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High Fine. Last week the California air resources board fined American Motors $4.3 million and banned sales of the company's Gremlins, Matadors and Hornets with 304-cu.-in. V8 engines. The board accused A.M.C. of producing polluting cars and submitting reports that falsely showed they met California standards. In Detroit, A.M.C. officials denied intentionally making any false reports. They called the fine "unreasonable" and the sales ban unjustified since only about 1,000 cars were involved. Mindful of A.M.C.'s precarious competitive position (the company lost $27.5 million in the last fiscal year), the state may reduce...
...were able to qualify four cars for the race, including one on the very last day, for fellow Texan Jim McElreath, whose original car had been bumped from the field by a faster qualifier. On top of this , Foyt just happens to be the distributor for the turbocharged Ford V8 racing engines that two thirds of this year's qualifiers are using. When he was first awarded the franchise last fall a lot of jokes were going around about how the next Memorial Day would see 32 engine failures at Indianapolis. They may not tell those jokes around Al Unser...
...array, a short rear deck and the long hood that is fast becoming a Detroit cliche. Mustang, the car that inspired the look, is becoming fast, period. Next year's "Mach 1" model will be able to live up to the name of its "Cobra Jet Ram-Air V8" engine. Top speed: 150 m.p.h.-plus...
Here in Los Angeles vodka has been run over by a contraption known as a Mexican Edsel-half tequila, half V8. (Wow! It sure doesn't taste like tomato juice...
...Dodge Coronet 1,902 2,302 400 Plymouth Belvedere I 1,913 2,315 402 Pontiac Tempest 1,926 2,331 405 Chevrolet Biscayne 1,945 2,431 486 Mercury Caliente 2,027 2,453 426 Ford Galaxie 500 2,142 2,677 535 Olds Toronado (V8) 3,694 4,617 923 Lincoln (V8...