By JEFF WILSON. ~ LOS ANGELES (UPI) - The Southern California car culture has come up with yet another. answer for those motorists itching to quench their egos. with an eye- popping set of wheels. _“There was nothing available for the person who wants to spend $25,000 for a specialty car,” says Jules _Kaplan, former CPA-turned- car builder. Kaplan was bringing in a comfortable “six-figure”’ income when he abandoned his career earlier this year to Huild his Moselle nrotorcar, another California specialty car that looks like a 1930's - +«FOKYO (UPI) - Spurred = by brisk ‘demand abroad for *. fuel-efficient cars, Japan has . topped the United States as the world’s largest . automobile maker for the - first time,.-the Japanese > industry has anngunced. -The’. Japan Automobile Manufacturers’ Association" .-Said Japanese motor vehicle “production for the whole of _.this year is certain to reach an all-time high of 11 million "units. U.S. auto makers, suf- fering from flagging demand ' for large-sized cars, will turn out about 8 million units, “sharply down from 11,480,736 units last year, Association officials said. ‘period , of Mercedes-Benz. But Kaplan’s handmade car is unique because it is economical on fuel, it is serviceable. and it is modestly priced at $29,750. Modest,- that is, for a specialty car. “It has roll-up windows, a vs For the January- November period, Japanese , markers produced 10,119,253 units, up 15.1% over the same period of last year. American production for the 11-month period was put at 7,397,259 units, down from 10,876,343 for the same last year, ac- cording to the officials. “Brisk demand for fuel- efficient cars abroad is the major ‘reason for Japan's’ surge,” one official said. “The trend is expected to continue for some time.” Exports accounted 54% of total production. Domestic sales remained weak for some months due for Kaplan says.. rumbleseat, a steel cab, many safety features, a guaranteed Ford engine and it sells for under $30,000,” “The ‘other specialty cars available were out of the price range of many.” ““And,” Kaplan boasts, largely economy. Japanese automakers have to the stagnant enforced self-restraint on their exports to the United States and Western Europe under against their export drive.. The officials said exports of Japanese cars to other regions such as the Middle East and Latin America have grownsubstantially. They said the Japanese output for the January- November period included 6,447,703 passenger cars, up 14.4% over the same period of last year, 3,588,930 trucks, up 15.9%, and 82,620 buses. B.C. firm creates new van Vanguard Manufacturing of Winfield, B.C. has launched an exciting new concept in lightweight, aerodynamic, economy minded vehicles for travel and work usage. 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Car Rentals Oldies but Goodies free mileage — from $12.95 Monthly Rates 980-1515 1180 Marine Dr. A anys it: | 4 ~ARROINTMENTS mounting criticism ~ “you get high LPG - more - Looks Per Gallon.” The. premiere California specialty: car, the Clenet, Sells for Bf 000-7 lus». while the Excaliber; built in Milwaukee, sells - for. $44,000-plus. “The Moselle. is un- believeably underpriced,” Kaplan says. “There is nothing ia the. class of a luxury econonly car. People think it is worth $60,000. I really have no competition in my price range. And the Moselle is luxurious and economical.” So far, there are two Moselles on the road and orders for another 10. Kaplan expects to build “between 60 and 90 units next year” at his Woodland Pondon | IMPO 10th & Alma, Vancouver Hills, Calif., plant. “Our marketplace is the. professional man between . the ages of 35 and 50 - the man who has made it and — - pablic. ho wants something as an ego thing but doesn’t want to - throw -away his money foolishly. . “The people in this ~ category who. have this type of money will spend it. They pay cash on the barrelhead. Some people even want to trade Krugerrands = or diamonds for it, and that's fine with me. As long as I can I get my dollars, I don’t care.” Kaplan: said it took him’ :. three. months to come up with a name for his new car. “I -went- through bird lists, - * animal! lists, names of cities, you name it, and finally} * decided to look through a map of Germany. Then I came across the wine district of Moselle. 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