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to 4-0 the Jay Steve Starts Burke was inrich Fre- lead in tional than the and with of by nts to on over the High of set , Len I11 two 51 of Lake 15-6, and the the East hree won £A0¢ \ Boas A By Ann Job Woolley Associaten pragss DETROIT (AP) -- High perfor- mance cars and convertibles are being touted by Detroit automakers in the upcoming 1983 model year, but most of the new cars being unveiled in the coming weeks sport merely cosmetic changes. One dramatic el may appreciate, however, is that price increases will be moderate for the first 'time in recent memory, indus- try analysts say. o The move away from fuel econo- my as the No. 1 concern also is evident in the fact that even mileage leader Volkswagen of America Inc. will come out with a raring-togo performance Rabbit model. Chrysler Corp. is stretching its fuel-efficient, front-wheel-drive K- cars and calling the new models E-body sedans. Only American Motors Corp., previously out of the fuel-efficient subcompact race, will be joining the mileage market with the French designed, U.S.-made Renault Al liance. Prices should stay about even with or be only about 2 percent over 1982 models. Industry leader Gener- al Motors Corp. even has announced some price cuts on slow-moving models because of the 3year-old sales slump in the U.S. industry. But buyers should note that auto- makers will be changing standard equipment levels of some models and eliminating some base models * in the pricing shuffle. Here is a brief look at the 1983 models: GENERAL MOTORS Most changes at GM this year are nothing more than new grille work, changed taillights, more color offer- ings and adding of stripes. The automaker also is promoting a sound system on the more expensive models, such as Oldmobile Toronado and Cadtilac Seville, in which speak- ers and amplifiers are designed expressly for the inside of the specific car model. Estimates are that the system will cost about $600 more than the average AM-FM stereo system. Responding to criticism that its slow-selling J-cars have been under- powered, GM in 1983 will give the cars a bigger engine. The Buick Skyhawk, Oldsmobile Firenza, Chevrolet Cavalier, Cadil- lac Cimarron and Pontiac 2000 will bave the two-liter, four-cylinder engine with electronic fuel injection as standard. That can be coupled with either a new five-speed manual transmission or a four-speed manual transmission. Automatic transmis- sions also are available. A 2000 station wagon, Skyhawk station wagon and two Firenza station wagons will debut. o The compact Cavalier models are being changed to appeal to lower- scale buyers, Chevrolet says. The Cadet model will be discontinued for 1983, leaving a base model and a CS version. Some standard equipment is being removed, presumbably to counter criticism that the loaded vehicles were priced too high for the consumers they were meant to attract. Chevrolet says items such as rear window defogger, digital clock and wheel trim rings will be optional now. There also will be changes on the 2000's equipment. Two J-car convertibles are planned. A Pontiac 2000 Sunbird convertible will bow early next year and include sport mirrors, custom interior and power windows. A convertible Chevrolet Cavalier will debut about January. The first 500 will be white outside with blue cloth interiors. Standard equipment will include power steering and brakes, power windows and tinted glass. The convertibles will be the first for Thevy and Pontiac since 1975. The A-cars mostly are unchanged, except for the Pontiac version, the 6000. It returns with an upgraded - usin Hoare aP mmm i Vio U suspension that is optional on most models, but will be standard on the new STE - Pontiac's \performance sedan'\ showpiece for 1983. The car will have sik lamps on the grille -- quad halogen headlamps with cen- ter driving lamps - and electronic suspension that automatically con- trols ride quality with an air com- pressor. The compressor can be used to pump up tires and rubber boats, too, GM says. Included are a too! kit, with gloves and rain jacket. 0 The Oldsmobile A-car, the Cut- lass Ciera, will have an ES model with blacked-out grille, oversize blackwall tires and dual outlet muffier. Limited production of a Hurst Oldsmobile, complete with a two-rod shifter for both manual and auto. matic transmissions, is planned. The cars will be options of the Cutlass Calais models, with S-liter, V-8 engine. ’ Buyers of the Chevrolet A-car, the Celebrity, will have the option of ordering a diesel V4. The 4.3-liter engine will be the first diesel to be put in a front-wheel drive Chevrolet. GM's first transverse overdrive transmission will be made available on the Buick A-car, the Century, after the first of next year. \ o Meanwhile, the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird, hot-sellers since they were introduced earty this year, return virtually un- changed. - WHEN YOU HEAR THE cHEckOUT BEL, COME OUT FIGHTING / The cars will get two new trans missions: a - five-speed - manual transmission and four-speed auto- matic. A special Pontlac Trans Am mod- el will be offered later in the year - to mark the Daytona 500 25th Anni- versary in February. Chevrolet's large-sized Caprice and Impala will be offered without the Caprice Classic coupe and the Impala station wagon. A new, larg- er, and more powerful V-8 engine is optional on all models. The Chevrolet Malibu Classic ser- les will be dropped and many fea- tures previously standard, such as dual horns and full wheel covers, will be made optional for 1983. FORD The nation's No. 7 carmaker de- clares that \1983 belongs to Ford,\ but the all-new models due for 1983 will not show up until mid-year. All shoppers will see in the fall intro- duction are cosmetic changes, in- cluding a sloping front end, rounded nose and