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World premiere of the New Jetta Metroland Newspapers Carguide Magazine Volkswagen held a world premiere of the entirely redesigned allnew Jetta in New York. This model has a global presence with 9.6 million units sold already, and it is a best selling model for Volkswagen in Canada and the U.S.A. Well over 400,000 Jettas have The world premiere of the next generation Jetta as held last week in New York. been sold in Canada alone after five generations since its introduction International Auto Show in to the finest details; the quality and in 1980, placing it second only to Toronto offered a preview of the attention to detail inside this new the original Beetle in overall sales new Jetta's styling. five-seater now exceeds the tradihere since Volkswagen Canada's Designers of the new Jetta tional compact class boundaries. inception in 1952. sedan drew their inspiration from In addition, Volkswagen has taiThe follow-up model to the most the coupe, and this bodes well for lored the new Jetta's Canadian successful German brand sedan in the potential sports appeal of the equipment versions (Trendline, North America takes a gigantic leap new Jetta. This also means that Trendline, Comfortline, Sportline, forward, both conceptually and the new Jetta will no longer be and Highline) to consistently meet especially in its styling. sharing body components with the wishes, and also fit the budgets, Its new design projects a more the Golf; rather, it will be a sepa- of Canadian drivers. dynamic image than ever before. rate vehicle type that is just as It has developed a sedan that is The NCC (New Coupe Concept) car independent as the Passat CC or one of the best in its class in terms shown earlier this year at the North the Tiguan. of quality and fuel economy withAmerican International Auto Show Designers and engineers have out sacrificing driving performance in Detroit and at the Canadian also re-designed the interior down or comfort. First lithium-ion battery Think City EVs enter production Metroland Newspapers Carguide Magazine THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle maker, made a further stride towards mainstream volume production with the first introduction of award-winning lithium-ion batteries to THINK City EVs in Europe. THINK and Ener1 have been in active partnership for a number of years, developing and perfecting the match between THINK's industry-leading EV drive system and the award-winning Ener1 lithiumion battery technology supplied by Ener1 subsidiary, EnerDel. The result is Ener1's development of a dedicated 22kWh battery system for the THINK City ­ the first pure electric vehicle of its kind to use this new generation technology. The latest generation THINK City is a purpose-built, all-electric car designed for urban environments. It can travel at highway speeds and cover 160 kilometers on a single charge (via any conventional household outlet), with zero local emissions. It is the world's first EV to be granted certification with the European CE conformity mark and EU homologation requirements (M1 certificate). To achieve these exacting standards, the THINK City has successfully completed very thorough testing and validation procedures. European production of the THINK City is underway in Finland with manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive, which also assembles the Boxster and Cayman models for Porsche AG. First customer deliveries are taking place across Europe in selected key EV markets such as The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Austria and others. THINK also recently announced plans to establish a U.S. production facility during 2011 in Elkhart County, Indiana, and is working with Japanese partner Itochu on developing operations in Asia. 27 · Wednesday, June 23, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com