Sentences with phrase «oil crisis nearly»

The 1973 oil crisis nearly killed Citroen, which had purchased Maserati in 1968, while the early 1990s saw the Chubasco mid-engined sports car cancelled due to financial issues and the introduction of front - engined, six - cylinder cars, a rather awkward layout for the brand.

Not exact matches

You can see the space race (yellow) and our passion for medical research (blue), but the green band representing nearly all energy research has the look of a python that swallowed a softball back during the oil crisis.

Our record of solar innovation began nearly four decades ago, when our co-founder, Dr. Richard Swanson, was pondering ways to deal with the oil crisis.