I bought my late '81 ( Nov '81 ) new with the Quality Assured sticker on the window. I discover several things about my car that told me my car had gone through the East Coast Quality Assurance Center. I don't think the sticker was unique to the "83 model. Bruce Benson > > "DMC Quality Assured" label on driver side fixed glass acceptable on > > DDXXXXX VINs only. >I have a copy of a DMC memorandum that says these labels were >put > on the 83's, primarily to differentiate them from the 82's at a glance. . > James Espey