www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday June 27, 2007 - 25 8th annual Ward's 'Interior of the Year' competition The votes are in and the big winners at the 2007 Ward's "Interior of the Year" awards are models from General Motors, Ford, DaimlerChrysler and Honda. In all, 34 vehicles from 11 manufacturers were in contention to win an "Interior of the Year" award in the annual competition sponsored by Ward's AutoWorld magazine. The prestigious awards program is part of the annual Ward's Auto Interiors Show being held at Detroit's Cobo Center. Winners were determined in two ways: the editorial staff of Ward's conducted a two-month review and analysis of the 34 nominated vehicles and selected the winners based on eight evaluation categories such as comfort, safety and design harmony. In the cars categories, Ward's editors voted the Honda Fit the best interior in Economy-Priced Cars; they also chose the Saturn Aura as best in Popular-Priced Cars; and the Volvo S80 as having the best interior in Premium- Priced Car category. In light trucks, the Ward's judges selected the Honda CRV as the winner in Popular-Priced CUV category; they agreed that the Cadillac SRX had the best interior in PremiumPriced CUV category; they also chose the Chevy Silverado as tops in Popular-Priced Trucks; and they selected the Lincoln Navigator as having the best interior in Premium-Priced Trucks. Voters in the industry at-large balloting agreed with Ward's editors in three categories: the Saturn Aura won in Popular-Priced Car; the Cadillac SRX took the PremiumPriced CUV category; and they voted the Chevy Silverado as best in the Popular-Priced Trucks category. However, at-large voters went their separate way for the other vehicle categories. To them, the Dodge Caliber was the winner in the Economy-Priced Car category; the Saturn Outlook won in Popular-Priced CUV; and in PremiumPriced Trucks, the Cadillac Escalade took the honors. Car child care guide from Volvo Size matters: Children and babies need special restraints designed for their developing anatomies. Relative to the body, a child's head is large and heavy. The head of a newborn baby makes up half the total body weight, whereas an adult's head weighs only about six per cent of the total. This oversized head, in combination with developing neck vertebrae, muscles and ligaments, is a child's weak point and is prone to injury in crashes. Another vulnerable area is the pelvis, which is underdeveloped and cannot hold the safety belt in position as easily as an adult's hip area, so child booster seats greatly improve the correct belt geometry. Pregnancy tests: Car safety for unborn children is an area that is not well documented, since fetal injury and death often do not show in statistics. Volvo is the only manufacturer to have engineered a pregnant crash test dummy to develop the company's understanding of the unique safety demands of unborn babies and their mothers further. This virtual model, called Linda, mimics a pregnant woman and is used to simulate how both a pregnant woman and her unborn baby move in a frontal impact. Linda contains detailed information about the uterus, placenta, amniotic fluid and fetus in approximately the 36th week of pregnancy. She can be positioned in any car model and collisions can be simulated at different speeds. The studies show that pregnant women benefit from the protection of a front airbag and also dispel the myth that seatbelts may harm the baby. Seatbelts must always be used during pregnancy and positioning correctly significantly reduces the risk of fetal injury risk. Travel backwards Volvo research strongly suggests that infants should travel in rear-facing car seats until they are at least three or four years old. During a frontal impact, normally the most frequent and usually the most severe impact situation, in a forward facing seat, the infant's body is restrained but its disproportionately large head is not, putting immense strain on the neck. When travelling in a rear-facing seat, the crash forces are spread over the back and head, which reduces the load on the neck and greatly decreases the chance of severe neck and spinal injury. According to Volvo's investigations, a forward facing child seat provides around 80 per cent better protection than if no child restraints are used, whereas a child in a rear-facing seat is approximately 90 per cent less likely to be seriously injured in an accident. Belts and boosters: The positioning of the safety belt is important so that the occupant is restrained over the body's stronger areas like the upper torso and pelvis, protecting the weaker parts of the body such as the abdomen. The lap belt should be placed tightly across the pelvis, as low as possible towards the thighs and not over the soft tissue of the abdomen. The torso belt should run across the chest and also be pulled tight. It does not matter if the belt touches the neck. Never place the torso belt under the arm or behind the back. A booster seat gives a child an increased height and directs the safety belt over the stronger parts of the body during a crash. Now including valet pick-up** 2007 CLEAR THE LOT EVENT! THE 2008 MODELS ARE COMING. DON'T MISS THESE GREAT OFFERS ON THE 2007 MODELS. 2007 S40 $ 399 1% A MONTH/ 48 MOS. 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