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...cars can do it if the drivers cannot. Custom-built for $15,000 apiece, they are three-quarter-size versions of the Formula 1 racer, powered by 28-h.p. Wankel rotary engines capable of 67 m.p.h. on the open road. The brightly colored Fiberglas bodies are mounted on tubular-frame chassis; spun-aluminum wheels carry oversize Goodyear racing-slick tires. They have automatic transmission and quick-ratio steering; brakes are front-wheel disc and rear-wheel drum. The cars are almost impossible to roll over...
...regards as its most potentially successful model: the Pacer. Glassy, small and wide, with plenty of room for passengers, the Pacer, says A.M.C.'s Gerald Meyers, "is our strongest product expression yet of giving the public what it wants." Because of the unavailability of the light-weight Wankel engine that had been planned for the car, the Pacer is still 3,000 Ibs. But, says Meyers, "we're going to get there -a 2,000-lb. car with an engine big enough to carry an air conditioner...
...packed into the gondola hanging from its underside. The equipment can receive and rebroadcast as many as four television channels, two commercial radio stations and the data from 5,000 to 10,000 microwave circuits. At present, the aerostat must be hauled down once a week to refuel the Wankel-powered electric generator; in the future, electric power may be sent up directly from the ground through the tether cable, allowing the balloon to be left aloft almost indefinitely...
...Detroit seeks fuel-saving, less-polluting alternatives to the modern auto engine, Stirling's machine has taken on new life. The Ford Motor Co. plans to test experimental models as possible competitors for the Wankel rotary engine, which is already standard equipment on Japanese-produced Mazdas and will be offered as an option on the General Motors Vega next year...
...racing to beat each other to the market with new small makes. General Motors disclosed last week that it is considering bringing out new small cars in all its divisions: Chevrolet, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, even Cadillac. GM had hoped to have a Chevy Vega equipped with a Wankel rotary engine ready for unveiling in September, but experimental models have consumed too much gas, so introduction has been put off until...