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American Motors. "First, we had to stop the bleeding," said American Motors Chairman W. Paul Tippett, 51. "Second, we had to deliver new products. Now we have to expand in the marketplace." Detroit's smallest automaker has gained ground on all three fronts. For the fourth quarter of 1983, AMC reported a $7.4 million profit, its first after nearly four years of red ink. Losses for 1983 still added up to $146.7 million, but Tippett was nonetheless pleased. "It has been a long dry spell," said...
Lucas was particularly demanding with the people who created the creatures and the special effects, and often changed his mind. Makeup and Creature Designers Stuart Freeborn, who made the ape costumes in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Phil Tippett always started with clay models that could be recast over and over again. The mold for the sprawling Jabba took two tons of clay and was so big that no oven could hold it; an entire room had to be turned into a Jabba bakery...
...American jeep, a favorite vehicle of World War II G.I.s and weekend off-the-road runners, is on the way to China. Last week in Peking, American Motors Chairman Paul Tippett and Wu Zhongliang, general manager of the Peking Automotive Industry Corp., signed an agreement for the joint production of Jeeps in China...
...last week's agreement establishes a solid base in the Asia-Pacific market, since the U.S. company will have all export rights for Chinese-built Jeeps. Said Tippett: "This is a major, long-term opportunity for us." Sales in the region of four-wheel-drive vehicles, currently 100,000 a year, have been growing by about 30% annually...
...Detroit's makers are joining the move to convertibles. Says American Motors Chairman Paul Tippett: "We think they are a fad." Indeed, there are a few signs that the new market is in a lull. Chrysler has cut production of its convertibles to 100 a day from 250 and slashed the price of its Dodge 400 by 25% from $13,500 to below...