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...however, the convertible is making a comeback. In Florida several enterprising entrepreneurs are beheading standard model Toyotas, Datsuns, Cadillacs, Pontiacs and Ford Mustangs to recreate the mystery of a car without a roof. The Florida firms, such as American Clout Inc. and the Griffith Co., work only with new cars. In a 25-hour operation, the standard top is chopped off with a diamond-toothed saw and a polyvinyl one is installed. Unlike the convenient convertibles that Detroit once offered, Florida's new tops do not pop up at the first drop of rain. They must be mounted into...
...Matter of Import Your article "A Made-in-America Japanese Car" [Jan. 28] says that Toyota sends 44.6% of its output to the U.S. For your information, Toyota produced about 3 million cars and trucks last year, of which 610,000 were exported to the U.S. That amounts to slightly more than...
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...four-wheel-drive Toyota bucked and rattled over a rutted road, past a desolate landscape of brick red clay and wind-sculpted termite hills, it was hard to imagine how anyone could live in this barren wasteland. Even tough acacia trees wither and die in the unceasing glare of the Ogaden's hostile sun. Suddenly the car rumbled to a stop. "Look over there," said the guide, Mohamed Heeban, gesturing toward a clump of thornbushes along the bank of a dried-up stream. "That is Karraro, the city under the trees...
...some time, Honda's chiefs have been considering a U.S. plant. Unlike Toyota and Nissan, Honda has stretched its existing production capacity to the limit. Hence expansion makes sense, whether in Japan or overseas. Also, Honda sends 42.9% of its output to the U.S.; Toyota sends 44.6% and Nissan 43.9%. Honda has much to lose if the U.S., which imposes a rather modest 3% tariff on imported cars, raises higher barriers or otherwise seeks to restrain imports, as Britain, France and Italy have done over the past several years. Admits Kawashima: "I would be less than candid...