Word: taillight
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...facet of insurance has escaped him. When Denenberg became upset over the difficulty of replacing a taillight on his state-owned Buick Le Sabre, he made the extravagant charge that General Motors designers made cars hard to repair in order to drive up repair costs for the benefit of dealers and parts manufacturers. With that, G.M. sent two executives to Harrisburg to inspect Denenberg's car. (They claimed it had suffered a "rear impact" that complicated repair of the taillight.) Denenberg has called the present system for paying auto-accident claims "a legalized racket," noting that the Pennsylvania state...
...line is the Ambassador, which remains the industry's only car with air conditioning as a standard item. The new version is wider and four inches longer than the 1968 model, adding up to a full-size equivalent of Ford and Chevrolet. A.M.C. hopes that new grille and taillight treatment, a sculptured hood à la Lincoln Continental and a dashboard that would do credit to a Boeing 707 will boost the Ambassador. Currently, 1968-model sales are running slightly behind the 1967 level...
...that auto-conscious Detroit suburb, where people can spend whole evenings talking about the virtues of a taillight, it did not go long unnoticed despite its lack of identifying insignia. Groups of children on their way to school turned to stare at it and point. The driver of a Volkswagen raised his fingers in a V-for-victory sign. As the car picked up speed and headed south ward toward Detroit, a flickering trace of satisfaction crossed its driver's impassive, hawklike face...
...product of cross-fertilization within G.M.'s hotly competitive divisions: its wide grille resembles a '63 Oldsmobile F-85, its gracefully curved fenders and trim roof Pontiac's high-priced Grand Prix; the main contribution of Chevrolet designers is a squared rear deck and a taillight arrangement split by a chrome strip. But the Chevelle is wedged in between the compact Chevy II and the standard Chevrolet, and is so attractive a rival that it may steal some sales from both. It will come in eleven models ranging from a convertible to a station wagon, is only...
...because of trouble with the water-injection system used to boost takeoffs, bugs in the air-conditioning and pressurization system, even burnt-out lights over the passenger seats. On one occasion an American jet sat on the ground for several hours waiting for a replacement for a burnt-out taillight. Other gremlins: leaking brake fluid, inaccurate fuel-tank gauges, cracked cockpit windows...