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...forward to the new generation of fuel-thrifty cars due to begin arriving on dealer lots this fall. In describing the new Chrysler autos, lacocca says: "We're going to be building three types-small cars, smaller cars and smallest cars." Both Ford and GM will introduce front-wheel drive, so-called world cars, which may be the industry's best prospect for future profits. These will be small, economical vehicles assembled from parts made in several countries. Essentially, the same car will be sold all over the globe. Ford's entry in this field...
Chrysler's survival hangs on the success of its K car, a front-wheel-drive compact. The auto will be marketed as the Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant and looks like a smaller version of this year's Mirada and Cordoba. Its fuel economy and size will position it precisely against GM's hot-selling X cars. Reports TIME Detroit Bureau Chief Barrett Seaman: "If the market stays as dismal as it is and the public fails to take to the new small cars, no amount of federal guaranteed loans will save Chrysler...
...first flights into the air were only half-full because ticket offices had been so overwhelmed by the rush of customers and the company's malfunctioning computer reservation system showed that the planes were full. The colorful and controversial gambler in the air has spun the wheel again; passengers will decide if he comes up a winner...
...patient act. But both are fixed In an eternal action, an eternal patience To which all must consent that it may be willed And which all must suffer that they may will it, That the pattern may subsist, for the pattern is the action And the suffering, that the wheel may turn and still Be forever still...
...wheelchair division, Kirk Brinkman triumphed with an unofficial record time of 1:55.00. Brinkman, a double amputee from Oren, Utah, overtook George Murray three miles from the end of the 26-mile race when Murray's left wheel broke off his chair...