OC 340 SOF / MAG / SIL VS AUTOMOBILES BEING BUILT ON ASSEMBLY LINES OF VARIOUS FACTORIES. VS CAR DRIVEN OUT OF PLANT, ONTO PARKING LOT. VS TRAFFIC ON CITY FREEWAYS. BRIEF LS EXT "GOOD YEAR" PLANT. VS AUTOS ON CAR-TRAILER-TRUCKS. VS EXTS AUTOMOTIVE CENTERS, CARS IN PARKING LOTS OF NEW AND USED DEALERS. VS AERIALS OF MASSES OF CARS IN PARKING LOT. HA BIG CARS IN DEALER SHOWROOM. HA TRAFFI PASSING UNDERNEATH ON FREEWAY. CI: BUILDINGS: FACTORIES, AUTO. INDUSTRIES: AUTO. BUILDINGS: PARKING LOT. BUILDINGS: STORES, AUTO SHOWROOM. TRANSPORTATION: HIGHWAYS, DOMESTIC.

"Auto factory, Bottling plants, Meat packing plants, Maps"/Milk goes from cow to bottling plant, to front door of house/Vinyard-pick grapes, go to factory to be bottled/Minute Maid oranges picked off of trees go to grocery store-go through bottleing process/Sides of beef and pork hang in plant, are inspected-show maps of where meat is distributed-packaged and end up in store/Truck driver finds his route on map/Automotive plants make model A's and others=Tape 1-vintage / Contemporary footage=Coca Cola bottling plant/New 12 footage car dealer, automotive factory

No Alternative

It's a deal! General motors and the United Auto workers have reached a tentative agreement to end a 17-day strike at two brake plants.The ripple effect from the situation have halted most of GM's operations.The striking workers in Dayton, Ohio will vote on the pact tomorrow. The president of the striking locals says he'll recommend ratification.At this point, neither GM nor the union has released detials of the agreement.

THE IMPORTANCE OF A GOOD AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY AND MAINTENANCE BY MERCURY BATTERIES. GAS STATION ATTENDANTS IN UNIFORMS, FIRST CLASS SERVICE. DEALER'S TRAINING. 1940s SALES FILM.

Frontal and side-view tracking shots of a grey Eagle Premier cruising around an empty racetrack. Zoom-out of same Eagle Premier parked in an empty field.......On March 9, 1987, Chrysler agreed to buy Renault's share in AMC, plus all the remaining shares, for about US$1.5 billion (US$3,031,195,079 in 2013 dollars[8]).[1] AMC became the Jeep-Eagle division of Chrysler. It was the Jeep brand that Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca really wanted -- in particular the ZJ Grand Cherokee, then under development by Jeep engineers, which ultimately proved highly profitable for Chrysler (the nameplate remains in production today). However, the buyout included other attractive deal sweeteners for Chrysler. Among them was the world-class, brand-new manufacturing plant in Bramalea, Ontario, which offered Iacocca an unprecedented opportunity to increase his company's production capacity at a fire-sale price. AMC had designed and built the plant in anticipation of building the Renault 25 based Eagle Premier. Additional profitable acquisitions were the AMC dealer network (the addition of which strengthened Chrysler's retail distribution -- many AMC dealers switched to selling Chrysler products); and AMC's underrated organization and management talent -- which Chrysler quickly assimilated (numerous leading Chrysler engineers and executives were ex-AMC).[65] Ironically the sale came at a time when the automotive press was enthusiastic about the proposed 1988 lineup of Renault and Jeep vehicles, and reports that the financial outlook for the tiny automaker were improving.[1] The sale marked Renault's withdrawal from the North American market (excluding Mexico) in the 1988 model year. However, the French company has since returned to that market with its subsequent purchase of a US$5.4 billion controlling stake in Nissan in March 1999.[66] In contrast to the AMC/Renault partnership, Carlos Ghosn, CEO and President of Renault of France and Nissan of Japan, is guiding the Renault-Nissan alliance away from national identities

Your Permit to Drive

INTV W/ MEL FAR, FORMER DETROIT LIONS FOOTBALL PLAYER, FOR LIZ CHO WKN CS CONCERNING MEL FARR AUTOMOTIVE GROUP / FARR HAS ELECTRONICAL DEVICE WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW CARS TO START IF PAYMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE / ON TIME DEVICE / SU CHO / B-ROLL DEALERSHIP / MOS CUSTOMERS

A look at the newest automotive sensation -- the Korean KIA.

