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AMC blows its top: The '85 convertible Renault Alliance was unveiled yesterday, a larger-engined model AMC president Maurice Fertey thinks will help boost company sales. It has a 1.7 litre engine that will also be standard in Encore GS and Alliance Limite
AMC blows its top: The '85 convertible Renault Alliance was unveiled yesterday, a larger-engined model AMC president Maurice Fertey thinks will help boost company sales. It has a 1.7 litre engine that will also be standard in Encore GS and Alliance Limite

AMC blows its top: The '85 convertible Renault Alliance was unveiled yesterday, a larger-engined model AMC president Maurice Fertey thinks will help boost company sales. It has a 1.7 litre engine that will also be standard in Encore GS and Alliance Limite

Date9/19/1984
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  • AMC blows its top: The '85 convertible Renault Alliance was unveiled yesterday, a larger-engined model AMC president Maurice Fertey thinks will help boost company sales. It has a 1.7 litre engine that will also be standard in Encore GS and Alliance Limite
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      Subcompact Sedan: American Motors Canada president Maurice Fertey unveiled its new Alliance yesterday. It boasts the best fuel economy of any gasoline-fueled car built in North America - 4.5 litres per 100 kilometres, or 62 miles per gallon, on the highwa
      Subcompact Sedan: American Motors Canada president Maurice Fertey unveiled its new Alliance yesterday. It boasts the best fuel economy of any gasoline-fueled car built in North America - 4.5 litres per 100 kilometres, or 62 miles per gallon, on the highwa
      Beaty, Keith
      9/8/1982
      Waiting and hoping: AMC Canada president Maurice Fertey says he will know by the end of April whether the Brampton plant will build a new line of cars. The model could replace the Eagle, shown with Fertey, and create possibly hundreds of new jobs. The Bra
      Waiting and hoping: AMC Canada president Maurice Fertey says he will know by the end of April whether the Brampton plant will build a new line of cars. The model could replace the Eagle, shown with Fertey, and create possibly hundreds of new jobs. The Bra
      Bull, Ron
      2/29/1984
      New model: Sun Hak Park, president of Hyundai Auto Canada, sits behind the steering wheel of one of his weapons against sales decline: an improved Stellar compact, with larger engine, improved suspension and transmission and restyled front end
      New model: Sun Hak Park, president of Hyundai Auto Canada, sits behind the steering wheel of one of his weapons against sales decline: an improved Stellar compact, with larger engine, improved suspension and transmission and restyled front end
      Mahler, John
      1/7/1986
      Taking shape: Jose Dedeurwaerder (right), president of American Motors Corp., tours the partly completed AMC plant in Brampton with Dennis Montone, director of the manufacturing program for the new X-58 model.
      Taking shape: Jose Dedeurwaerder (right), president of American Motors Corp., tours the partly completed AMC plant in Brampton with Dennis Montone, director of the manufacturing program for the new X-58 model.
      Beaty, Keith
      10/3/1985
      Keeping options open: Leaning on a jeep his company built, William Carroll, president of American Motors (Canada) Inc., says all the reports about a huge Quebec automotive operation by AMC mystify him. But he's open to any offers.
      Keeping options open: Leaning on a jeep his company built, William Carroll, president of American Motors (Canada) Inc., says all the reports about a huge Quebec automotive operation by AMC mystify him. But he's open to any offers.
      Spremo, Boris
      4/11/1986
      Wet wait: Raincoats, umbrellas and hoods offered some refuge from the heavy rains that made waiting in line a dreary experience for AMC job applicants at Wonderland yesterday
      Wet wait: Raincoats, umbrellas and hoods offered some refuge from the heavy rains that made waiting in line a dreary experience for AMC job applicants at Wonderland yesterday
      Faught, Ken
      9/29/1986
      Chris Hayes: Brampton man wants AMC job because he is looking for a better future
      Chris Hayes: Brampton man wants AMC job because he is looking for a better future
      Eglinton, Rick
      10/3/1986
      H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
      H. S, (Stan) Bond won't retire although he'll soon be 94. He's too old to renew his driver's license so makes his sales calls via bus and streetcar. Bond thinks today's company managers would do a better job if they were given bonuses for boosting profits. His customer say he knows merchandise well.
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      1/4/1973
      The Ontario Lord's Day Alliance - Are You a Member of the Alliance
      The Ontario Lord's Day Alliance - Are You a Member of the Alliance
      Ontario Lord's Day Alliance
      1900?
      The Lord's Day Alliance and the working man : the alliance is criticized as promoting class legislation
      The Lord's Day Alliance and the working man : the alliance is criticized as promoting class legislation
      Lord's Day Alliance of Canada
      1900 circa
      Almost had 'em: Rolls-Royce on Bay general sales manager Steve Kastner (foreground) could almost see the color of their money as Wheels writers Carola Vyhnak and Bill Taylor spy a Rolls convertible
      Almost had 'em: Rolls-Royce on Bay general sales manager Steve Kastner (foreground) could almost see the color of their money as Wheels writers Carola Vyhnak and Bill Taylor spy a Rolls convertible
      Mahler, John
      5/24/1988
      Sizzling soft-tops: U.S. convertible sales climbed 11.5 per cent last year. Mazda's Miata led the parade with 30,000 units sold, with the Chrysler LeBaron next
      Sizzling soft-tops: U.S. convertible sales climbed 11.5 per cent last year. Mazda's Miata led the parade with 30,000 units sold, with the Chrysler LeBaron next
      Mahler, John
      5/10/1992