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PAGE 22,WlIrY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28,1990 .IFU~D WEM Low Mllea~e .Or Y ~ '........... ~ ..E...... ...... .w......L.Auto .... ...... S to...k 5.00*t r...........~ Sentr.a <wi ns used ar performance award The 3.1- million- member Canadian Automobile Association recently presented, the CAA Used Car Perfformance Award for 1990 to Nissan Canada Ime. Nissan earned the. award this year- for its' popular Sentra model, years 1987 to 1989. This year's award, is the first earned Iy Nissan. Tbyota bhas earned the coveted award on six previous occasions for ita Celica, CaM" and Cool (last year'a winner) modea as did Honda Canada In, i 1986 for ita Prélude modal. The CAA award, a solid bronze pyramid- symbolizng engineering excellence and durabîlity, has become the moat Impotan symbol of achievement available to automdile manufac- turerain Canada prmimal because it recognzea oveày satisfaction of ownera The award i.- based on three main criteria: the level of owner saifction; mechanical reliabil- ity and coat of repaira; and the number of owners who would chooee the. same car again if given- the ooruity to go back in time towhen theybought the vehicle. Qualifying cars must have been produced ithe. 1987, 1988 and 1989 modal years. Tii. top seven contenders for tuis year' award were as followoe 1.Nian Sentra 2.Honda Civie / I CX 3.ToyotaCarnr 4.Honda Accord 5.Toyota Corplla 6.Ford Crown VictoriaI Grand MarqiM 7.Toyota Tercel New OPP'service numbers for Durham, Peel, Toronto and York 1-800-263-2277 for regular phones 1-800-263-2271 for TDD/1T (TDDfflY-for hearing impaired only) <Thé. award is the. result of information provided by respOndenta to, CAA's Vehicle Durability .Survey. In 1989-90, almont, 22,000 ,Canadian motorist1à fihled out and returned questioemnaires. Survey resulta are r.vealedi,-CAMA'aAtopinion Annual '90 publication, a complete car buyerla gude coeitming pecifications -and colour piotea of ail 1990 autoenobfiea and ligiit trucks as, well as compréhensive informa- tieon 'lader modela for the used car buyer. Pat Curran of CAA Toronto atat.d., "To get an accurate readinir 0f motoriats'satisfaction with their cars, one bas only t consult CAMAs ahcle Durbalfility Survey." I r .ye's. aurvey reaultas how a ,truly convincing 92 per.cent 0f Nissan Sentra ownera ýindicated they were very satisfied with their vebiclea. At a newa conference i Ottawa, Nissan Canada - ic. ."ent , *isuke Tqyama, added 'Nissan Canada is acatatic at being named winner of thie 1990 CAA Used Car Performance Award. Winming thia oeveted award will in% pir us ta strive, for evan higher quality i automobile manu.factuing and bigher levaIs 0f customer satisfacton." C-anadian motoristsý name their top ten- Modela produced by Toyo ta, Honda and Ford dominat. Canadiani? top ton list 0f cars for their neit vehicle purchase, a national survey conducted by the 3.1 mifion membe.-r, not-for-profit CanadianAutomobile Association reveals. Tii. Toyota Carnry was chsen by 6.4! Iper cent of the almoat 22,000 Canadian car ownera participating in the CAA's annual vehicle durability survey, narrowly edging out the. Honda Accord, the. choice of 6.1. par cent 0f rapondnts. Ford placed four mdla htito 10 liat 0f choices,! more th2a ny other automobile manufacturer.. Tii. top 10 caS identified by owners as their preference for their' next prhs are as follows:, 1.Toyota Carnry, 6.4% 2.Honda Accord, 6.1% 3.Toyota Corolla, 4.2% 4.Plymouth VoyagerI Dodge' Caravan, 3.3% 5.Ford TaurusI Mercury Sablé, 3.0%, «.Ford Crown Victoria, 1.9% 7.VoUkswagen Jetta, 1.9% 8.Ford Tempo* I Mercury Topaz, 1.7% M.onda Civic I CRX, 1.6% 10.Ford Thunderbird / Mercury, Cougar, 1.5% The. CCA. survey also reveals, that owner loyalty to brands is strong. FuUly 52 per cent of survey responýdentsindicat.d thati when making their next vehicle purchase,- they would choose a modal made by the same manufacturer, as, their currenti vehicle. Toyota, Honda/Acura and Volvoachi.ved the highest brand, loyalty, ail witii over 65 par cent of owners who would buy the sanie brand again. BEST PRE- OWNED FOR THE 90'S. 1987,SPRINT 1984 BUVr. TURBO cý? 5 Speed 1986 1 98à 1987 1987 PONTIAC VOLKSWAGEN THII iIIP PONYL SUNBIRD 1uo 4 dr, Lo ms,5leAutomatic, 4 dr., Auto, Aut,995d. ,1p1mç5. 0 $4«995, $69950 1986 CHEV 1989"NISSAN 1984 CAMARO 1988 NISSAN CELEBRITY KING CAB BERLINETTA . SENTIRA Euro Sport Coupe Auto, Boxliner, Alberta Car, 4 ., uo tr Bukets, Console, Auto, Custom Cap, 55,00km.d.,A tStro $7,995a $12,995e $ w495D $O,95 1996 HMVI NfAI 1 otQR DIMIA 1 9t54 1 ut VOYAGER SE CHARGER 2.2 7 Pass., Auto, Auto,-Air, $7,495e $7,9951e STELLAR Gc 4 dr., Auto, pw, pi, p-mirrors, $5r«)9950 mu. (LII PARISIENNE' SAFARI WAGON Loaded, 1-6w Low Kms, $1O,995.Si HWY. 2 HWV 401 P)CKERING HYUNDAI 2,1111c'empMýZ . ................................ 1