Author: Consumer GuidePublisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451145086
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Used Cars Consumer Guide 1986
Author: Consumer GuidePublisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451145086
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
American Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles, 1967-1989
Author: J. “Kelly” Flory, Jr.Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476626529
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 1471
Book Description
The truck's role in American society changed dramatically from the 1960s through the 1980s, with the rise of off-roaders, the van craze of the 1970s and minivan revolution of the 1980s, the popularization of the SUV as family car and the diversification of the pickup truck into multiple forms and sizes. This comprehensive reference book follows the form of the author's popular volumes on American cars. For each year, it provides an industry overview and, for each manufacturer, an update on new models and other news, followed by a wealth of data: available powertrains, popular options, paint colors and more. Finally, each truck is detailed fully with specifications and measurements, prices, production figures, standard equipment and more.
The Consumer Information Catalog
Author: Cars Consumer Guide 1986
Author: Consumer GuidePublisher: Signet
ISBN: 9780451141361
Category : Automobiles
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Popular Science
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Popular Science gives our readers the information and tools to improve their technology and their world. The core belief that Popular Science and our readers share: The future is going to be better, and science and technology are the driving forces that will help make it better.
The Cars of American Motors
Author: Marc CranswickPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786446722
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 365
Book Description
Though American Motors never approached the size of Detroit's Big Three, it produced a long series of successful cars that were distinctive, often innovative and in many cases influential. This history examines AMC's cars from the company's formation in 1954 through its absorption by Chrysler in 1987. The Gremlin, Pacer and Eagle vehicles are examined in detail, as are the AMC custom cars of George Barris and Carl Green. The text details AMC's 1980s involvement with the French firm Renault and the design legacy of that joint venture, which includes the Hummer. The evolution of Jeep is covered from the 1960s through the 2000s. Features include some 225 photographs; a listing of AMC / Rambler clubs, organizations and business entities, with contact details; tables of detailed specifications and performance data; data on technical devices, trim packages and all model variations; a comprehensive account of AMC / Rambler appearances in film, television and cartoons.
The Yugo
Author: Jason VuicPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429945397
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Six months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." And for most Americans that's where the story begins and ends. Hardly. The short, unhappy life of the car, the men who built it, the men who imported it, and the decade that embraced and discarded it is rollicking and astounding, and one of the greatest untold business-cum-morality tales of the 1980s. Mix one rabid entrepreneur, several thousand "good" communists, a willing U.S. State Department, the shortsighted Detroit auto industry, and improvident bankers, shake vigorously, and you've got The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History. Brilliantly re-creating the amazing confluence of events that produced the Yugo, Yugoslav expert Jason Vuic uproariously tells the story of the car that became an international joke: The American CEO who happens upon a Yugo right when his company needs to find a new import or go under. A State Department eager to aid Yugoslavia's nonaligned communist government. Zastava Automobiles, which overhauls its factory to produce an American-ready Yugo in six months. And a hole left by Detroit in the cheap subcompact market that creates a race to the bottom that leaves the Yugo . . . at the bottom.
Focus On: 100 Most Popular Compact Cars
Author: Wikipedia contributorsPublisher: e-artnow sro
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1073
Book Description
Edmunds.com Used Cars & Trucks Buyer's Guide 2004
Author: The Editors at Edmunds.comPublisher: Edmunds Publications
ISBN: 9780877596851
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Vehicle shoppers can benefit from the what they've come to expect from the Edmunds name: true market values for trade-ins, private party and dealership-highlighted yearly model changes, and in-depth advice.
Driving from Japan
Author: Wanda JamesPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476612803
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This study chronicles the success of the Japanese car in America. Starting with Japan's first gasoline-powered car, the Takuri, it examines early Japanese inventors and automotive conditions in Japan; the arrival of Japanese cars in California in the late 1950s; consumer and media reactions to Japanese manufacturers; what obstacles they faced; initial sales; and how the cars gained popularity through shrewd marketing. Toyota, Honda, Datsun (Nissan), Mazda, Subaru, Isuzu, and Mitsubishi are profiled individually from their origins through the present. An examination follows of the forced cooperation between American and Japanese manufacturers, the present state of the industry in America, and the possible future of this union, most importantly in the race for a more environmentally-sound vehicle.