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The term Malaise era refers to a period in the U.S. automotive industry from roughly the early 1970s through the early to mid 1980s, characterized by malaise: poor products and a generalized industry unease [1] — an era of profound adjustment as the U.S. automotive industry adapted to meet wholly new demands for more fuel-efficient, safe and environmentally responsible products.
The term is particularly associated with the 1973–75 United States recession. [4] An era of American automotive history, centered around the 1970s, is similarly called the " malaise era ." The "Crisis of Confidence" speech made by US President Jimmy Carter in 1979 is commonly referred to as the " malaise speech ", although the word itself was ...
Numerous setbacks, both domestic and international, contributed to President Jimmy Carter's 1980 defeat at the hands of GOP challenger Ronald Reagan, making Carter a one-term president
The smaller engined 380SL replaced the 450SL from 1981 to 1985. The Malaise era 380SL was the least powerful of the US market R107 roadsters. Starting in 1980, US cars were equipped with lambda control, which varied the air/fuel mixture based on feedback from an oxygen sensor.
In 1973 there was the Arab oil embargo followed by an energy crisis linked to the Iranian revolution in 1979, while Carter was in office. ... Carter’s famous “malaise” speech included calls ...
We attempt to find $25,000 luxo-barges from this '70s and '80s that you could enjoy ironically like an old episode of Barnaby Jones or a lava lamp.
The 1973–1975 recession or 1970s recession was a period of economic stagnation in much of the Western world (i.e. the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand) during the 1970s, putting an end to the overall post–World War II economic expansion.
OPEC oil price shock (1973) Energy crisis (1979) 1972–1973 Indian economic crisis; 1973–1975 recession; Secondary banking crisis of 1973–1975, in the UK; 1979–1980 Indian economic crisis; Latin American debt crisis (late 1970s to early 1980s), the "lost decade"