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Continental manufacturers, too, are now shooting for the extreme ends of the U.S. market. Sweden's Volvo has introduced the P 1800, a powerful sports coupe selling for $3,995. France's Renault, whose sales have dropped 50% below 1959's 90,000 cars, has chopped prices on its economy Dauphine by more than $200, so that its models now range from a $1,395 version to a de luxe...
...Sweden's Volvo P 1800, a sleek, hand-tooled sports coupe powered by a 100-h.p. engine and capable of speeds over 100 m.p.h. Price: about...
...this change, foreign manufacturers have poured into the U.S. market. West Germany led with the Volkswagen (1958 sales: 102,035), France sent the Renault (47,567), Italy the Fiat (23,000), Britain the Hillman (18,663). Japan has entered the U.S. market with its Toyopet, Sweden with its Volvo. Italy has just brought out a sleek new Fiat, and the Dutch announced only last week that they will soon bring their brand-new Daf into the U.S. market. Even the babies of the import family, e.g., West Germany's tiny Isetta and Goggomobile, found a market for around...
Sweden's Volvo auto group, aiming for 12,000 U.S. customers in 1957, also brought out a new model. The new Volvo (Latin for "I Roll") is a two-door family sedan with an 85-h.p. engine, a top speed of 95 m.p.h. Its U.S. price of $2,235 includes heater, defroster, whitewall tires...
...Norway, Denmark and Sweden are cutting deliveries to dealers by 10% to 20%, are talking of formal rationing soon. Swedish industry depends on oil for 44% of its total fuel; production has already been cut back at the Volvo auto factory...