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...three inches wider than the 1200, has fairly orthodox lines and a pronounced front hood -even though its more powerful engine remains in the rear. It sells in Germany for $1,500 for a two-door sedan, $300 more than the 1200 sedan, also comes as a station wagon for $1,600. Nordhoff hopes to double output of the bigger Volkswagen to 2,000 cars daily within six months, will slightly cut back production of the standard Volkswagen to achieve this...
...Band Wagon Effects. As he summed up the massive growth reported at the congress, Dr. Curt Stern of the University of California singled out molecular genetics as the most important new specialty in the science. "Life processes have been broken down to very simple basic reactions," said Dr. Stern. "Now we know what a gene is: namely, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), and we know what DNA is. The four substances that make it up are arranged in different combinations like a book written with just four letters...
...involving its Fiberglas body delayed the Avanti's debut by six months; Egbert had confidently predicted 10,000 sales of the '63 Avantis-at about $5,000 each-but only 1,743 have moved. Similarly hurt was the sales potential of another Egbert innovation, the Wagonaire station wagon with a sliding roof; at the last minute, Studebaker discovered that the top leaked and had to pull the Wagonaires off the assembly line to correct it. Compounding these fumbles, a strike at a supplier plant stopped Studebakers supply of car doors for six weeks...
Wheeled Classrooms. Two weeks ago impatience with Willis pushed Chicago Negroes to violence. From sit-ins at the school board headquarters, demonstrators went on to lie-downs in front of "Willis Wagons," mobile classrooms that are sent into neighborhoods with crowded schools. Negroes regard the wheeled classrooms as devices for maintaining segregation. Police arrested 56 demonstrators. Brick-throwing teenagers injured several cops. Hotheads lofted a molotov cocktail at one Willis Wagon, set fire to another...
...taillight arrangement split by a chrome strip. But the Chevelle is wedged in between the compact Chevy II and the standard Chevrolet, and is so attractive a rival that it may steal some sales from both. It will come in eleven models ranging from a convertible to a station wagon, is only 16 in. shorter than a standard-sized Chevrolet and has that "big car feel." It also boasts brand-new styling at a time when the standard Chevrolet has undergone little more than a minor face lifting for 1964. Knudsen has tried to make room for the Chevelle...