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Last year Nordhoff's 20,000 employees turned out 180,000 buglike Volkswagens at the rate of one every 80 seconds, sent them beetling into the markets of 83 foreign countries. The two-door, four-passenger Volkswagen (sedan, convertible and sun roof), powered by a four-cylinder (30-h.p.), air-cooled engine in the rear, has been a fast seller in almost every market it has invaded.* Peppy (top speed: 68) and economical (32 miles to the U.S. gallon), the Volkswagen has become the postwar model T. It outsells all other cars in five European nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: Comeback in the West | 2/15/1954 | See Source »

Getaway. In Oakland, Calif., a customer walked into the Val Strough Chevrolet Co., asked to see the newest models, chose a two-door sedan, said: "This looks like what I want," got behind the wheel, started the engine and drove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 25, 1954 | 1/25/1954 | See Source »

...price range between the Special and the Super (without such equipment as radio & heater). It is built on the Special's wheelbase (122 in.), but under the hood it has the same 200-h.p. engine as the Roadmaster. It will be available as a station wagon, two-door Riviera and four-door sedan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Buick's Bid | 1/11/1954 | See Source »

...first tried out its new top on a pair of experimental cars, found that the public liked it well enough for mass production. Factory list price on the Sun Valley (with such standard accessories as heater, radio, directional signals, etc.): $2,706, or $361 more than the cheapest Mercury two-door sedan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Glass Top | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

...booming '"baby" market. On display, along with such sporty models as the low-slung Singer SMX, went the new Standard Eight ($956) and a larger, more powerful version of the Ford Anglia ($1,008). Feature of the show: the two cheapest production cars in the world. One was the Austin A30, a two-door, four-cylinder, 30-h.p, model costing $938. The other was the Ford Popular, a four-seater austerity model of the Anglia, which will do 65 m.p.h., 40 miles to the gallon. Price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: Babies for Britain | 11/2/1953 | See Source »

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