European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 13 Pontiac be series is top attraction in grand am lineup Many years the autumn introduction of cars in America was always a big but those Days Are now cars Are presented to the Public whenever they Are ready to the car makers no longer in the position of hold ing up a Model simply to make a big for will not Intro Duce its new for 1986 models until when there also to go on while Ford is reserving a november introduction for its Ford Sable  Aero look be the Hal year Model a for instance is common automotive terminology now for cars introduced in the Spring or Detroit likes to retain some sem Blance of the Good old autumn and the press kits Are beginning to arrive some with mid september release the emphasis appears to be on sport and one that we can feature at the moment is the Pontiac grand am the Premier attraction for the 1986 grand am Pontiac these the firm will be powered by a v6 fuel injected in while the rally tuned suspension system will have front and rear Stabilizer a photo of the new grand am be appears at top top Marks for Mercedes which will introduce its new Sclass series of cars see photo at the Frankfurt Auto show from received a pleasant boost in the United states this month when a marketing firm reported that Mercedes cars rated As the most satisfactory in a buyer Powers and a California based Market research and consulting firm which does its Survey reported that Mercedes Benz cars provided the most satisfaction to new car buyers during the first year of following Mercedes in the owner Survey came two japanese makes Subaru and Only one car the Lincoln Continental ranked among the top 10 in the 1985 customer satisfaction the Powers firm the Survey asks buyers of 1984 Model cars questions on the first year of own including experience with maintenance and the Survey published in the a gust Issue of the Power indicate that newly introduced cars Are prone to problems due to Early As Well As part availability problems and service problems due to technicians Lack of experience with All new the newsletter Mercedes cars ranked highest this year with a score of 150 on the customer satisfaction a score of 100 is considered average for All Domestic and foreign the newsletter said Mercedes scored highest among All brands for delivery Condi Tion and standards of repair and Subaru ranked second at followed by 136 132 126 121 114 112 and Buick was the Only other Domestic make to score More than after being ranked 21st last Buick ranked 13 at Cycle show at Munich the which is 100 years old this week see Story is being Hon ored at a special show in Ger with More than 50 historical cycles from All eras on As Well As modern the which is being held in olym Pia Park across from the Bow Headquarters on is being sponsored by the bicycle and motorcycle Industry of Ger open daily from 10 to 7 the motorcycle show will run through the Bow is also featuring a special display of accessories and design drawings on its first the display entitled the motorcycle ideas and the Bow museum is open daily and sundays from 9 to 4 Randy Barnett 86 Pontiac grand am be new in Pontiac grand am lineup for 1986 is these these cars to be available in both Sedan and Coupe body styles the Coupe is shown the grand am be is powered by a fuel injected v6 new opel Wadett Notchback opel will introduce its Notchback version of the Wadett at the Frankfurt Auto show on 12 to the new Notchback Wadett will be offered in several engine including a production begins in late new Mercedes Sclass Daimler Benz will debut its Mercedes is class series at the Frankfurt Auto the series to include Sedan and convertible models with Power from 6and 8cylinder the 420 Sec Coupe is shown the motorcycle is celebrating its 100th birthday the Bon Shaker featured Iron rimmed wooden wheels the motorcycle was born 100 years ago this week on when its Gottlieb acquired a Patent for his Gas or Petrole Umen gained for the Imperial Patent office in Ber Patent drop 36423 was simply another in a series of technical i Nova but this one proved historic be cause it would put the world on a bit More than two months after acquiring his Daimler launched the first tests of his these came on 10 when Daimler teenage son design chief Wilhelm Maybach and Maybach son Karl All took turns Riding the Bike Over a route from the Stuttgart suburbs of Cannstatt and the Cycle was an Iron rimmed wooden two Wheeler known at the time As the but it marked the first Concrete results of Dail ers idea for installing his fast run Ning engine in a the tiny engine had a capacity of Only liners and developed horsepower at 600 the Bon Shaker was built primarily for experimental and with Daimler was Able to continue testing his idea of using an internal combustion engine that would be suitable As a uni Versal Means of propulsion and his main aim was a four wheel just one year after the primitive bikes along with Karl Benz of proclaimed almost simultaneously the invention of the a despite the successful test drives of the Cycle in november of Daimler developed the two Wheeler no fur he had already moved ahead to think about the propulsion system for four wheel Road vehicles and ships As