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Economic or not, Calder Hall is a technical triumph and a boost to British prestige. Said Henry Gethin Davey, in charge of its construction: "Britain has the lead. I don't claim to know what the Russians are doing. I'm basing my opinion on the expressions on their faces when they first came to Calder Hall...
...Plymouth has a 48-h.p. boost, to 235 h.p., in the big "Fury" V-8 engine, a 3-in.-longer wheel base (118 in.), and is so low that one dealer cracked: "If the price is as low as the car, we can't lose...
...Dodge has 80-h.p. boost, to 310 h.p., on its biggest "Red Ram" V-8 engine, and a longer (122-in. wheel base), lower (57 in.) body...
...DeSoto has a 40-h.p. boost, to 290 h.p., brand-new styling, and a third, lower-priced model called the Firesweep, in order to compete better against Mercury, medium-priced Oldsmobile and Buick...
...broken completely away from Ford with a new body of its own based on the experimental XM-Turnpike Cruiser. Mercury will be 5 in. longer, 3 in. wider and 4 in. lower than last year's model, is going in for upswept tailfins and higher horsepower, with a boost from 225 h.p. to 290 h.p. in the biggest V-8 engine. Some other changes: a pushbutton automatic transmission control and the auto industry's first air-cushion rear suspension, which cushions road shocks with two tiny, air-filled tires mounted vertically at the front of each rear spring...