European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 13 car Corner japanese cars tops in reliability report Cycle safety rally set the German adar club has is sued its annual report on automobile re and the japanese cars won in All categories except the Over and that a class in Germany that Japa Nese cars Are not involved the Adas reliability statistics Are based on Calls for mechanical assistance involving and Only car mod Els with More than registrations for 1984 were included in the engine problems topped the list in emergency Calls for assistance while tire failures were the car divisions include Small under Middle Middle and Over Middle most reliable in the Small car class was the Nissan Dat Sun followed by the Ford fiesta and vow from fourth through 10th were Honda opel Fiat Peugeot Cit Roen 2 Fiat Panda and Renault in the under Middle class the most reliable car was the Toyota the Tercel followed by two More japanese models its Toyota Corolla stable mate and the Mazda from fourth through 18th were Ford vow Golf Mitsubishi Nissan vow Nissan opel vow Renault opel a Dett Ford vow Fiat Renault 11 and Fiat in the Middle class the Honda Accord won reliability followed by the vow Santana and the Audi from fourth through 10th were the opel vow vow passant Mazda Mercedes Ford Sierra in the Over Middle class the Mercedes 200d300d diesel series won out for followed by Mercedes Mercedes Audi Bow opel Ford Granada and Bow japanese Lead speaking of japanese cars in the adar the Japan automobile manufacturers association Jama reported recently that Japan remained the world Leader in Auto production in fiscal production of four wheeled vehicles Rose percent Over 1983 to a record million Jama japanese companies produced million trucks last a percent increase Over the 1983 fiscal while bus production leaped percent to Jama on the other production of passenger cars edged slightly downward by percent to while motorcycle production fell for the third consecutive Down per cent to Jama the japanese shipped million automobiles overseas during fiscal a Rise of percent from 1983 and the highest level since the japanese Indus try began voluntary restraint on exports in despite the Jama reported that shipments to the United states led the 1984 surge at million an increase of Japan exported units to latin America and units to Southeast an increase of percent and percent Jama Cycle safety program Daniel vice president of the Sweet Freedom motorcycle writes to say that a motorcycle safety rally will be held on june 8 near and those planning to attend should Mark it Down on the the safety rally will be sponsored by the Sweet Freedom the traffic safety Section of the Heidelberg and the Usa eur safety Lerma the rally is being organized to provide american motorcycle riders with the Opportunity to evaluate their Riding their knowledge of German traffic and their ability to react in traffic we believe there is not enough information on motorcycle Lerma and that some kind of motorcycle training should be implemented by the the rally is june As and it will be held at the Mal Schenberg sport Platz near exit Auto Bahn at the program is As follows 8 registration 9 to 1 obstacle course contest 10 obstacles and the administration of a traffic safety quiz to 3 motorcycle show 4 to 6 award of prizes for second and third places in the obstacle course contest and traffic safety plus awards for Best motorcycle in Stock class and custom additional prizes will be Given for farthest distance travelled and for oldest motorcycle at the food and soft drinks will be available during the Days Randy Barnett vow opens new museum the Beetle plays Star role the Volkswagen Headquarters in Wolfsburg now has its own the bran new facility designed to give visitors an overview of the firms its Prog Ress and its the museums official  the heart of the Volks Wagen is the with a 1938 prototype Model among the More than 20 historic beetles on other vow models of the first and second generations Are among the More than 100 cars featured in the new one of the most famous cars on display is the rear engine Auto Union racing car driven to Many grand prix victories Dur ing the late 1930s by Bernd a pre world War ii German racing he died in 1938 while trying to set a land Speed the famous German cars of Dow and wanderer once were grouped under Auto but after the War Auto Union and Nus merged under the Audi and Audi became an affiliate of the Volkswagen Many of the old timer and wanderer cars arc also among automobiles various displays throughout the museum also give the visitor information on automobile production technology and scientific research in the automotive the new museum is open daily from 10 to 5 cars Are stars to be theme of Kaiserslautern Auto show Germany cars Are the stars will be the theme of the Kaiserslautern army Community Street machine National 1985 car show scheduled for 1618 at the kaisers Lau Tern East sports sponsored by the Kaiserslautern morale support activities division the show is the idea of Henry mad automotive Craft the show is open to All american made cars of any Model plus vans and pick Roeder were not just looking for customs or but also for clean Stock transportation vehicles of any registration for the show got under Way on May 1 and ends on july entry fee is payable by Check or Money the fee Good for the Driver and one guest the entry fee also includes participation in the parts Swap meeting to be held during the show those not entering cars May join the Swap meet for a registration is limited to the first entrants on a first served those planning to enter should mail payments to 29th area support attn mad Apo 09054 or morale support Postrach 6750 entrants should include Passen Gers duty make of License plate num Ber and Drivers License prizes will be awarded in Many car categories plus Overall and a camping area will be provided for participants who arrive from Long opels new 5door Corsa Model opel has updated its highly successful improvements have been made throughout mini Corsa the Corsa Gas the which includes 3door and 5 shown above featuring five doors four door hatchbacks As Well As 2and doors and a Hatchback opel says plus convertibles and Fiat Uno with Turbo Power new on the Market is fits Uno a  minibar powered by a new 4cylinder Turbo charged Fiat says the Little car will top out at 200 Kph 124 Mph and zip from Zero to 100 Kph 62 Mph in the new Turbo becomes the top Oft Beline Model in the Uno