Tag: cars
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Kefauver on Cars, Part 2: Let’s Get Small
Estes Kefauver recognized that the Big Three was failing to respond to consumer demand for compact, efficient cars. He also recognized that if Detroit wouldn’t meet that demand, then Europe and Japan would.
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Kefauver on Cars, Part 1: Fins to the Left, Fins to the Right
Kerauver’s observations about the auto industry were prescient in many ways, and Detroit should have listened to him. In Part 1 of this series, we look at Kefauver’s remarks on the over-the-top excesses of 1950s auto styling.
Estes Kefauver for President 