Detroit Iron Turns Into Gold
February, 1978
The American car has never changed so much, in so short a time, as it has in the years we're living through right now. What headline writers have called The Big Shrink started officially with the 1977 model year and will continue for three or four more years, until all our cars are smaller, lighter and more economical.You know why this is happening. It started when the Arabs turned off the oil tap back in 1973 and we all lined up for gas, and it's been kept going by Federal laws that demand bett...