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Americans used to buy expensive cars at bargain prices in Europe and then ship them back to the U.S. But that practice declined in the late 1970s, when the slumping dollar drove up the price of a Mercedes-Benz, Porsche or BMW. The dollar is back, and so are the car importers...
...early last year, their lives went awry. The couple were on the verge of divorcing, and Vigoreaux was planning to marry a younger woman. On Jan. 17 his charred body, which showed at least eleven stiletto-type stab wounds, was discovered stuffed in the trunk of his red Mercedes-Benz on the outskirts of San Juan...
...weeks ago, a white Mercedes-Benz truck with SOVTRANSAVTO painted in blue Cyrillic letters on its side pulled up to the Swiss border at Basel. The nine-ton tractor-trailer did not need to be inspected, the three Soviets inside insisted, because it was merely a "diplomatic pouch." But Swiss officials refused to accept that. Though the Vienna Convention does not specify a maximum size for a diplomatic pouch, the Swiss pointed out, in practice it almost never covers cartons of more than 450 Ibs. After much haggling, the Swiss allowed the truck to continue to the Soviet mission...
...enthusiasm of American buyers is, in part, belated acknowledgment that U.S. cars have changed. They are more functional and aerodynamic in design, quicker to accelerate and easier to handle. Several models are frank imitations of such high-priced German cars as Porsche, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, but at prices as much as $20,000 less...
...hurry to the showroom or they may be left clutching their cash. A six-week-long strike by West German metalworkers, who are pressing for a 35-hour week without a reduction in pay, has idled the country's auto industry. As a result, U.S. inventories of Mercedes-Benz and BMW models will probably run out some time in July. Once the strike is settled, it will take a month for new shipments of the cars to arrive...