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- <title>
- June 25, 1990: Business Notes:Autos
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- June 25, 1990 Who Gives A Hoot?
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 49
- Business Notes
- AUTOS
- Top Down, Hopes Up
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- <body>
- <p> No sports car in years has so quickly won the hearts of U.S.
- car buffs as Mazda's pert Miata MX-5. But Detroit automakers
- are not content to sit back and watch foreign roadsters whiz
- by. Next month Ford will begin selling its own cosmopolitan
- contender, the Mercury Capri. The car's body was designed in
- Italy, and its engine and chassis were developed jointly by
- Ford and Mazda. The Detroit automaker has a 25% stake in the
- Japanese company. The convertible, which will be built at a
- Ford plant near Melbourne, will be the first Australian-made
- car sold in the U.S. The Capri takes dead aim at the Miata.
- While the Mazda has rear-wheel drive and two seats, the Mercury
- offers front-wheel drive and a small backseat. Ford has priced
- the Capri slightly below its rival: $12,588 for the standard
- model and $15,522 for a turbocharged version, which Mazda does
- not offer.
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- </body>
- </article>
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