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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, December 18, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 18, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 13 new camry gets High tech treatment with the in i Shoih action of the Noi front wheel me camry Sedan and station aeon Toyota of Japan Hai brought us i valve engine technology nun Ilie family car Range Tor the first Lime Lecausi of is Many High Lech Fea Ines. To Tiquila Calls the new c Marv a car fur Mil Isis ios and ii s an pm phrase. N llu1 omit mean Market where Toyota is a Leader in four Vale or a under Irdi nolo. The new camry is powered by a twin Cam 2-liter. Id valve engine of Ili horse Pihut while on the German Market. Ilu1 by or Hus three engine opium a 128  2-Ltler. La to inc unit nearly ii a Linin a i in engine used on the . A nov amry. The same 16-val\e Engin Euith full Laval lie setup .11 121 tip and a 2-Lilcr . We had the Opportunity in drive Bolh tie new four door Sedan and five door Wagon i a the 12i lip. 16-Valvc engines m a Lee enl Tojo la of Germany press presentation. Ind after spending some Lime timings these ears1, in the sign Al Gilling Slippery track North of Stockholm one of 21 such courses in Sweden. Drivers Al Gilling come Down the Slraight tracks at speeds up to 45 Mph toward a Point where they Are expected to panic Brake on wet. Oil Slick or icy As  Halle faster driving instructor Rul Fahlen urges an in year old girl driving along at 10 Mph. She will have to slam on her brakes when she reaches a Road Sec Tion made Slick by showering sprinklers. Students either skid straight or twist Way ardly. Sometimes smashing harm Lessly i nto flexible plastic barriers with a heavy clunking noise. Pan of the testing is to make certain Drivers can handle the icy conditions of scandinavian roads. Another pan How Ever is 10 make sure they can stay under control when suddenly confronting a Moose. In forested Sweden Moose frequently wander onto roadways. Twenty people were killed in Moose Rel Ltd traffic Acci Den is in Sweden in 19sj, the latest statistics available. The Moose at Gil Ling is represented by a Row of four Orange plastic lubes the lubes rep resenting the legs of the animal. It is neither cheap nor easy to obtain a Driver s License in Sweden. Beginners often study and practice pan time for months at professional schools at a Cost of up of 1,000. Despite the thorough training "25 to 30 percent of the swedes who try for a License after professional training flunk said Ragnar Nahem of the swedish Road safety office. The Driver training programs including the skid schools on Slippery i Racks also May be introduced soon in Finland another nordic country whose Long and severe Winters place special demands on. Drivers. The schools have been compulsory in Sweden since 1975 and in nor Way since 1979. But the obligatory training on Slipp Ery tracks is nol Boring by any Means the students say. It s a lot of fun and Well Worth the  exulted Karl Johan Norstrom in minutes after he completed the Gil Ling course  
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