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...brought out its Chrysler Laser XE ($10,960)-Dodge Daytona sports cars, developed at a cost of $270 million to compete with classy imports like the Toyota Supra and the Mazda RX7. Early next year the company will begin full production of the first U.S.-made minivan. The front-wheel-drive vehicle, developed by Chrysler at a cost of $600 million, will sell for about $9,000, has room for seven passengers and fits into a standard garage...
...market share on the strength of its Alliance subcompact. That showing puts AMC vehicles ahead of those produced in the U.S. by once fashionable Volkswagen, which now accounts for just 1.3% of domestic demand for American-made cars. AMC, counting on a resurgence of demand for four-wheel-drive vehicles, has invested $250 million in a new line of Jeeps that are smaller than previous models...
General Motors, for one, is now trying to join the Japanese. GM is awaiting a federal ruling, expected later this month, on whether it will be allowed to produce a new front-wheel-drive subcompact with Toyota in California. The controversial $300 million joint venture is strongly opposed by Ford and Chrysler. Under the proposed arrangement, the partners would build some 200,000 small cars a year. Such ventures point up the continued weakness of U.S. carmakers. Although Detroit has rebounded impressively, the industry's inability to compete in the small-car market without Japanese aid suggests that...
...Boston Ballet's production encloses the three scenes with a wheel of fortune which appears in the beginning and at the end, evoking the common medieval theme of man's tenuous existence in the face of fate. However, the ballet is not historical in any other sense. The style is more modern than balletic, although the women dance in pointed shoes and retain classical arm and leg positions throughout much of the hour-long piece...
Saturday's 28-12 collision with Dartmouth wrecked the steering wheel. No longer does the Crimson (now 1-1-1 in the league) have control over its Ivy destination. Two teams must blindside the Big Green to knock Dartmouth off the road to the league championship...