The 1997 North American International Auto Show will be in Detroit, Michigan, next week. About 700,000 motorists and 5,000 automotive journalists from around the world are expected to attend the big event. The auto show will be featuring the world's leading automakers unveiling more than 50 new vehicles and at least 12 concept cars.

INTV W/ MEL FAR, FORMER DETROIT LIONS FOOTBALL PLAYER, FOR LIZ CHO WKN CS CONCERNING MEL FARR AUTOMOTIVE GROUP / FARR HAS ELECTRONICAL DEVICE WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW CARS TO START IF PAYMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE / ON TIME DEVICE / SU CHO / B-ROLL DEALERSHIP / MOS CUSTOMERS

INTV W/ RALPH NADER, CONSUMER ADVOCATE, FOR LIZ CHO WKN CS CONCERNING MEL FARR AUTOMOTIVE GROUP AND ON TIME DEVICE / NADER BELIEVES IT IS UNFAIR TO CHARGE CUSTOMERS 20 - 25 PERCENT INTEREST WHEN THEY BARELY MAKE LIVEABLE WAGE

CHRYSLER HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT IS DISCONTINUING THE USE OF ONE OF ITS MOST DISTINGUISHING MARKS...IN AN EFFORT TO ATTRACT YOUNGER BUYERS, THE CAR COMPANY IS CHANGING ITS CLASSIC "WATERFALL" GRILL.

INTV W/ MEL FAR, FORMER DETROIT LIONS FOOTBALL PLAYER, FOR LIZ CHO WKN CS CONCERNING MEL FARR AUTOMOTIVE GROUP / FARR HAS ELECTRONICAL DEVICE WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW CARS TO START IF PAYMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE / ON TIME DEVICE / SU CHO / B-ROLL DEALERSHIP / MOS CUSTOMERS

HOW TO KEEP YOUR VEHICLE'S AIR CONDTIONER RUNNING SMOOTHLY DURING THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER.

INTV W/ MEL FAR, FORMER DETROIT LIONS FOOTBALL PLAYER, FOR LIZ CHO WKN CS CONCERNING MEL FARR AUTOMOTIVE GROUP / FARR HAS ELECTRONICAL DEVICE WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW CARS TO START IF PAYMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN MADE

(Vo) Suburbans. Blazers. No matter where you look sport utility vehicles abound.Americans aren't flocking to the standard old sedan anymore. They want the utility of a truck..(MOS woman) "I like how they look. They hold a lot."(Vo) And the freedom to explore the great outdoors.(MOS 2 men) "for fishing and hunting""I like to go off roading"(Sot dealer) "Young people are coming into buy. Middle aged people. Everyone wants a sports utility.(vo) Dealers like Gene Meyers don't see the truck market dropping off any time soon.(Sot dealer) "People travel up and down the coast. They need room. They want safety. They're great people movers."(vo) Industry analysts say the big sport utility segment is still the hottest segment in the auto market.(Sot Peter Brown) "You can say this is insane. Nobody needs a big, huge truck like that, but in fact buyers are lapping them up like crazy. The GMC Yukon, the Chevy Tahoe. People want these things. They're buying them real fast.(Vo) Many reasons exist for the growth of the truck market. Gasoline prices is one of them.(Standup) "It used to be everyone was so concerned about how much mileage to the gallon they were getting. But now. despite a slight jump in recent weeks, gas prices are basically the lowest they've been since the Gulf War and they no longer figure into people's buying choices."(Sot Mark Leddy) "With the price of gas being cheaper than Evian water, that isn't an issue today."(Vo) 'Cargo space' is the issue today. . . which just goes to show you. size does count.I'm Melanie Siben reporting.