Word: detroiters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...during the Christmas visit by four clergymen. The churchmen were French-born Léon-Etienne Cardinal Duval, Catholic Archbishop of Algiers, and three liberal American clerics: William Sloane Coffin Jr., senior minister of New York City's interdenominational Riverside Church; Thomas J. Gumbleton, Catholic auxiliary bishop of Detroit; and M. William Howard, president of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A...
Demand is so strong for Detroit's more fuel-efficient offerings that at one point buyers of General Motors' new X cars had to wait four to six months for delivery, and Chrysler Corp.'s popular Dodge Omnis and Plymouth Horizons were being sold before they reached the showrooms. The order backlog for Volkswagen's Pennsylvania-built diesel Rabbit remains long. But nowhere is the rush to gas sippers more evident than among the imports. While the overall sales of the U.S. auto firms have plunged, foreign makes are booming-so much so that...
...foreign cars grabbed a then record 16.7% of the market, their sales began to slip, partly because the yen rose enough against the dollar to drive the prices of Japanese imports up by 25%. But suddenly last spring, gasoline shortages reappeared, and demand for small cars took off. Because Detroit does not as yet produce enough economy models, thousands of would-be American car buyers have been forced to turn to imports...
...Another Detroit peeve is the imports' low prices. At least four Japanese manufacturers now offer models for well under $4,000; for example, the Toyota Corolla Tercel's base price is $3,698. The price tags on comparable U.S. subcompacts are significantly higher: $4,289 for a two-door Chevette hatchback, $4,492 for American Motors' Spirit D/L, $5,271 for the two-door Omni hatchback...