Word: volkswagen
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...Volkswagen Rabbit, introduced in 1975 as the replacement for the homely but lovable Beetle, has never won as secure a place in the hearts of American car buyers. Last week Volkswagen dealers began showing off a racy new Rabbit model called the GTI that is designed to put some hop back into the elderly car line. Mixing its animal metaphors, Volkswagen describes the GTI as "a wolf in sheep's clothing." In fact, it is a slickly styled jack rabbit, with new trim and a bigger engine, that is designed to be driven like a sports...
DIED. William Bernbach, 71, innovative Madison Avenue mogul who inspired the '60s and '70s trend to soft-sell advertising; of leukemia; in New York City. Bernbach preached that "honesty sells." Wit and incisiveness helped too with such campaign tag lines coined under his tutelage as "Think Small" (Volkswagen Beetles) and "We try harder because we're only No. 2" (Avis Rent A Car). His touch helped make Doyle Dane Bernbach, which he co-founded in 1949, the tenth largest ad agency, with $1.2 billion in billings...
...Haul carrying 65 University of Virginia (UVa) students overturned and crushed a Volkswagen Wednesday night, killing two passengers and seriously injuring 14. Police officers on the scene said the student driver had been drinking before the accident...
Holmes is being charged only with reckless driving. Police said the truck was on the wrong side of the two-lane highway, but are still uncertain whether the truck overturned onto the Volkswagen or the ear ran into the truck...