European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 15, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 13other items also on automotive age Dacar Corner Dodge introduces new Monaco today s a car Corners will feature a wide ranging Roundup of items. Well Lead off with the new Dodge Monaco and go from there. Ju5l introduced on the . Market the 990 ii ill i a Monaco 4-door Sedan see photo is available in be and is versions he is being the top of Thedina Monaco. The engine Tor either Mode is a 150-horse-Powcr, 3-Li or fuel injected v-6 unit that is mated to a 4-Speed automatic transmission with floor mounted shift control. Other Standard features include Power rack am Pinion steering an am pm stereo radio reclining bucket seats Center console and rear widow defroster. Both models Oiler 17 cubic feet of trunk space. Introduced As a mid year Model Dodge says the Monaco Sedan a offers room Comfort and convenience of the Dodge dynasty with the spirit of an International Road  this series Marks dodgers first use of the Monaco nameplate since 1978. For full details on the new Dodge Monaco 4-door sedans a their special military prices Etc. A Contact Chrysler Dodge sales representatives at the cafes new car sales Points on the various bases in Europe. Mergers and ventures mergers and joint ventures continue unabated in the Auto Industry with the latest joint venture involving opel of Friiss Olsheim West Germany and the East German firm of automobile Werk Eisenach Awe. The Awe company located in Eisenach near the West German Border manufactures Wartburg automobiles. Opel which also has a joint venture going in Hungary will co produce opel passenger cars with Awe at the East German firms Eisenach Plant the production goal is 150,000 units a year. Opel a subsidiary of general motors says there a no decision yet on which opel models will be produced. The opel Awe joint venture is the second one involving West and East German firms. The first such move came last fall when Volkswagen announced that it was cooperating with the trabant company at Zwickau to turn out trabant powered by 1.3-liter vow engines. The two companies then plan to phase out the trabant and follow with production of vow Polo cars by the end of this year. The new Dodge Monaco 4-door Sedan is powered by a 3-liter v-6 engine with 150 horsepower. On the merger Side the swedish Volvo company and the state owned French Renault firm announced recently that they Are joining forces to integrate their car truck and bus operations into a Combine with estimated annual revenues of $45 billion. The announcement capped a year of negotiations Between the two companies whose sales have been under pressure in an increasingly competitive world Market. Volvo president Pehr Gyllenhammar said that the move Quot will give both companies the size breadth and depth Well above the critical mass necessary to survive in this fiercely competitive  he said Volvo and Renault would retain their own identities but work closely together in the Fields of product development and design purchasing of raw materials and parts As Well As production. Gyllenhammar stressed that worldwide dealer networks and marketing operations would remain separate but did not Rule out the eventual development of a joint new Model. The Volvo Renault Deal follows such recent actions As Fords Purchase of Jaguar a pm Saab 50/50 joint venture and Fiat a Purchase of Innocenti and a 49 percent share in  Cycle training under the motto a safety Means More cycling fun a the Bow motorcycle division is offering an extensive series of training courses this year. Some include sessions in Yugoslavia with off Road training also and other sessions feature training and safety programs on the German Nair Burgering. The sessions take place from april through August and while Bow furnishes the cycles in most instances there Are several two Day Nair Burgering sessions from july 27 to aug. 3 where riders can bring their own machines. For Complete details on instruction prices Etc., write Bow motor sport a Mph Preusse Strase 45, 8000 Minchen 40, or Telephone 08935498204.car conversion seminars the Tran scar import Trade services firms which jointly specialize in shipping and converting non conforming foreign cars to meet . Requirements will hold five Epa Dot car conversion seminars in Germany the last week of this month. Joe Marino vice president of import Trade services of Secaucus n.j., will conduct the seminars and also discuss the current Epa Dot requirements for the importation of non conforming vehicles into the United states. The seminars will be held at the following locations Frankfurt 8 ., March 26, Terrace club Abrams Complex Firth a urn Berg 8 ., March 27, Kalb club Firth Kaiserslautern 8 ., March 28, see hotel on Highway b270 Stuttgart 8  March 29, Robinson Barracks Community club Heidelberg 8 ., March 30. Heidelberg officers civilian club Patrick Henry Village. Rolls Royce Jaguar gain in England the two luxury car makers Rolls Royce and Jaguar have Good reason to be Happy. Rolls Royce reported record sales in Britain and Jaguar set records in the United Stales and Japan. The British society of motor manufacturers and traders smut notes that sales of Rolls Royce and Bentley cars in the United kingdom in january were 26 percent higher than any previous january on record. Smut adds that Jaguar sales in the United states and Japan during january were also the highest Ever for that month. In the United states the 1.523 sales of Jaguar ears were 2.1 percent ahead of the january 1989 figure. In Japan meanwhile. Jaguar sold 156 sj-6 sedans Andrj a sports cars tripling the number sold in the corresponding month a year  Randy Barnet Auto columnist. Lese to concept cars Are making their european de to at the 60th International Geneva Auto show a i through sunday at the exhibition Center \ a expo near the Geneva International Airport. Them a a electric Impact and Fords Ghia Zig general motors Impact prototype left the worlds first electrically powered sports car 115 he reaches a top Speed of 100 Miles per hour and zips from Zero to 60 Mph in eight seconds. The Ford Ghia Zig at right is a two seater sports car that Ford Calls a a modern interpretation of the classic sports machines of the 1950s and �?T60s.�?� designed in the italian Ghia studios the Zig is based on the underpinnings of the Ford fiesta