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Show F2 The Salt Lake Tribune AUTOMOTIVE Friday, December 29, 1995 BMW Introduces American-Made Sports Car ° > _3: CAR QUESTIONS By Al Haas KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSSERVICE NEW YORK — Press introductions for newcars are not normal- luxury line is doing the.same ,: eine with the high-end Troop- ' By Al Haas KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSSERVICE ; Question: My son has a ‘93 ly grist for Masters and Johnson. “ do notanticipate any quali- Corvette that he would like to Some VP with a chalk-stripe ty OF design problems with the SLX. Isuzu builds a goodtruck, make even faster. One of his friends told him to substitute suit, a heavily starched white shirt and a camouflagedbald spotwill straightpipes for the catalytic converters. I pointed out that the car would not pass inspection without the converters. He and the Trooperis strong,nicely made and reasonably power- ¢ ful. But, I do feel that whem } you are talking about a luxury ; spection, etc. What do you think ofthis idea? not the relatively primitive |} part-time system used in the ¢ dropped to four beats above our would give this illegal and en- AisneOecmiat y jomed‘ts test drive the new ma. SEOEEDRELY unfriendly idea get up and tell truths and neartruths about the automaker'slatest offering. Thenhewill give the companysales projections for the Finally, just as our eyes are glazing over and our pulses have eeeSee It seems that some time ago “GoldenEye’’'s producers saw unauthorized “spy photos” of the 23, whichwill not go onsale until March, and decided to use it as Bond's car in the movie. ‘That was something of adeparture, since the Z3 isa Germancar ly apportions power to the a wheels according to traction It is true that removing the Recently, BMW put on a media er —andspeed. Buttoday’ssophisticated electronic engine- Oo Question: Recently, Inoticed tion is based on the complex ofthe tread'seems to be\devel- and subtle interactions of sensors and microprocessors—interactions that assume certain baseline conditions in the engine. You start changing some of those baselines — like back pressure, for example — and ning a hill-and-valleyeffect. he rest of the tread, like the est of the tires, seems to have good tread left. The car has ess than 25,000 miles onit. jg 7 have to replace thistire, 9 what? r. " the rgfronfire om my Go ot shat to attentionforo! stoma alwayssnap manget Fetes Thee qplinisen opera ae Houde Oeyapcie | ” st at j , BMW's new 23 two-seat roadster was featuredin the James Bondfilm “GoldenEye.” The Z3 is powered by 4-cylinder engine.It is built at BMW’s Spartanburg, S.C. manufacturing plant. who can afford toy that willstart at $28,750. Panke then brought on Desmond Llewelyn, the English octogenarian who plays Q, the hightech curmudgeon who whips up agents wouldnotlet allof us writers backinto the restaurant. This was annoying because Brosnan might havesaid somethingfor the ages about the Z3, and we would not have heard. to a nearby tent for the big moment, the arrival of Brosnan, who, in this case, really would be playing Secret Press Agent 10W/30. All the film folk rushed to the peripheryof the tent, where they the usually explosive gimmicks were confronted by menin trench of the Z3's specs (1.9-liter, 138- Service as a German autoaker A the results may not be opti- Presently, Agent 10W/30 was Nopi : Th built in Spartanburg, S.C., and Agent 007 is a British spy who has shown a preference for English that 007 employs later in the films The English actor recited some coats who barked into walkietalkies when they weren't barking atthefilm folk. It was the Secret whisked away in a big Bimmer 750, and weauto writers wereleft to doall wereally ever wanted to mum. A fewyears ago, some folks at Chevy tried just what your tort ead abe ike ou a je the rest adition ie misalignment, a condition that But BMW certainly was not complaining.It eagerly agreed to horsepower engine, etc.), and madea bit ofthe fact that he says understandsit. The “secret service” agents That amounted to four miles through the park in a Z3 caval- timed a Corvette on a track, then clocked it again without Create: One Hasty. pothole cat tati b h 4° it movie, and then signed a promo- colonists say “stick shift” and still photographers and the video ed the Central Park extravaganza attended by Pierce