European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. Decembers. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 13 sporty two Seafer luxury Coupe Buick s Reatta will arrive in Spring k of t v it a Humb today we present an Aii Amiti can car Corner with i look at the Chov Roll Corvette indy sports car of the fun lure Sec Story below and the new Buick Reatta two seater luxury car. The Zeatta scheduled in arrive in . Dealer Shim Roar r. The Spring of iv8x. Although the Kealia is not an International car in the 1 Cadillac Allante sense it does Hae an International background. Huick Points out. For instance the Road to production led from the i lulled slates to England Wilh Side inns to Japan. Portugal and Spain and Hack to the United Stales where the Reatta will be manufactured. While much of its development took place in England the Reatta was planned and designed in the United states As a distinctly american automobile Buick says. Combining the Best elements of a luxury car and sports car. The Ria la was conceived at Buick Headquarters in Flint mich., was styled Ai pm advanced design studio no. 2 in Warren. Mich., and will be manufactured Al a new Plant in Lansing. The Ria la is powered by the 3800-Typc engine the latest of the Buick div closed 3.8-liter cd engines. Buick a s the car s International flavor developed when program planners decided they required special expertise in Low vol ume production. So their search took them to England Lor body Assembly equipment design and build body processing and product engineering. In fact the first Proto types were produced in England. The pro Gram planners then had Sheet Metal Dies made in Japan studied pain processes in Portugal and conducted High Altitude and High temperature testing of Prolo types in Spain. So there s the International Back ground. Regarding the car itself Buick says it features a combination of sporty and aerodynamic styling nimble handling. Comfortable and Quiel ride and that it has the elements of both a sports car and a luxury Cir although Buick gives no Price yet. It says the Reatta will Cost new Buick Kealia two sealer has extremely clean lines. Realta in profile. Power dimes from new xxx inter Vii engine. Many thousands of dollars less than Lux times in prototype models Are Cro to 60 Ury arid sports cars at the top end of the Mph in just under 10 seconds the quart or mile taking 17.6 seconds with a top in the performance department Buick Speed of 7s.8 Mph at the end of the says thai although it has no official Quarter and a lop Speed of 125 Mph times yet for production cars unofficial with an ignition cutoff when 125 Mph is reached. Huick feels that the two sealer will create a new Niche in the automotive Market. In creating this Niche hum i. V is it Slid Lei by accenting the positives and eliminating the negatives that people generally associate with a two sealer car. In the Realta press release. Hunk marketing manager Darwin i. Lark said our research indicates that people want the luxury and Comfort of a Large car and the Maneule ability and Sulig of i sports car. Unlike Many two seaters. Reata is comfortable on Long dines has plenty of performance and Luggage capacity and is easy to get in Ami out of. And it s fun to regarding technical aspens the Reatta is of front a Eccl drive design has rack and Pinion fast ratio Power steer ing Independent suspension a four wheel Power disc anti lock a us braking system and a four Speed automatic transmission coupled to the new fuel injected 3800 v6 engine. I his engine which turns out 165 hours co or at 4,800 rpm is also Standard on the Ives Buick Electra Park Avenue Riviera and int. The Epa fuel dec Nom Winngs for the Realta Are 19 Miles per gallon City and 29 Miles per gallon Highway. All luxury features Are Standard on this car Buick says with the Only extra Cost options being a Power operated Sun roof and 16-Way adjustable scat Lor the Driver. The 1988 Reatta will u Oil cred in Only one version a 2-Dooi unite but Buick says a convertible is in the works for the future. Although the Kealla is a luxury two sealer it is not intended to compete against the Cadilli. My anti Ultra luxury Model or the he Violl Cor Vette. Buick says. With the introduction of the Kealla. Buick is marketing a two a Sengpr luxury Model for the first nine hunk s last two place cars of any Type were business coupes produced shortly before the out break of world War ii. her Nett Corvette indy prototype Given its Public debut Chevrolet s most advanced mid engine concept car the Corvette ind is now a working running vision of the future in the sports car says pm s Chevrolet division discussing its new prototype Model. A fully operational prototype of the Corvette indy. Shown publicly for the first time late last month at the Soma Ai show in Las vegas extends a design concept that Chevrolet revealed two years ago. Chevrolet says the Cor pc Ltd indy incorporates a number of engineering features Hal could show up on production con cues in the near future. Four features Are especially important. Chevrolet says. These include i a fuel injected experimental v8 engine of High performance with twin overhead Cam shafts and four salves per Cycle Der 2 four wheel one for use in All dining conditions on paved surfaces .1 an Active suspension system that employs i Cro Proi Cossor technology and Hydraulic control to eliminate conventional Springs slunk absorbers and Stabiner bars 4 advanced electronics and re lated systems Lor both Dave Rand Passen Ger. Chou ocl engineers also May incorporate 4-v.heel steering to augment the conventional limit wheel steering system. .1 drive by wire system similar to Hal used on modern aircraft and computer trac Tion control. Chevrolet Conette indy prototype at Speed in the track. Mid engine indy features highly aerodynamic Bixl Thirk. According to Chevrolet the Corvette indy prototype is the latest of a Long line of mid engine Corvette research and image studies a series that began in 1959 with a single seat vehicle dubbed Cerv i Chevrolet engineering research vehicle. Cerv i was used to evaluate High Speed handling dynamics and twin turbocharging systems and before it was re tired in 1972 it had lapped a closed course circuit Al a measured 2 h Mph. Chevrolet says. Others included Cerv. The first mid engine car with full time Lour wheel drive the Xkp-882. A 1971 Model whose v8 engine was the first to he positioned transversely the xp-895. A id to studs the application of High St nth. Light weight materials in passent Rirs. And the Are vote. A 1977 image car was among the first to employ t ironic m Sironie Talion. The Corvette indy. Heinl t . Is a worthy successor to Itu m in in and a forerunner of Lutten in development. Lied Schaassma. I i t Jiel in Emeer. Said in the Pic u i Hal Corvette indy provides us or. Single platform to and i.-. Ehule systems. Some of x ill a Peai in the near i Stuie on i a auction
