European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 15. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 13 Usa eur registrations establish new highs car Corner Chrysler corp., Bow head 2 lists cars from Chrysler corp. All divisions lopped Toyota in late Model Reg Strati  for the Sec Ond year in a Row. While total i Vareur vehicle registrations hit a  High of 225. 338 units. This is a gain of nearly 9.003 units Over the i9ss figure the previous record the total vehicle registration figure includes passenger automobiles trucks. Motorcycles and i trailers. Counting automobiles alone the total figure As of Jan. I. 1 9-1came to 212.0s5 units a gain of 7,945 Over inc previous year. In total passenger car registrations by mate Model cars prior to 1971 and i p to 19 n models. The German Bow firm i a 23.793 Regis Ira inns  or neral motors All div unions by j just Over 4 j i units. In total registrations for All Model years. Use j cars play a major role. This information and Many other items of Auto motive interest Are contained in the recently released annual statistical report by the Usa cur registry of motor vehicles in Heidelberg. Regarding the late Model car  u Iso and 1990 Model registration sit must be no cd  the Arr Tel Usa eur registration figures  be Ijas an i Canon of total new car sales leadership. This ii i Auw aft a s on base new car sales centers and ii Vii s off base car firms As Well so ,1 rot Only for  ill in cry. But also for . Delivery. Many owners a. Bring their late Model cars from he United s acts. The a registrations having nothing 10 do w Ith sales in Europe. Still inc Lotah obviously reflect the most popular selections among military buyers. Toyota was Trie Leader in 1984 and 85. Nissan in 1986 and 87. And now Chrysler All divisions including jeep a fac has been lops for the past two years.  All division which ranked a lowly ninth in i9.s5. Has moved up steadily ranking third behind Nissan   in 1987. Then moving to the top. Toyota. . Has been runner up cry year that it has . , while Nissan fell in Elliis year s  is to e of i . To Al . .,., ,. R t c up.  Chrysler. In -lg.-.   a ,1  lv/1 it 3. While  j s a Al to t i 2.". -3. U v i c clouding Mercury or j Lincoln -. Re  1.71? v general motors All division ranked fourth with i.fi37. I Londa ii d out the top five with a total of 1.472 registrations of i9s9 and 90 models. Following Honda were Volkswagen. Volvo Nissan. Saab and Bow. In total car registrations for All Model years. Bow and general motors were followed by Volkswagen. Toyota. . Ford All divisions. Chrysler All divisions. Nissan. Mercedes. Opel. Ford Germany. Audi Honda Volvo. Mada and Saab. These were the top 15. Por both late Model and total registration figures Sec table at rip Jit. As with total car registrations the truck count was also up with 8,641 total units compared to 7,739 last year a gain of 902. American Ford models led Here in the totals with 2,032 truck registrations compared to Chevrolet s 1.521. Toyota was third with 1.286. In late Model truck registrations. Ford was also the Leader with 195 units followed by Toyota Wuh 129 and Chevrolet with 123. To Al motorcycle Scooter registrations Down last Vear Rose slightly during 1989 with 3.650 cycles Regis in cd compared to 3.619 the previous year. The Leader in total Mersl Tatoris was Kawasaki with 1.069. Fol med by a rub with x78 Learley Davi Ilson. 712. Yamaha. 53s so Uki. 233 and Bow 160. A a Sal i  led in late Model registrations with 289 cycles i  d by Harl a Davidson with 129 Yamaha i1mw a a Honda. 7 each and us Uki with 4. A surprisingly wide variety of exotics rarities and old cars arc listed in the Usa eur registry. These include two Ston marlins one bitter one Daimler Vui , one de Tomaso. Two ferraris two Inch Kontis. A Jensen four Lotus cars one Maserati. 10 Matras. Seven morgans and four Rolls Royce cars. Some interesting cars listed in the prior 1971" category include several of the above named makes plus an american Packard an italian Alfa Romeo a British a is. Two italian . A British land Rover and a German . Car. Manufactured in Eastern Europe Are also on tin i  79 re Man made  registered along wit 41 Jill made so is. I u  enl,-.r Are Sloneem in. The registry s  t 1, 1 is must . V in an in and Ger Van  s.  red i the  in Ain makes. With the majority being of japanese manufacture. The Complete listing of vehicle totals in the usar eur registry follows. Total number of vehicles total figures from inc Usa eur registry of motor vehicles arc As follows passenger automobiles 212.085 trucks 8,641 motorcycles scooters 3,650 trailers 962 grand total 225.338 top 15 in total registrations the top 15 makers of passenger cars registered in inc Usa eur report Bow 