Search Results for: "50's American cars"
How to turn off foriegn oil (Comments)
The thing I noticed most was the size of the cars Americans drove then, and these cars (in the magazines anyway) were advertised as "powerful, roomy, and attractive" ... Forgotten how fragile our economy and way of life truly is ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/How_to__turn_off_foriegn_oil-5031-20-2976.htm?mult ...
Oh, What a Feeling!
At the Kobalt Tools 500, Busch gave Toyota its first NASCAR Sprint Cup series victory in a points race - and, like pretty much everyone else, he was not thrilled with Goodyear tires that had cars sliding around the track ... "You just don't like ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Oh_What_a_Feeling-5225-2-15863.htm
Time to Ban Smoking in Cars, Says Chief Adviser
By SOPHIE GOODCHILD THE Government's top smoking adviser today called for a ban on drivers lighting up at the wheel. Professor Robert West, an expert on tobacco addiction, warned that car passengers topped the "at risk" category for passive ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Time_to_Ban_Smoking_in_Cars_Say-5225-1-5634.htm
Supply of Hybrids Runs Out of Gas As Demand Soars
"Not only are they out of cars and out of inventory, but the capacity they have for the hybrid components was locked in a year ago," before $4-a-gallon gas, says George Peterson, president of consultants AutoPacific ... The company says it will ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Supply_of_Hybrids_Runs_Out_of_Ga-5225-3-28806.htm
Mercedes to Sell First Hybrid in U.S. Next Year
-bound version would be a new body style suited to American tastes, he said, presumably a sedan rather than the hatchback A- and B-class models Mercedes sells in Europe. Mercedes may build a new plant in Eastern Europe to cut costs for the next ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Mercedes_to_Sell_First_Hybrid_in-5225-3-15113.htm
Start. Stop. Start. Flip.
What competitors saw was what many expected: Track position was vital because passing is difficult and Edwards had one of the best cars ... Fans booed when series officials determined they couldn't dry the track and ordered teams to push their cars ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Start_Stop_Start_Flip-5225-2-14108.htm
Hendrick-Gibbs Battle Looms: Earnhardt, Hamlin Win Qualifying Races
Both races ended with green-white- checkered finishes, and the second showed that Joe Gibbs Racing appears ready to rival the Hendrick cars for Sunday's Daytona 500 as Denny Hamlin and Tony Stewart finished 1-2 in their Toyotas ... ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/HendrickGibbs_Battle_Looms_Ear-5225-2-12556.htm
Our Democracy is Gone! (Comments)
When did we go into a war and take all of Iran, Syria, Norh Koera, and Venezuela's Oil? I must have been in a coma, cause I only remember us in a war with North Korea back in the 50's ... The saddest thing about it is that this web site can be seen by ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Our_Democracy_is_Gone-5031-2-1735.htm?mult=0#comme ...
Newman, Penske Win Daytona
It came in the historic 50th running of The Great American Race, and it came in thrilling fashion ... The Penske cars were quiet for 199 of the 200 laps, letting Joe Gibbs Racing stars Tony Stewart and Kyle Busch race each other in a battle ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Newman_Penske_Win_Daytona-5225-2-12946.htm
Ford Sales Drop 14%
3% fewer cars and trucks from Ford Motor Co ... 1%, at Lincoln, the company's American luxury ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Ford_Sales_Drop_14-5225-3-19088.htm
The State, Columbia, S.C., Bob Spear Column: Spear | Same Tire Rhetoric
"The cars (in Atlanta) were very, very out of control," Gordon said -- and surely Goodyear is listening ... Biffle, Newman and Gordon pointed to the challenge the company faces, particularly with the newly designed cars and the new ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/The_State_Columbia_SC_Bob_S-5225-2-16020.htm
The Rise and Fall of the American Middle Class: A Faulty Foundation. (Comments)
Income growth in the USA in 50's was phenominal, median income went from $2000/yr to 5000/yr! And all the manufacturing for the war was converted to peacetime uses, like new cars, and new stuff like plastic frisbees, and hula hoops ... With apoplogies ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_America-5031-36-2672.htm? ...
Henry Ford vs. The Marketeers (Comments)
Another of my favorite Detroit stories from the car guys, in the mid 80's, Mercedes was sick of Ford, GM and Chrysler trying to copy the Mercedes Euro style, and an arguement broke out among their engineers, designers, and marketers - the one ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/Henry_Ford_vs_The_Marketeers-5031-3-3418.htm?mult= ...
AAHHHHHH (Comments)
The Economic Development building, Planned Parenthood, The Free Aids Clinic, The Unemployment Office (need to turn in those slips showing they've been looking)and the always popular public library where you can pick up books on how to apply for yet more ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/AAHHHHHH-5031-10-2281.htm?mult=0#comments
WRIGHT makes another WRONG TURN (Comments)
Have you heard this latest Anti-American hate speech from the pulpit? Don't let anyone make you think that God chose America as his divine Messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world ... " Wow, it sure sounds like ...
http://www.voiceofarizona.com/WRIGHT_makes_another_WRONG_TURN-5031-2-21035.htm?m ...
