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Junkyard Find: Gray-Market 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380 SEL

The Truth About Cars

2628 aka the Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance Act of 1988 was passed by the 100th Congress. For the 1981 model year, the U.S.-market The price tag on that car was $44,298, or about $157,037 in 2024 dollars. 1981 was the first model year for an optional driver's-side airbag in the W126. The gray-market party was over.

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Volkswagen and Suzuki to Establish Strategic Partnership; VW to Take 19.9% Stake in Suzuki, Suzuki to Invest in VW

Green Car Congress

Suzuki has our own ideas where the priorities should be, and we have already shared those with Volkswagen. Suzuki had established a strategic alliance with General Motors in 1981, which ultimately resulted in GM holding 20% of the company. Tags: Market Background Vehicle Manufacturers. On what are we going to focus?

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It’s #TimeForUnrest Because My Friend Liz Deserves A Life Outside Her Bedroom

Creative Greenius

Thanksgiving 1981 in Newport Beach with the Burlingames (left to right) Betty Ann, Lynn, Liz, Dave and me ( photo by Debra Bushweit Galliani ). So on Monday night when I went by myself to see the film screen in Santa Monica I had no idea what I was in for. I endure for lack of any better ideas. It has been too long.

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