Brosnan, who plays Bondin “GoldenEye.” The resulting Z3 glitzlet was ‘Then it was time foraninteresting physiological experiment involving Izabella Scorupco, the incredibly beautiful woman who of that line from the audition scene in “The Producers”: “Singing Hitlers over here, dancing Hitlers over there.” motor cars overthe years. let them use a prototype for the tional deal with MGM that includ- staged at the park’s Boathouse restaurant, and drew more than 100 writers, photographers and “wideosi.” What unfolded had its moments, but mostly it reminded meof howlittle I missed myearlierlife as an entertainment writer. The festivities began with Helmut Panke, who is BMW’s leader in North America. Standing on a stage before a woodencrate-like structure that kept the Z3 from our view. Panke (rhymes with “hanky”) told us that the delightfully styled roadster is aimed at “the young and youngat heart.” Especially the ‘young at heart,” one would guess, since that is obviously marketing code for the affluent middle-agedfolks quickly got busy positioning the cade led by two guys on motorcy- “trunk.” people. The process reminded me moment, I hit 40 miles per hour plays Bond’s love interest in were getting chairs to stand on, and getting mad at colleagues who took up positions in front of them. One interloper got a particularly decisive “Hello. No!" from a camera-crew operative who obviously had graduated magna cum laude from her assertiveness-training class. Ultimately, Brosnan drove into the long tent and cameto rest in frontofus with his horn blasting. the film, Wow. I had not had that while, and then went inside the acrid smoke, and then the wooden _crate’s walls fell to revealadupli_cate of the 23 that Bond drove in much fun since I learned how to floss. Finally, it was time to adjourn Og a Buty Con! ye oe ao nor variationsin trim, the two vehiclesare identical. Honda had success re-badg- Al Haas is the automotive writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Send your automotive Rodeo as the Honda Passport, Now, the automaker's Acura quirer,/ Box 8263, Philadelphia, Pa. 19101 ‘ sor steel eepecs ue ee o tke PSEE ations Pe i aS. Seog , Y i oe eed es ave youn (ken Seren the front end think van ee or wi ee id h li ee f seidet hae the SLY ae e iar nkof ae ith orca tentnie op Tet wer car? that s beter 4 ine eran ha i ee eae, Answer: I have not driven W ma trthes ilo ane PAD, 8 a oping. ned the SLX yet, but Ifeel I know er i % At pane hau Oe something about it because T 3 : oO Geb eomne tabre Weare have driven the Isuzu Trooper. The SLX will be a rebadged 0" : "Ea Trooper. Except for some mi- _its stylingis wonderfully sexy and aggressive. I particularly like the egregious front fenderflares. question to Al Haas, The In- ing the popularly priced Isuzu two-seater’s interior is The ee Von Pan eu Sie. a Hee hat S i aerial $ a bi Bineen one devel ne slepin Saat hie ld it ini ne ing oe ie conclusions about the car. But I e tire eee a ae ln o Merced: sion Lh a oe rae ave a woe bi Aas a Si tobe de can passalonga coupleof impressions gleaned from my brief waltz with it The Z3, which hasalready triggered 3,000 customerorders in this country, is,first ofall, a dropdead cutie whose arrival ought to trigger something akin to the Miata mania that gripped the United States in 1989. The car is probably little too stubby to be truly beautiful, but nicelylaid out and quite attractive. The car feels solid and pre- Boathouse for more photo ops and a few quick questions. our tires, + coy "i tibet It ran slower the second time. and shifted into fourth gear. Obviously, I will have to wait until after the real press introduction early next year to reach any —_He gotout ofthe car, put his arms around Llewelyn and Scorupco, squinted at the cameras for a Tf you have abe a ’ ome its cats, cles. At oneparticularly arousing Meanwhile, the camera people “GoldenEye.” When Miss Scor_upco walkedon the stage, allthe male knee ligaments in the audience turned into overcooked pasta, while all the female knees remained perfectly normal Certainly, medical science has no ready explanation for this phenomenon. At this point, it was time to reveal the Z3 inthe crate. There was a lot of noise, mini-fireworks and ‘0es not take a lot of oe to son is contemplating. They do: drivethecar. “gear lever” and “*boot" while we cise. 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