European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                New car fever continued from Page reinstalled there at the vow audis and vows Are priced in cars must be bought and picked up in Vag Sells to military id card holders throughout customers can test drive cars at authorized Vag Deal Vag generally takes but Only cars with european new car prices Arent customers should ask if they qualify for a 5 percent independents charge what they and in some in stances they raise customers should ask to see the manufacturers suggested Price list before but the company warns that independents Are not authorized to sell vows or audis and that Vag does not accept responsibility for a car sold through an ind Epen forms for cars bought from Vag Are handled through the Canadian automobile and miscellaneous sales trans action office which charges 125 Marks for the customers generally cant get their cars at the factory because customer service facilities Are factory in arc we think its a reasonable Janssen Uwe manager of bows Dealership in says the bavarian car manufacturer makes it easy for americans to buy it has 37 authorized dealers in and six of those Are Factor owned we saw so Many Hartmann we try to make them we teach our employees English so we can have much better Contact with the bows Darmstadt for plans to begin shuttle service to nearby military and Bow has a 24hour hot a Tollfree Call to for stranded the Bow is a luxury Hartmann and its Only natural customers get luxury Hartmann says that any Bow sold in the United states can be purchased in most authorized dealers keeps american specific Tion cars in so theres Little or no waiting if a car is special the wait could be up to three Bow guarantees its cars for one year with unlimited mileage As Long As they Are driven in once returned to the the car picks up the balance of the stateside which is three years or Bow has no formal shipping emission control equipment is stored and reinstalled by harms in bows Are priced in cars must be bought and picked up in and Bow Sells american spec cars Only to German based id card customers can test drive cars at authorized used american specification cars arc available and Bow accepts Hartmann says the Price of the new car int Neotia independents charge what they and he says he knows of cases in which independents have added sur Hartmann says customers should ask to see the manufacturers suggested Price list before he says that most independents dont have service but All authorized dealers have service when customers buy from forms Are handled through Bow customers can get their cars at the factory and save Inland freight factory in arc Bow also has a we dont have any and were trying to make it better and better each he the first thing is to buy a Bow because its the Best car you can we Nave a Good and a lot of places to get service and you dont have to in Munich and bows can be purchased through the military car sales program a special Agency authorized locally to sell cars to the prices Are fixed by salespeople speak and guarantees Are honoured by at Darmstadt and  refund the 125mark processing we take the fear out of buying a says Bill product manager for the military sales pro Grams of several in bows Are sold through Park Lane sex which is affiliated with Bow of North Dat suns Are sold through military a Frankfurt based company that gets its cars direct from Japan and resells them in Goldberg says there Are 22 dealers in Germany and one in Belgium near last Dat Sun sold about cars to americans in the company Hopes to sell this servicing is provided by German dealers under con tract to Nissan military we Haven had any problems with with or Goldberg its a smooth and easy it really is Goldberg says that any Dat Sun except pickup trucks sold in the states can be purchased in most Nissan dealers Stock american specification cars so theres Little or no waiting on Goldberg there Are Dat suns in Germany for immediate while they Are being driven in Dat Sun guarantees its cars for 12 months or the same warranty offered in the the Only difference is which is guaranteed for six years in Europe and three years in the Dat Sun has a formal shipping called drive and it must be bought when the car is Pur Goldberg for Dat Sun Sells a one nontransferable certificate for shipment to the emission control equipment is stored and reinstalled at the port in installation fees Range to 150 Dat suns Are priced in cars must be bought and picked up in but Dat Sun Sells to All id card holders in cars can be ordered by customers cannot test drive Dat Sun Doest accept but it will assist customers who want to sell a used Goldberg says car prices Arent when buying from forms Are handled by which processes them through the customers can pick up cars at Bremerhaven and save Inland freight while declining to provide prices for Goldberg were going to be cheaper than the youll get a better Price and the car is theres no unlike in the and theres the tax free which they dont get in the the Mercedes Benz program of Selling cars tax free to americans in Europe began with a trickle in by americans bought 460 cars under the pro its not much with 1984 sales of about cars at because of limited production and strict adherence to Epa Only a few american specification models the 300dt and the 300tdt Are Avail Able in Mercedes Sells Only diesels to americans in to avoid any conflict with Epa for total worldwide Mercedes will produce about cars this by last year Toyota sent More cars to the than Mercedes buying an american spec Mercedes in Germany Means substantial savings Over the stateside the advantage of our program is the Price and the use of the car in says Gottfried a Mercedes Export but theres a Large disadvantage to ordering the car in waiting time for the 190d is one waiting time for 300series cars is two buyers Are subject to Price increases during the wait ing but they can cancel their orders without Price hikes average about 5 percent a while they Are being driven Mercedes guarantees its cars for one year with unlimited once returned to the the car picks up the bal Ance of the stateside which is four years or we believe that once youre in the states you should be treated the same As an american Plagg Mercedes has no formal shipping there is no emission control equipment to store since Only diesels Are Mercedes Are priced in cars must be bought and picked up in Mercedes Sells american spec cars in Germany Only to German based id card customers can test drive German versions of their cars at authorized Mercedes Doest accept new car prices Arent negotiable at authorized Deal but independents charge what they to make sure of getting the factory customers should ask to see the manufacturers official Price Plagg says most independents dont have service but All authorized dealers have service shops and Honor the warranty issued by when customers buy from forms Are proc Essed through Mercedes customers can get their cars at the factory in Sindel Fingen and save Inland freight factory in Are reservations Are recon other than the waiting Plagg there Page the stars and stripes a Van Waits to have its protective Wax coating washed off in May 1985