European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 the stars and stripes monday january 9,1989 curves replacing boxy look in cars Detroit a under All the Glitz at saturday s opening of the North american International Auto show Are 700 cars and trucks with rounded shapes that show the rolling Box is becoming a thing of the past. It s obvious that everyone is hit Ting the aerodynamics heavy said Ron Dalton of Ann Arbor mich., As he looked Over the displays at the conversion rates London up Friday states for the . Dollar to other currencies. Figures Are express Din dollars to the British Pound other local currencies in dollars the Price of Gold was $405.75 an ounce Silver $5.97. Jan. 5british Pound 1.7970 German Mark 1.7955french Ranc 6.1155 dutch Guilder 2.0180 belgian trans 37.71 italian lira 1.316.25 Swiss Iran 1.5195 greek drachma 148.45 turkish lira 1,824.85 Spanish peseta 113.15 portuguese escudo 146.75canadian Dollar 1.1910 austrian Schilling 12.5830 norwegian Krone 6.5750 danish Krone 6.9000 6.9450 these Are unofficial rates As re ported by wire service and banking sources and they Are listed to give some idea of daily currency fluctuations. The Only official rate concern the Sale of German Marks to . Personnel for personal use and this will be 1.78 monday based on a Price fixing at midday. Jan. 6 1.7785 1.8130 6.1520 2.0306 38.82 1,315.35 1.5482 149.10 1,824.95 113.60 147.30 1.1905 12.6380 6.1830 temperatures Akron Albuquerque a Anchorage a Atlantic Austin a Baton Billings Bridgeport a ,vt.,c Charleston,s.c.,Ccharlotte,n.c.,r Hilo 65 3459 41 32 2933 14 34 3048 15 27 2255 48 72 6141 37 79 3434 33 82 5808 -11 74 5308 -06 27 0933 24 35 m84 69 48 3832 31 19 1512 -11 66 5451 46 Chattanooga a Cheyenne Chicago a Cincinnati Colorado Columbia,s.c.,r Columbus,ga.,r ,i Concord,n.h.,f Corpus Dallas it Daytona Denver Des Al Eugene a Fairbanks a Flagstaff. Hilo 67 55 22 05 53 12 64 34 61 37 28 08 65 59 74 64 62 41 26 24 90 62 71 38 62 31 81 55 27 12 36 06 57 3228 06 50 2455 46 50 4242 37 67 2915 00 26 -0625 -09 show that runs through Jan. 15. Just look at the Cadillac said Dalton. They re starting to soften the lines even on the big ones. Thearen t Bulky boxes automakers talk a lot about performance suspension and safety but most american car shoppers look for other things said analyst Ron Glantz of. Montgomery Securi ties in san Francisco. People buy cars for three Rea sons Price looks and reliability he said. And appearance is what an Auto show is All about. There Are no test european weather forecast or monday Central and Southern Ger Many As Well As the Benelux will be Cloudy with locally dense fog and isolated drizzle. Remaining areas will be Cloudy with rain or drizzle. Rain and drizzle will spread slowly southward during the Day. Winds will become Gusty in Northern areas. High temperatures 45-52, lows 39-46. Sunset monday 4 42 Sunrise tuesday 8 23. Out look for tuesday continued Cloudy with rain or drizzle and log. Late in the Day the Western Benelux an Northern Germany will become partly Cloudy with scattered rain or ral showers. High temperatures 42-49lows 37-44. Temperatures recorded sunday 4am 4pm45 50 Copenhagen c 48 50 Frankfurt c48 52 London c 41 Madrid f48 Munich r 48 Paris c48 Rome f Adana Amsterdam do Athens Caviano Fig Berlin Bremerhaven c Brussels do 4am 4pm37 46 43 48 30.39 46 46 46 34 37 45 41provided by Del 13,2nd weather Wing Graben Trarbach. Other worldwide temperatures High Low High Low Cairo c 6f 45 Montreal Dublin c 54 46 Moscow c 32 28helsinki, c 34 30 Oslo c 32 28 Jerusalem c 50 36 Toronto Lisbon f 55 45 Vancouver supplied by the associated of fair Fig fog a rain do drizzle. Drives and some of the cars can Teven be touched. There Are new versions of old cars like the Oldsmobile Cutlass series and completely new cars like the Ford thunderbird and Mercury Cougar. There Are traditional luxury cars like Cadillac and Mercedes Benz. And there Are High powered sports cars like Jaguar and a new Corvette. There Are two new imported Lux Ury car lines at the show Toyota s lexus and Nissan s in Miti which won t be in showrooms until next fall. A common thread is exterior de sign. The lines Between the roofs an windshields and doors Are barely noticeable. Rear windows flow smoothly into trunk lids and Rede signed under door panels add to a Sleeker appearance. Smooth design also moved into the popular minivan segment in general motors corp s new line of plastic body All purpose vehicle for 1990, including the Pontiac trans sport the Oldsmobile Silhouette and the Chevrolet Lumina. I think that they Are going to be dynamite vehicles Glantz said. There Are a lot of advantages to having a plastic body you Don t have a rust problem and it resist minor dings. And some people just want Mohave something new looking he added. 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