GM MINIVANS WERE PRODUCT OF DIPLOMACY: PLEASING EUROPE, U.S. WASN'T EASY

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By:

DALE JEWETT

April 15, 1996 05:00 AM

NEW YORK - Suspension engineers from the United States and Germany hit a pothole three years ago while working on General Motors' new minivans.

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