Word: wheeling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Brigitte Bardot adores hers. Pete Rose just bought ten of them, kept one for himself and gave nine as gifts. Object of their affections: the Jeep. World War II's workhorse has been transformed into a macho-chic machine that is leading the boom in the four-wheel-drive auto market...
This year AMC will sell some 150,000 of them to U.S. buyers, plus 25,000 abroad, giving its Jeep division 31% of the domestic sports-utility market-a term covering relatively small four-wheel-drive vehicles designed for off-road use. Running second is Chevy's Blazer with nearly 24% of the market, followed by Ford's newly revamped Bronco with 21%. Next year U.S. automen expect to produce 1 million four-wheel-drive vehicles. The field has become so attractive that even Mercedes plans to enter with its own four-wheeler by next summer...
Sales began to take off in the early 1970s along with the growth in popularity of outdoor recreation in the U.S. Because the sporty vehicles have high ground clearance, and power that is delivered to all four wheels instead of only two, they can go just about anywhere: along sandy beaches, through fields and over snow-covered roads. Industry experts puzzle over estimates that owners of the specialized machines spend less than 10% of their driving time off the road, but it seems clear that they are taken with an image. The bulky, rugged vehicles are usually decked with roll...
...expensive $5,000 CJ. (for civilian Jeep) - a doughty, roofless runabout that is a direct descendant of the wartime model-have never been brisker. Rising gasoline prices have not deterred buyers, although industry sources say the Jeep fleet averages about 11 m.p.g. But federal authorities have directed that four-wheel-drive fleets must achieve an average 15 m.p.g. by 1981. That will be tough for AMC, which will have to spend a bundle on engineering...
...case, groups with greatest hits albums out include the Commodores, Earth, Wind and Fire, Steely Dan, The Steve Miller Band, Wings, the Crosby-Nash band, Abba, Dave Mason, Joe Walsh, Steeler's Wheel (now that Gerry Rafferty is big time), Stephen Stills, and Marshall Tucker. Kansashas a two record live album, as doAerosmith, Lou Reed and David Bowie. Live albums are fine when they work--what you lose in technical excellence and musical quality you make up in the excitement and energy of a live performance-but when the record isn't done well (Lou Reed, Aerosmith), it grows boring...