits one Detroit executive: "The Excel will be a formidable competitor for everybody in the low end of the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Excel Has Landed a $4,995 Car Could Be the Latest | 2/10/1986 | See Source »

...their selections. Ford polled 600 consumers in shopping malls to help choose Tempo and Topaz to evoke the right image for its new compact models. The company rejected nominees like Coventry, Serval and Majestic. NameLab, a San Francisco firm, employed a computer to help christen Nissan's new Sentra. The coined word derives from sentry, which implies protection, and central, which suggests moderation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Christening Cars | 9/5/1983 | See Source »

Introduced last September, the Alliance (base price: $5,595) is the fourth leading subcompact, behind the Ford Escort, the Nissan Sentra and the Chevrolet Chevette. That is no small accomplishment, since the three leaders all have much larger dealer networks. Consumers say they like the Alliance's low cost and fuel efficiency (37 m.p.g. in town, 52 m.p.g. on the highway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reaching for the Biggest Market | 5/16/1983 | See Source »

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