PAQE 2% WHITY FREE PUBSWBDNESDAY, FFBRUAMY 26,,1M9 IGM to. close ,foundry n St.Cathaie Gerioral. MotS: or 0fCanada- Imzited on, Monday, announced, that- it- wmould close its St. Cathar!nes -foundry by the spring of:' 1995 and discontinue. production of 3.1 litre V-6 origines at ita St. Catharines engine plant by the fallof 1992, as part 0f the GM plan announcedin- December 1991 te, bring North, American manufactingcpaity tightly i lino with marketdeêmand. About 1,900 hourly an~d 250 salaried jobs wüll ho affected by the foundry. closure, aind 150' hourly and 15 saaied'jobs will bo lmpacted by thd V-6 origine consohdationc - SThe. actual numnber 0f poople te bo laid off from'.the -St., Catharines planta at the time 0f closur is expected te ho reduced, by attrition, GM'a plant closureý, provisions anid possible opportunities at other GM faclities3. No f=rmestimate 0f layoffs is possible at this time;., The St.. Catilarines engine plant wiIl -continue te prèduce 3.4' lir.twin dual "cam V-6 origines, -as, weil as .5.0 litre and 5.7 litre Genèral Motmor0f Canada Limited, president ýand general manager. George PeapplesB said; 'Wbil*e the St. Cathérines foundry andd engine plant are highquality operatiens, the competitive' and finanèla situaition requýires GM te reduce excesa componeiit capacityr.. The corporate business Case do"a net support manangth St. Catharmnes fouzndry. SEERPAGE 23< Money matters the -most FR OM PAGE 21. features they would prefer for their next vehicle, the met popular were power steing and bras, chosen by 80.9 per cent of respondents. 1Virtuaily every feature is more i demand now than a year ago, except for delayed wipers, cruise control and antr-lock brakes. The largest year-ever-year increases in demand for features wero for automatic transmission, Up te, 70.7 per cent from 58.1 per cent, and air conditioning, up te 70.3 per cent from 62.8 per cent. Uuod cars are hot item&- Net surpisirgly, cash-strapped moteistae Uning té the used car market te flnd the coot aavings they seek. Whereas last year_ 27 pDr cent of owriers had bought their cars uecond-hand, 30.8 per cent now report owmig a car bought usd. As 1a resuit, thpe ntire-fleet has. grown elder, with oly 52.3 per cent ef owners diving cars 0f the proviens five model years, compared te 61.5 per cent drivng cars under five years aid last yoar. To keep their cars in satisfactory condition longer, three per cent more moterists were found te b. buying one-time ruat Protection for their cars Stated OAA president Michael McNeil, "Ail consumera are seoking more value ý at lower prices, and motoristeare no exception. Wth ali the taxes on fuel, taxes on cars, taxes on mobile air conditioners, taxes on o mission controleuimn and taxes on maintenance,- motorista are saying they have had it. t hey want more for their meoney." Theu Cafonia Air Resources 11oard31M .<CARE) recently announced that Volkowagens, are the cleanest cars ini the United States. The environmental protection authority tested actua exhaust eniasions from a total lof 2193 vehicles from model yer 981 te 1988 with up te 80,000 ms o the odemeter. Trhe result showed' that Volkswageria were, below the exhaust omissiîonlimits te lo guaranteed *by manufacturers, for cars that, have' covrered this distance, in somne ,cases9, by. a csuiderable amount. The final' result put Volkswagen ahead of Japanese and other' European manufac- turers. The mqjority. of U.S.-producod vehicles exceeded the average value for the cars tested and the lea limit. 1CARB established the mean value for ai the test cars at. over 150 per cent of -the permi*tted levei. Tii. average for the Volkswagen vehicles was'only 85 per cent of the limit., MERCEDES-BENZ AUTHORIZED DEALER D)UR EIAM ' AUTOMOBILES LTDe 1250 DUNDAS ST. E. WHITBY 668-6881 !I.SATRNMc Specialty designied for earthlings wfth budgets! 1992 SATURNSC Test drive orle with us today! MOTORCITY SATLRN.:*SAAB 1S U 2U X,5DJN AS ST. E., W1~Ih 43jQ- 50