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...drivers of three mammoth trailer trucks stared in astonishment as a Pacific Intermountain Express Co. rig with a huge load and a notably undersized engine compartment blithely pulled past them. Driving the P.I.E. truck was a power plant that marked a long step forward in U.S. engine design; the V8-265 Vine diesel turned out by Cummins Engine. Co. of Columbus, Ind. Built on a new (for diesels) over-square* design, the Vine is as much as 44% smaller and lighter than other comparable diesels. As a result, it will not only give truckers more miles to the gallon...
...though there will he an F85 convertible added to the line. The standard big Olds joins the parade to the square look. Buick's compact Special will be available as a convertible and also with a new V-6 cast-iron engine as well as the current aluminum V8; the Six's price will drop to compete with other compacts, and it, too, will lose its pointy look. The bigger Buick, newly squared, will come in a hardtop convertible model for the first time. Cadillac will have no radical new figure, except that its tailfins will be clipped...
...standard four-cylinder Tempest with a four-speed gearbox and wire wheels. Ford introduced its new Futura (TIME, March 24) and Comet S-22. Chrysler showed off its experimental Turboflite; it has a rakish body by Ghia, a gas turbine engine only half as heavy as a regular V8, and an aft flap that acts as an air brake...
...Chevy's regular 170-h.p. to 230-h.p. cast-iron V8. Being air-cooled, it eliminates the water pump and radiator, does away with overheating and freezing, needs no antifreeze. Because the engine is aft, and combines there with the transmission and drive gears, there is no transmission hump in the floor. Because the front is light, Chevy says the car is easy to steer without power steering, gets better traction and braking...
Studebaker-Packard last week showed the press its 175-in.-long economy Lark, which gets 22 to 30 miles per gal. Studebaker said the six-cylinder, 90-h.p. models will be priced "below $2,000," but there will be higher-priced models with an op-tional V8, 180-h.p. engine. More than 25,000 orders have poured in to Studebaker, which produced only 44,056 cars during the '58 model year...