Gloomy shadows sneaked up to glory of prosperity
and the term of a honeymoon of humans and cars.

New Luce had led the van as a good partner
for happiness of humans.
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*In 1972, smile badges were very popular.
The 11th winter olympic was held at Sapporo (on February),
Shinkansen Hikari was running through to the west (on March, it was opened to Okayama).
There was a reversion of Okinawa and the Cabinet of Kakuei Tanaka was formed (on July).
Perhaps its popularity was because of those reorganization of island chain gave more impetus to the prosperity.

But the land price have rose steadily when a blue print of the theory of an island chain reorganization was published. The construction rush of high building was begining on one hand, a dream of the people that to have an own house had broke down on the other.

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* Probably it was not as a substitude for the house, but the standard of having an own car was coming up for one car to three families.
However in the USA, precede with motorization, a method of Maskey had highlighted and cars had began to treat as a cause of pollution.
Of course in Japan, it has began to rumor as a social problem by the journalism.
The correspondence of each manufacturer have being watched.


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*New Luce rotary series have released on November when social eyes became strict.
Then on next June, they rapidly prepared the first countermeasure car for the pollution (AP) on this series.

Luce rotary AP which installed thermal reactor on exhaust manifold, declared loudly their thought of "human respect" that Matsuda and rotary engine have aimed at.
It was before the enforcement of "exhaust gas control" that real countermeasure of pollution was required.