European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 21. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 13  Chrysler launches new Sedan from its jeep Eagle line  corporation s Pur Chase or a mar inn motors was one of the major automotive stories of 19s7, and among the Ninny effects developing from this Purchase 15 a new franchise that Cho set r Calls the jeep Eagle division. A huge promotion is now under Way in the untied slam to introduce the new division and its products to potential buyers. Jeep sales have always been healthy Over the years and it was the famous four wheel drive jeep Kranjc of vehicles that prompted Chrysler Purchase of am in the first place. But sales of he Hajje cars Are another Story and the future of i a new Eagle Range is anything hut assured Al this very Early stage of the jeep Falc operation. When Chrysler bought am it also inherited Iii car lines from Renault these cars the new Eagle Premier recently launched and the medallion 10 be introduced in april these Are Itic Sam cars that am would have introduced if it had remained in business. A third lag la car minus Renault heritage will replaced on the Market in the fall. The new Eagle Premier that arrived recently on inc , Market is a mid size Sedan and in is aimed at the affluent buyer in his 40s, Chrysler s Eagle Divi Sion says adding that the Premier a ill compete against such established do Mystic entries As the Ford Taurus Mer Cury Sable Oldsmobile circa Quick Century and Pontiac 6000, As Well As imports such As he Toyota Cressida Nissan Maxima and the Audi 4000. Thai s Lough opposition indeed but the new Franl a Eccl drive Eagle Premier could do Well As it has he proper credentials styling by  s Leal design studio in Italy being one of them. Eagle division jays in its press release that the Premier will be offered in two Model series la and is the a Model for the More traditional american intermediate luxury Market and the pm version Sec photo equipped and de signed to Appeal As a sophisticated european sports  the Premier la Standard engine will be a 2.5-Litcr, 4-Cyllndcr fuel injected unit of 1h horsepower while a a Liler v6 fuel injected engine of Iso he will be available As an option. The Premier has a drag co efficient of Only 0.3 a one of the Best in class for a four door Sedan Eagle division says resulting from near flush Glass rounded Comers and of her wind cheating body design factors. Base Price for the la version iss12, 74 and for the is it s 14,079. In another Chrysler corporation development Chrysler has taken the wraps off its new Plymouth division prototype sports Coupe this ear to be sold by plym Outh Early in 1939. Called the Plymouth x2-s, the 2 plus2 sports Coupe see photo will be jointly manufactured by Chrysler and Mitsubishi of Japan and will be offered in three engine classes the top of the line Model will feature full time four wheel drive and it will be powered by a 2-liter, 4-Cylinder Turbo engine that produces just Over 200 horse Power. The base car will be of front wheel drive and will be powered by a 1.3-liter engine. Jeep Cherokee wins a final note on the Chrysler Corpora Tion involve its jeep Cherokee with the announcement that the 198 Laredo ver Sion was voted the Best sport Utility vehicle in the four Wheeler of the year Competition conducted by the editors of 1 stir ii heeler Magazine. The jeep Cherokee Laredo with 4 Flitcr 6-Cylmdcr engine was judged Superior to four other sport Utility finalists in four h he err s eem pc test ing program. The of her vehicles were the Ford Bronco Toyota land Cruiser Isuzu trooper and the Range Rover. The sport Utility vehicles were judged in five categories including Interior and exterior design mechanical opera Tion on Road performance and off Road performance. Record sales in Italy . While 1987 was certainty no Banner year in the United states where car sales were concerned both Italy and Britain the new Eagle premieres 4-door sport Sedan jeep Cherokee named four Wheeler of the year. A the new Plymouth x2-s sports prototype it calf Gnu in wiling. Have reported All-1 inc record highs. The italian association of automakers says Hal nearly 2 million cars were sold in Italy during 1987, with Fiat accounting for nearly half of Hoje sales. Sales in Italy for 937 totaled1,976,541, an increase of 8.28 percent Over the previous record of 1,823,383, the old Mark set in 1986. The association said italian car makers sold 1,196,401 cars in Italy in 1987.making up 0 5 percent of the Domestic Market sales. Fiat sold a total of 864,069 Pontiac grand prix be honoured the be pontus grand prix be has been named car of us year by motor trend Minnine. In is hit fifth do Ahjit a por Tutt Eai has won be annul it the first of coming in 1959. The Aew grand prix be Omni wheel draw mid size sports Coupe is available in three ten Lens Pontie says with base prices starting at s11.sm. Cars in Italy accounting for 4.1.7 percent of inc Market. The Fiat Lino was easily the most Papular Model with 5.15.421sold. The Uno sales accounted fur 27.2 percent of the entire Domestic  foreign brands Trench ear maker Renault remained the loader with7.9 percent of the italian Marti to in i9h7, followed by Volkswagen with 7.1 per cent Peugeot with 4 percent and citroen wild 3.5 percent in Britain meanwhile the society 01motor manufacturers and traders smut reported Hal annual new car sales passed the 2 million Mark for the first Lime Ever with total sales in 1w7 reaching 2,013,639, Tim was 6.97 permit higher than inc previous record of i .sx2.47 car sales Hal Mark from 1986.the smut said Hal the increased Market share by domestically manufactured automobiles was of particular significance with sales of limit ibo invade car rising to 4b.j2 percent from 44.dj per cent in 1986,Anthony Fraser director of the smut said in a press release that these figures show just How hard the motor Industry in Britain is lighting to regain its place among Europe s leading manufacturing nations. Show closes Sunda the 66lh International  show for automobiles motorcycles and Bicy cles continues now through sunday Al the i Lewyl Fairgrounds the How Ope from . To 6p.m. Daily cars and trucks from Al a rum manufacturers Are on display with some firms showing various versions of established makes for the Tim time among them a Peugeot 405 with automatic a 4-Whecl drive Renault space Van a Volvo 480with Turbo engine and an opel Cona powered by a Turbo diesel engine. Randy Barnett