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Article: Sports cars didn't vanish - just switched flags; The Mercedes SLK and BMW Z3 deliver extravagant fun at midrange prices as Germany sweeps into the sports car market recently vacated by Japan.(MOTORING)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- December 21, 1996
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The biggest automotive news in 1996 might have been the demise of Japanese sports cars in the $40,000 range. Ironically, the biggest news as we enter the 1997 model year might be the introduction of German mind-blowers in precisely that category and price range.
Either Germany or Japan has got the market all wrong. And car lovers the world over are hoping that it's the Japanese who are mistaken, because sensational new sports cars such as the BMW Z3 and the Mercedes-Benz SLK are the talk of the industry.
Because of the International Car of the Year competition, I have been driving the Z3 and the SLK while we're up to our armpits in snowdrifts. As a ...
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