Word: wheeling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Beretta traces its name to the 16th century, when the company dealt in crossbows. After the four-wheel Beretta was announced in 1986, the Italian firm negotiated with GM for two years in a fruitless effort to get the car's name changed. GM, which plans to contest the suit, insists the name is derived from various former products, including a version of the Chevy Camaro called the Berlinetta that was sold from...
...third exhibit uses clear hoses and wooden parts to demonstrate the mechanism of a well that Eaton says was fashioned in Africa. "This is how they use gravity to get water in certain parts of Africa," she says. "They move the wheel against gravity and pump the water up to a certain height, and then it falls. See? The children wouldn't be able to see that if the hoses were opaque or green or something. The clear ones demonstrate a natural fact...
...innovative leadership of Chairman Donald Petersen, Ford is not simply coasting with its established models. Last month it introduced the Probe, a sporty two-door hatchback that may turn out to be nearly as successful as the Taurus. For a base price of $10,459, the Probe offers front- wheel drive, a zippy but economical four-cylinder engine and the sleek, aerodynamic look of a European or Japanese import. That should not be surprising, because Ford designed and developed the Probe in a joint project with Mazda, the Japanese company in which Ford owns a 25% interest. Mazda's plant...
...Also in the works: face-lifts for the Ranger pickup and Bronco II sport-utility vehicle; a nip and tuck for the Taurus; a version of the Aerostar van that will stretch 15 in. longer than the current 14 1/2-ft. model; and by 1991 a compact four-wheel-drive van designed by Nissan and made by Ford to compete with Chrysler's line of Voyagers and Caravans, which now command 49% of the U.S. minivan market...
...always, Ford's chief nemesis will be GM. With 1987 sales of $102 billion, GM remains 41% larger than Ford. Auto experts say GM could rebound sharply with its planned line of stylish front-wheel-drive cars called the GM- 10 series. "General Motors is waking up," says Auto Analyst Maryann Keller of Furman Selz Mager Dietz & Birney. "Ford is going to face tough competition in the 1990s...