Word: wheelings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Grabber" model of its compact Maverick equipped with hood scoops, rallye stripes and a special paint job. It costs $175 more than an unadorned Maverick. Similarly, for $349 over the regular price, Chevrolet is marketing a "GT" version of the subcompact Vega with a black grille, racing steering wheel and sturdier wheel rims. Both models give the illusion of being fast sports cars, but beneath the paint they are still economy cars with little engines...
...working days, Kennedy slips behind the wheel of his 1971 Pontiac GTO convertible and drives rapidly to the Capitol, one foot on the accelerator, the other lightly on the brake.* Almost invariably dressed in a dark British-cut suit, a monogrammed shirt with a PT-109 clip holding his tie, Kennedy trots rather than walks into his office to begin his daily race of trying to keep up with a schedule jammed with more interviews, hearings, appointments, speeches and votes than any man could realistically accomplish...
...sales, American must strengthen its dealerships. So far this year 262 dealers have dropped out, reducing American's network to 2,031 showrooms. American's biggest handicap is styling problems. Consumer Reports noted that, among the new subcompact cars, the Gremlin "has the tightest rear seat, rear wheel traction is poor, and [the car] is relatively clumsy to handle...
...Elizabeth's elite regiments have one natural enemy: the conservationist. On the head of every member of the Foot Guards, for example, rises half a Canadian bearskin; from the helmet of the Household Cavalryman sprouts a plume of yak hairs. Whenever the army's 88 military bands wheel into action, the soldiers who carry the big bass drums drape themselves in the skins of leopards and tigers...
Well he's a big wheel driver, mama...