Autos: Stylish Semantics

Showing the new Chevrolets to the press last week, General Motors Vice President Semon Knudsen tossed off the prediction that 1963 will be a 7,000,000-car year. When asked why he was so much more optimistic than Ford Division Chief Lee lacocca, who figures that sales will cool down from this year's anticipated 6,800,000 by half a million or so; "Bunky" Knudsen purred: "I think Lee has made his prediction in line with his product, and I am making mine in line with my product." Ford spokesmen quickly shot back that the official...

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