" Black paint was also cheaper and more durable. Henry Ford is reputed to have made the statement "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black . " Model Ts in different colors were produced from 1908 to 1914, and then again from 1926 to 1927. By 1914, the assembly process for the Model T had been so streamlined it took only 93 minutes to assemble a car. That year Ford produced more cars than all other automakers combined. The Model T was a great commercial success, and for years in the late 1910s and early 1920s it was estimated that more than half of all motorcars in existence in the world were Model T Fords. In fact, it was so successful that Ford did not purchase any advertising between 1917 and 1923; in total, more than 15 million Model Ts were manufactured, more than any other model of automobile for almost a century. Model A Ford Hot Rod This record has now been surpassed by the Volkswagen Beetle, and the Toyota Corolla and Ford F-Series nameplates have both sold more. The record is currently held by the Volkswagen Golf which sold over 21,000,000 units and is still in production today. "

" And interesting work on British Central America coverage by Mark Curtis in his book Ambiguities of Power. There is work on France, done in Belgium mostly, also a recent book by Serge Halimi (editor of Le Monde diplomatique). There is one very careful study by a Dutch graduate student, applying the methods Ed Herman used in studying US media reaction to elections (El Salvador, Nicaragua) to 14 major European newspapers. [. . . ] Interesting results. Hot Fashion Model Discussed a bit (along with some others) in a footnote in chapter 5 of my book "Deterring Democracy[". ] [3] References Chomsky, Noam. "