23.793 general motors All divisions 23.380 Volkswagen 19.355 Toyota 16.985 Ford . All divisions 16.625 Chrysler All divisions 16.369 Nissan 14.482 Mercedes 12.449 opel 12.205 Ford Germany 11.079 Audi 8.126 Honda 7.042 Volvo 5 582 Mada 4.61saab 3.414 top 10 in 89- 90 registrations try scr corp. All divisions 3.905 Toyota 2.705 Ford . All divisions .712 general motors All divisions .637 Honda .472 Volkswagen .222 Volvo .150 Nissan .082  953 How d58 Randy i Urnett Nittlo what s new Beretto convertible and other items today Well present a round up of automotive happenings and Start Wuh Che raid s Hertta convertible for 1990 the compact Perelta Coupe and us Corsica Sedan stable Mac were introduced in the Spring of 1987 and they be been going Strong Ever since. Chevrolet has added it. Gnu now defunct and ghz versions in the Beretta series the Bercla has also been raced in Issac cols. And now comes the Perelta in convertible form. Chevrolet says the Beret s Larga bar arcs Over the passenger , providing structural support that reduces torsional shake and Ibra lion. Chassis features include a Standard sport suspension package with Gas charged struts  shocks and front tear Stabiliser bars. Power assist brakes discs front Drums rear and rack and Pimon steering Are also Standard. The Bare la convertible which seals four is powered by a 3.1-liter fuel injected v6 engine coupled to a 5-Spccd manual transmission with overdrive. A 4-Speed automatic is optional. The ear is due to arrive on the . Market this Spring. For Complete details prospective buyers May Contact general motors sales representatives at cafes new car sales Points. During a recent car cow my column we noted that inc pm subsidiary opel plans to manufacture cars and motors in Hungary by 1992. The japanese arc also entering that Market with the Suzuki motor co. Announcing that it will launch a joint in the 1990chevrolet Zurett convertible lure in Hungary to manufacture sub  .  says the $138 million project Calls for production of Suzuki s i and 1.3-liter Swift passenger car models in Esz Torgom. Which is located about 25 Miles North West of Budapest. Production will Start in 1992 at an annual rate of 15.000 units Suzuki says. The volume will be increased to 50.000 units in Ihrck years and Ihnn to 100.000 units in the future. Us Uki will be the third japanese automaker to participate in automobile and engine production ventures in East Ern Europe. The others Are Honda and Kaihatsu which have already set up join manufacturing ventures in Poland. The Ford Taurus has been so Lecich As one of the 10 most successful Industrial designs of the 1980s by the Industrial designers society of America i Usa. Ford says the  s designs of the decade Competition evaluated Indus trial designs by such business criteria As Market pc Caralion. Economic Impact and Cost efficient manufacture As Well As design excellence. In presenting the award Peter Bress ice. The  president said in the 1980s, . Business discovered that in attention to Industrial design was its Achilles Heel allowing foreign Competition to plunder . Markets with Well designed products. As a result the dec Ade witnessed a vital comeback in . Industrial  Ford said the  Sulc Clad the Tau rus Sedan because in played a significant role in turning Ford around to record profits and because it embodied inno vation in its styling function and the product development process. 1 he Taurus and its Mercury counterpart Sable accounted for iwo thirds of Ford motor company s total . Market share increase in the late 1980s. Ford says. The Lead free gasoline and catalytic converter program is moving rapidly ahead in the United kingdom As Well As in Continental Europe with the British Rover firm providing a Good example for the . Rover cars said recently that prospective purchasers of metro cars with i liter engines can now specify the fit Ting of a three Way catalytic converter exhaust system. Rover says this Means 40 models Are now available with catalysts throughout inc Rover Range extending from the mini to the top of the line Rover 800. Apart from new cars. Rover says its used models May also be fitted with catalysis . From the american motorcyclist association Ama in . Ohio comes news that publisher Mal Colm Forbes will serve As grand marshal and guest of Honor at the aug. 16 open ing of the motorcycle heritage museum in West Orville. Ama member Forbes a Cycle enthusiast and balloonist As Well As a noted Magazine publisher in America will Lead a delegation of riders from the Campus of Ohio University in Athens to the heritage museum in West Orville near Columbus. The aug. 16 museum opening will be a part of the Ama s heritage Home coming National convention set for aug. 15 to 19 in Athens.