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<text id=90TT1650>
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June 25, 1990: Business Notes:Autos
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
June 25, 1990 Who Gives A Hoot?
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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BUSINESS, Page 49
Business Notes
AUTOS
Top Down, Hopes Up
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<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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