The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, January 12, 1996               TAG: 9601120596
SECTION: AUTO WEEKLY              PAGE: H1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY MARY SCULLY
                                             LENGTH: Short :   33 lines

NEW CARS YOU'LL LOVE IN 1997

[This story is not available electronically. For complete text, please see microfilm.] ILLUSTRATION: Color photos

Audi wants to create greater emotion around the Audi name. Its TTS

roadster, above, designed in the United States, is equipped with a

powerful 1.8-liter, 210 horsepower, four-cylinder engine. Audi will

build 10,000 of them in 1998.

The Volve 850 R, with a turbocharged engine that pumps out 240

horsepower, goes on sale the end of January.

The 1997 Acura 2.2 CL couple, available in March, will sell for

approximately $30,000.

The 1997 Mercury Mountaineer, available this spring, offers Mercury

owners an off-road alternative.

by CNB