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American Motors (1982 sales: $2.9 billion). The Southfield, Mich.-based company, 46.4% owned by France's Renault, has rolled to a 2.5% market share on the strength of its Alliance subcompact. That showing puts AMC vehicles ahead of those produced in the U.S. by once fashionable Volkswagen, which now accounts for just 1.3% of domestic demand for American-made cars. AMC, counting on a resurgence of demand for four-wheel-drive vehicles, has invested $250 million in a new line of Jeeps that are smaller than previous models...
...unpaid research lab. Japan made cars and trucks before World War II, but the prototype that launched the world triumphs of the Japanese auto industry was the American Jeep, a tough, open, naive and compact vehicle that became a common sight in the country after 1945. It was a Volkswagen without a Volk. It showed, as no Buick staff car could, that four wheels and a motor could mean democracy and access. It became a prime motif in the envy of the vanquished for the victors...
...Gdansk shipyard turned down a request from the former Solidarity trade-union leader for vacation in July or September and offered him August instead, Walesa decided to play hooky. Accompanied by his wife Danuta and three of their seven children, he climbed into the family's white Volkswagen minibus and set off for Sokolow Podlaski, a small town 55 miles from Warsaw, to go fishing. He claimed that his holiday request had been approved by supervisors but later rescinded. Said Walesa: "The foreman and shift boss decide when every other worker can take his vacation. Why must my vacation...
...Chevalier's greatest worries is the disparity between French and West German wage settlements. He pointed out that while unions at Volkswagen accepted a 3.2% pay increase in 1983, Renault workers have won a 10% pay hike. Such a difference in wage contracts is likely to mean continued currency troubles between the two countries...
...results of the austerity program show up everywhere. Mexico City's shops are bursting with goods, but there are few customers; bored clerks chat idle hours away. Auto showrooms are deserted, and understandably so: a Volkswagen Rabbit sells for 800,000 pesos, more than double the 360,000 of last summer. Ford, GM and Chrysler have stopped including fancy U.S.-made electronics in their Mexican-built cars to get around import restrictions...