European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday March a 1s67 the stars and stripes Page 13 car Corner Pulsar does More than look Sharp by Malcolm Don ahoo Slitter Lucr when you own a 1987 Nissan Pulsar which do you brag Abdul first the performance or the styling / it must be 3 Lough Choice. There Are faster cars on the , the Pulsar proved in a Road lest thai i can hold ils own cruising in inc left Jane of inc autobahn negotiating a wind ing Mountain pass jumping off inc line when the traffic Light turns Green. But ii s the distinctive styling fro the Nissan studio in san Dlugo that turns Heads. Park the Pulsar and watch admirers begin to gather. From the retractable Halogen head lights to the distinctive Tai lights this Low stung wedge shaped sports coup bears scant resemblance to the earlier somewhat boxy Pulsar. The innovation does t Stop with that one look. The Pulsar s unique modular construction allows the car o be trans formed in minutes. Start with the Coupe. Pop out two roof panels and it s a the Hatchback tid too and you have an open roadster. And soon Nissan will offer an optional camper Type Shell thai fits in the Hatchback Well creating sporty Little Wagon. In inc lest car an be Power poured generously from a twin Cam 16-valve engine Nissan s first for the . Mar Ket that delivers 113 horsepower at 6,400 rep a mull port fuel injection system gives the 1.6-Liler, four Cycle nor engine an extra scrap piness. The sets acceleration with the Stan Dard five Speed overdrive transmission All synchro mesh is impressive though not Earth shattering 0-60 Mph in 10.3 seconds Nissan says. The speedometer reads 125 Mph and trials not merely Wishful thinking. These will hit in and hold it. The More Basic be is no Slouch i the Nissan Pulsar be with its roof Pandi removed to create � to lip the panels pop out in seconds. Ibs photo by Malcolm Donihoo tier an overhead am engine with sin Gle pert fuel injection is Standard equip ment As is the same five Speed manual transmission. A three Speed automatic is optional on the be. And the Pulsar sports a handling pack age to Back it up Road hugging front wheel drive four wheel Independent sus pension Power Racic and Pinion steering front and rear stabilizers and Power front disc and rear drum brakes. All Are Standard on both models. Cruising at 120 Mph the tachometer pegged comfortably at 6,200, the lest car did t Drift an Inch. Ii zipped through the Sharp curves and Steep grades of the Black Forest with zest. Rush hour Frank Furt traffic abrupt stops Quick starts sudden Lone changes was almost on patches of Snow and ice and on the rain Slick cobblestones of narrow Vil Lage streets it moved deftly. The so s estimated mileage rating is30 mpg Highway 23 City. The be with the manual transmission is a Tad higher 32 mpg Highway 26 City. The Driver s compartment is Well de signed. A Tilting three spoke steering wheel Standard equipment allow easy Access to the High Back bucket seat. The gauges and warning lights can retaken in at a glance and most controls arc at the Driver s fingertips. Other Standard amenities include four speaker am pm stereo Wilh electro Nic tuning digital clock tinted Glass an dual mirrors Wilh Power controls. Accommodations for the Driver an front Seal passenger Are comfortable though not particularly Plush or at base prices like these $13,49$ for these and St 1,995 for the be luxury would be too much to expect an Roomy is an adjective that s Seldom used to describe a sports s a fold Down rear Seal but Call ing the Pulsar a four passenger vehicle would be stretching the term. Two of the tour ought to be youngsters the smaller the better. Let s pick another nil or two. The placement of the ashtray tucked away behind inc base of the gearshift is guaranteed to frustrate any Driver who smokes. The rear roof supports hamper inc Over Lac shoulder Gln Nec that lends Confidence to Lane the Pulsar Wilh ils alluring style and solid performance makes such minor shortcomings easy to forgive. Besides t ought to quit smoking. To 19 7 Holtun plur be Tel Rabi Miro nil Able by Ilsun military Etta who read Quintus Ara in Fiat Tel. Pul Urt can a lean b1 Tofta company Zilai Ira Lioni it a Inlet so attracts bargain hungry americans by Daryle. Bureau Kaiserslautern for As Littles $3,200 a lower sticker Price than any other import on the Market polish so can be yours. So stands for Fabryka literally polish car com Pany said Jerry Moses managing director of Moses motor car Agency. He is the Only importer of the car in is the car for the times he said. As the Dollar drops the other cars in crease in Price. We re balding steady. The falling Dollar has taken Audi Bow and Mercedes off the Market As far As american arc concerned he said. Three so models arc offered in Ger Many. They arc the 125p and the pick up which sell for $3,200, and the pole net which goes for j4,100."it s the cheapest on the Market Moses said of the so is imported solely for Sale to people who hold . Identification cards it is not sold on the German econ omy. Because the polish car company has not begun importing to the Stales buyers cannot expect to ship their Carback when their Lour in Germany ends. We arc not Selling the car with the idea of taking it Back to the states Moses said. We want you to buy it he use it Here and sell it buyers do not seem to be bothered bythe fact that they can t take it with them. We will have gotten it Good Deal fuse out of it and a Good return on our Money said capt. Daniel r. Kirby of ably 6th in 3rd air defense arty. Bis Pronio by Tracy Briar sol Beth Williams says the so s sticker Price was too Low to resist. Kirby bought his so As a second car primarily for his wife one Factor in his decision was seeing 3-Ycar-old sos sell ing for $2,500, he said. This car had the most Quality for the least amount of Money. There was no one that could beat the Price he not wanting to give an Edge to inc Competition by divulging How Many sos Nave been sold Moses said sales arc increasingly Strong sales Are so Strong that in s gelling Tow on cars he said. I would like to sell 700 cars this the brisk sales were expected Moses said but the sort of buyers the so at tracts was a Surprise it s not hitting where i thought it he said. We went Afler e-3s, e-4s with family members but we Sec thai senior people Are buying the car payments for the top of inc me 1 Olencz amount to s138 a month nver three years while the pickup and the i25p average $ 114 a month Moses Price is what prompted set. Beth Williams of 6th in. 3rd air defens Earty to buy the car. I just needed some thing to get around in and i did t want to pay a Tot of Money she said. Williams is on her second so in two months the first having suffered a Binl Frame in a collision with a Mercedes on the Day she took delivery. The Mer cedes looked a lot worse than my car after the Accident she said. Moses said there arc Only three other imports on the Market in Germany for less then $5,000. If the Dollar does fall below what it is right now you can get the Skoda which is sold in Marks founder $s,000, and the same with the Cit Roen Rcv he scat Marbella $4,250, rounds out Moses list of inexpensive imports. Butanone otters the Standard equipment that the a Olencz docs he on the to Incz include in Side trunk release four wheel Power As misled disc brakes front fog lights five Spect wipers rear window defogger an wiper Washer. 1,5-liter. 82-Horscpowcr engine five Speed transmission electro Nic ignition tachometer and full instrumentation panel wheel covers front Andrear spoilers full size spare tire Side body molding mud flaps Locking Gas Flap tool kit three Point front and rear scat belts fold Down rear scat icel Chi Dall weather tires full undercoat ing and nut proofing adjustable steering wheel and rear safety locks
