Word: sunbird
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about 9:30 p.m., a passing motorist saw the car, a red Pontiac Sunbird, partially submerged in the river...
...union is also taking its case to the public, to argue that it is fighting to save American jobs. Last week it launched a unique $2 million television-advertising campaign in 24 cities. One spot shows a Pontiac Sunbird convertible on a Brooklyn dock, where crates of auto parts from Korea, Japan, Brazil and Mexico are piled so high that they eventually hide the car. Says the narrator: "At the United Auto Workers we know America's future depends on American jobs...
Like the successful X-car series that GM launched in the spring of 1979, the J-cars (Chevrolet Cavalier, Pontiac J2000 and Cadillac Cimarron) are designed for the new era of scarce and expensive energy. The four-passenger subcompacts, which replace models like the Chevrolet Monza and Pontiac Sunbird, fall in size between the bigger X-cars and the smaller Chevrolet Chevette. Powered by four-cylinder engines, the new autos are expected to get about 26 m.p.g. in the city and 43 m.p.g. on the highway. While the economy and styling of the J-cars are appealing, the prices...