changed taillights, on most cars. Performance versions of some models also will debut, and in some car lines, base cars are being dropped and standard equipment changes made. The Ford Escort, for example. no longer wil have a base model, with the Escort L adding more trim and standard equipment, becoming the low-end version. * A new Escort model, the GT, will exude performance, with electronic y Cosmetic Cerin arp rm AAL MOTORS Cone... Among the leaders for family-sized automobiles is the 1983 Chrysler Class E sedan shown at top with Chevrolet's two-door Chevette outfitted in a new \S\ sport package. fuel injection in the engine, front and rear spoilers and fog lamps differentiating it from other Es- corts. Escort's sister car, Mercury Lynx, will have an RS model. The Ford Mustang will go topless for 1983, with a convertible version The Thunderbird will be three inches shorter thair the 1992 version, and 150 pounds lighter. It, too, will get the rounded, Sloping. front snout that Ford says is aerodynamically the best for gasoline mileage The Mercury Capri is basically unchanged except for a bubbleback glass in the rear window The Mercury Marquis will add a new. smaller-sized model for mile age-conscious buyers. CHRYSLER Chrysler's big debut involves the E-body sedans, longer versions of the K-cars and the first American- made five-speed transaxle - a combination of the transmission and drive axle for front-wheel-drive cars - The E-body cars - Dodge 600 and 600 ES and Chryster E Class -- are meant to attract buyers who want more room and comfort than the K-<cars. Chrysler says they have \charac- teristics of a European touring sedan.\ They feature front-wheel drive. four-cylinder engine and an elec- tronic system that \talks to the driver to inform him or her such things as low fuel or door ajar The (five-speed transmission should improve performance on many Chrysler models. For exam- ple. it will be put on the Plymouth Turismo 22 along with a modified four-cylinder engine for more power on the road. Chrysler also is planning sporty, Shelby-versions of the Turismo's sister car, the Dodge Charger K-cars will be offered in only two, not three, price classes. 0 The Plymouth Sapporo and Dodge Challenger from Mitsubishi Motors Corp return with a new \Technica\ model with the latest in electronic instrument clusters. The Dodge Champ will be re- named the Colt The base Omni-Horizon models will undergo changes in standard equipment to offer customers 'more value for the money,\ the automak- er says. The Chrysler New Yorker is re- named the New Yorker Fifth Ave nue edition because a new New Yorker, with front-wheel drive, will come out later in the year VOLKSWAGEN VW's emphasis on engineering. not styling. modifications continues into 1983. Although the automaker, a subsidiary of Volkswagenwerk AG of West Germany, will bring out a new high-performance Rabbit in 1983, consumers will be hard- pressed to notice any change on the exterior. X The GTI, however, will have a more powerful engine and improved suspension for better handling. VW says the mileage will not be quite as high as for other Rabbits, but said performance-oriented cus tomers normally are not that con- cerned about fuel efficiency any- ways. AMERICAN MOTORS . AMC is going all out to ensure: popularity of its newest car, the ° Renault Alliance, which was de-. signed by AMC's French partner,- Renault _ The car is being priced very. competitively, with the base model® at $5,595. Its fuel-efficiency has put it at 52 miles per gallon on the highway, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That makes it the highest mileage line-pow- ered car built in the Ignited States. City mileage is 37 The car, based on the immensely popular Renault 9 in Europe, retains much of its European handling Mavor, although styling is dressed up with traditional American trim packages The Alliance is AMC's first pro- duct with front-wheel! drive. It also has electronically fuel-injected, four-cylinder engine and four-speed manual transmission. Caniiy Makers Enter Ring With Heavyweight Sugar Rays By Steven P: Weinstein Assori Tep Pot ss NEW YORK (AP) ;- It may not be a fight of heavyweights, but the nation's candy makers are battling each other with bigger chocolate bars. Candy prices are bigger. too, but the weight has gone up mare than the price. M&M-Mars has increased the av- erage weight of its candy products 10 percent twice in the last two years. Nestle has raised the weight of its Crénch bar two times in the past year and a balf, most ree by 12 percent. That was in April, when the company's Milk Chocolate vending bar was increased 5 percent in weight. And Hershey's counter products - those generally sold at checkou counters and in vending machines - are 3 percent heavier on average & Hershey blames M&M-Mars for upsetting the status quo M&M-Mars increased its candies by 10 percent two years ago without raising the price The result indus- try analysts say. was a 50 percent jump in sales Then, says Deb Ryerson, manag- er of media relations for Hershey, ''Marsincreased its price last Sep- tember We didn't \ The result was anadvantage for M&M-Mars. because most retailers charged the same for the smaller Hershey's and Nestle's products so theycouldavoid the complications ofa two-tier price system,. she says Thecandy business, Ms Ryerson says. is unique in that retailers expect to be able to charge the same price for mitst ofthe products they offer -- no matter who the 3:3ng chocolate bars - both with and mps‘ba-amenpercemheavler. Reese's Pieces - the delight of - 228 ounces Its Snickers Bar-, being marketed at newsstands and | in vending machines is 30 cents, but _ all pote that prices cover a wide ' range. depending on where they are '- sold. . \Jost try finding a candy - bar in New York.\ says a spokes ° man for M&M Mars t A 3a
