European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday july 18, 1994 automotive the stars and stripes Page 11 Mark Iii industries the leading designer of custom luxury vans and pickup trucks recalled 6,100 Long wheelbase conversion vans citing a potential fire Azard from an Interior Neon lighting system. A potentially defective transformer was installed in the lighting systems on vans produced Between november 1993 and May 1994. The conversion company said the faulty lighting system can cause the transformer to overheat. Owners will be asked by mail to bring their vehicles to an authorized Mark Iii dealer to replace the lighting system. The procedure will take about two hours and will be performed for free. Until the repair is made owners Are advised not to turn on the Neon lighting system. Owners with questions about the recall should Call 800 903-8267. The latest Cadillac Model does no to pack a Northstar engine system or anti lock brakes. In fact it just putters around. The Cadillac Golf cart built by Elmo inc. Of Cocks Yilli 111., takes its inspiration from the Cadillac Fleetwood. Its available in any of 12 production Fleetwood colossi the Elmo Cadillac in available in two passenger open air and full top models. A four passenger Model is being developed. Buyers can choose gasoline or electric Power. A among the distinguishing features of the Cadillac Golf cart Are a stereo cassette tape player custom wheels with Cadillac style wheel covers i dash fan system built in cooler and drink holders Golf Ball holders and an automatic tee dispenser. The Cadillac of Golf carts carries a big sticker Price a $8,700 to $12,000, said Joe Lane Elm co a vice president of sales. A typical Golf cart Sells for about $5,500. For More information Contact Elmo inc., . Box 176, Cooksville 111. 61730, 309 725-3533. A a a a. American Honda is offering the latest in hands free cellular phones a a version that tucks neatly into the. Dashboard. The dealer installed option goes for $400 to $600 and is available on 1994 Model accords and preludes and the Acura integral. The in dash phone kit is a Complete system that includes a Small Quarter wave Antenna located on the upper right hand Corner of the Windshield a Small Tak listen Handset that fits in the Center console and a transceiver that mounts in the Center of the dash console area. Ford motor co., is taking its marketing tie with to its Best Selling of series pickup trucks. The new Eddie Bauer of series joins versions of the explorer sport Utility vehicle Aerostat minivan and Bronco sport truck. A was Eddie Bauer has grown so has our association a a said Steve Lyons Ford division general marketing manager. A in the past id years the number of Eddie Bauer stores has jumped tenfold. That growth has been reflected in the sales of Eddie Bauer about 440,000 Ford trucks bearing the Eddie Bauer logo have been sold. The trucks have luxury Interior and exterior styling cues such As cast aluminium wheels sport bucket seats and unique color treatments. A from wire reports Security device clubbed item Isnit key to keeping thieves away experts say by the Washington Post Stephen Holskey lost his Chevy on the Pentagon a South lot last january. Someone stole trashed and rendered the vehicle useless even though if was equipped with an electronic noise alarm designed to scare thieves away. Now Holskey a Fairfax va., resident has turned to the club the most popular Auto anti theft device sold in the United states. But without additional Protection Holskey a new is still easy prey for thieves according to police and other Security experts. The club they argue Isnit everything that its slogan a. A Wanna keep it club it a suggests. Although it May cause some thieves to bypass cars determined Crooks can disable the device. A a v. A made and marketed by Winner International corp. Of Sharon pa., the club is a two piece steel bar designed to fit across the steering wheel of a car or truck. There arc 14 different models of the device priced from $40 to $99. When used properly the club is supposed to restrict steering wheel movement severely preventing an. Unauthorized Driver from making off with the vehicle. A More than 10 million clubs have been sold since the device was introduced in 1986. Club sales last year accounted for nearly $100 million of the $130 million . Market for steering wheel and related locks. A what we say is that Auto theft is a crime of Opportunity and that our product helps to take away some of that Opportunity a said Tom Mccartney a spokesman for Winner. Club owners rarely file for a $500 payment they Are due if their cars Are stolen with the product on the wheel he said. The club is a analogous to the jocks on your House a Mccartney said. A there Are lots of different models of House locks available some More secure than others but if a burglar wants to get into your House and he Lias the tools time and the Opportunity to get in hell do some Security specialists however discount the famous lock. A the club is a joke a said Marc Colen an Engineer and Security specialist at the Institute of Security and intelligence in Stanford calif., a nonprofit research group. A Colen said the group has documented numerous cases of thieves defeating the club and similar devices a within a matter of seconds a using Bolt cutters thieves simply snip a portion of the vehicles steering wheel and remove the club or they Drill and break the clubs protruding Central lock mechanism or they use a Hacksaw to Cut the club itself or they Spray liquid nitrogen into the lock thus freezing it to the Point of becoming Brittle whereupon they whack and crack it Colen said. A a at Best the club is a visual deterrent a Colen said. The casual thief such As a teen age Joy rider might bypass a vehicle with the club. A but experience has shown that a reasonably competent thief can Render it useless Quot Colen said another Bow May be joining zipping right along Giovanni Alberto Agnelli shows off the new a zip and zip motorcycle which runs on both Gas and Battery Power at a news conference in Florence Italy. Agnelli president of Piaggio motorcycles is the Nephew of Fiat chairman Giovanni Agnelli. . I Spartanburg . A Bow appears to be developing another new Model in addition to the two scat roadster to be built at its South Carolina Plant though the German automaker is keeping quiet about it. Lear seating by we a seat systems supplier for the roadster and. Three series models the company will build in Spartanburg county announced last week it had secured a major new contract with the automaker to design and produce scat systems on another car. A Bow official in Germany confirmed that the contract involved a new Model that has not been discussed by the automaker publicly but he declined to elaborate. A we Only speak about a new product after we launch it a said Ralf Huffmann Bow spokesman in Munich told the Herald journal of Spartanburg. Huffmann said it was still too Early to say where the new car will be produced. Barbara Heep Richter a Bow spokeswoman at the company a North american Headquarters in Montvale n.j., said thursday that it was not unusual for the automaker to approve a contract for models before making a formal announcement. The Michigan based Lear seating also refuses to release the identity of the new Bawor where it will be built. Bow already has said it would build a roadster at the South Carolina Plant which is near the town of Greer. The two seat sports cards design will be unveiled Early next year. New California test May turn into Roadblock los Angeles a californians driving test is getting tester. Hoping to put the brakes on bad Drivers the department of motor vehicles is revising its Road exam for the first time since 1933. The test time has More than doubled to 27 minutes. A spin on a freeway has been added. Examiners no longer chatter to put the test taker at ease. Last month the div began quietly applying the new lest in three counties. Officials will evaluate it after a year perhaps modify it then launch it statewide div spokesman Bill Madison said. The reason for the change last year 4,163 people were killed and 315,184 were Hurt on California roads. A a you be got people running red lights encroaching into crosswalks a Madison said. A a there a a Lack of knowledge. Plus the driving conditions have changed a we have More traffic More before turning on the ignition test takers must endure a lengthy quiz on equip ment. Those who miss More than three of the important items on the checklist Are disqualified. Then comes the drive up and Down Hills through business and residential areas on quiet streets and the freeway. People who have taken the test say its not easy. �?o1 was expecting her to make me do a three Point turn on a turnabout or parallel Park a sighed Erica Garrison an 18-Ycar-old student who recently failed her first try. A this was
