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Ford Focus ZX3; Tossing and flogging.(vehicle review)(Brief Article)
Car-crazed but usually gridlocked (sub)urbanites like us love a good road trip. Our third quarter with the Focus began with a long weekend jaunt-replete with gear-that fueled comparisons with our long-term PT Cruiser. With the seats flipped down in the Ford, it's got cargo room galore; throw in the ``tossability'' factor and the sticker price, and the Focus may beat the Cruiser at its own game.
The New Edge hatch scores with the more youthful members of our staff, while those who dislike it also tend to regard the retro Chrysler with admiration usually reserved for, say, Bill Knapps. Anecdotal evidence in the Midwest bears this dichotomy out. But before initiating an AARP letter-writing campaign, consider this dictum, issued by our seniormost staffer: ``This car responds to energetic flogging. If you're lazy and expect the car to do the work for you, you'll get what you deserve. Making the driver part of the experience is the name of the game. ...
- AMISH BAKED GOODS.(Living)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) Rosencrans, Joyce July 20, 2005 700+ words
...licensing. The company recently acquired the license to the Bill Knapps chocolate cake. Bill Knapps was a popular restaurant chain in the Midwest that has shut its doors. The Bill Knapps brand, however, lives on in the chocolate cakes that Awrey...
- Battle Creek, Mich.-Based Family Dining Chain Files for Bankruptcy Protection.
- Newspaper article from: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) May 24, 2002 700+ words
...changed to try to be hip." Mark Barnett, a customer who lives in Canton, was so frustrated with the changes that he wrote to Bill Knapps's Chief Executive Officer Jamie Brown. He was not alone. Brown received more than 3,000 e-mails and 1,000 phone...
- QUIZNO'S(R) HIRES THREE RESTAURANT VETERANS
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 21, 1994 700+ words
...district manager for Corporate Operations in Michigan and Illinois. Froehle most recently was vice president of Operations for Bill Knapps, a 60-restaurant chain of family-style restaurants based in Battle Creek, Mich. He will continue to live in Battle...
- NuCo2(R) Reaches Agreements
- Press release article from: PR Newswire May 12, 1998 700+ words
...KFC (123 locations) and D.B. Marketing (40 locations). In the Midwest, the Company has entered into agreements for Bill Knapps (64 locations), Dairy Mart (315 locations), Taco Bell (147 locations), 7-11 (100 franchisee locations), Burger...
- VW kills plans to build a world car.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Europe Weernink, Wim Oude Ostle, Dorothee July 2, 2001 700+ words
...seater, was planned to be based on a platform smaller than the current VW Lupo. "We studied its feasibility and found out that the...schedule. "I always said we will need a smaller car below the current VW Lupo," said Pi'ch in March. "Nothing has changed...
- VW to adopt Audi's development method; Hackenberg will lead VW's push to make...
- Magazine article from: Automotive News Europe March 5, 2007 700+ words
...have lead times for tooling that are longer," using the current VW system, Hackenberg said. "With Audi's modular design...For example, redesigning a complete product based on the current VW approach takes 36 months. At Audi it takes 25 months. Benefit...
- 192: THE EM FACTOR.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) September 20, 2002 700+ words
Byline: JULIE MACCASKILL SINGLES Aqualung Strange & Beautiful THE haunting track taken from the current VW Beetle TV adverts comes courtesy of singer-songwriter Matt Hales (aka Aqualung). A stunning single which makes a massive impact...
- Jetta shows its face.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) June 3, 2005 700+ words
...distinctive chrome grille, whose 'V' shape echoes those already seen on the Golf GTI and new Passat. Its rear end also reflects current VW design themes, and features fast-acting LED lights. Larger than the Bora that it will replace, the car has grown by 18...
