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GT, standard on GT Limited)
because it means less work.

~The automatic cansmission is
very § smooth and-unobtrusive
and features ‘grade logic” —
the transmission automatically
changes down from 4th to.
3id when braking downhill,
“and prevents uphil! ‘gear-
huntag.” My only complaint
with this tran¢mission is a
slight ringing sound when
accelerating at highway
speeds. -

I found the Legacy’s”
power steering easy and
well-weighted, and its stan-
dard four-wheel disc brakes |
_ with ABS inore than ade-
| quate for this:1,554 kg car.

‘Subaru’s standard all-
wheel-drive system is ‘virtual-

widetectable.on dry roacis,
‘but it’s always there should

he roads suddenly: turn icy .
slippery: Sabaru’s AWD: -
fem continually appor-
. tions. 50% of the power toe
frot 50% 0 the
“year, but can vaty depending
a. which wheeis have the
traction. Subary’s sys-
in differs from some AWD*
that run in: foxnt-

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-wheei-drive system applauded

THE Legacy ars trunk hes a wide opening with a low iittover height, a fiat floor
with two: hidden storage trays, and two heoks for grocery bags. .

system is better. :

-Atteactive Interior :

I have always liked
"Subaru inveriors because. =”
» theré’are no gimmicks —
just some easly readable i

uges, 2 nicely sha ash-:
Board. and easy-to. ose | con-
‘trols. For 2060, the centre

h pane! has been moved

38,600.

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30 mm cioser to the driver:
for easier reach of controls,
and there’s 2 new in-dash

- transmission position indica- -

.tér and a new digiiai clock.

” The shift gate for the auto-

‘matic wansmission lever is
hewsia trregular polished ::
*stai.a s steel gate. Ir lo:

“5 nicery but i prefer the old.

fashioned straight-back _;

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design because it’s easier to. -

ise. Also new for 2000 is a

~ six- way power driver's seat”

with lumbar support...
_ GT: models include fac- . :

pe uered woodgrain trim ‘on:

« dash and console, leathe

“ seats, leather shift kneb; 2a

AM/FM/CD stereo, and.
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ACCORDING to a recent Reuters report, oy
Japanese car manufacturer Toyota Motcr Co. has —

'. requested explanations from its advertising |

agency after'a French television spot for its Nass
Vexso car was found to contain subliminal satanic.

symbols. ”
Claude . Boulie, Vice President: of ‘Toyota “Motor

Manufacturing France, told..a news. confereace he. was’
“extremely shocked” by what he called a sinister joke...
~The spet shows a husband jumping out of bed and into his
car to meet his pregnant wife ata Respital maternity. ward. Tie
images in question are in a’ contemporary painting that bangs i in
the room above the husband's bed. -: :
Boulle said Toyota had requested explanic? sions from Saatchi

and Saatchi but was nor planning at the moment to, take legal:

Saatchi aud Saatchi, reache in dh it Paris affices
da meeting Tuesday’ morning of independent experts’
he: 30-second -spot

Saatchi France president Phillipe Lentschener. told, Retiters -

"that “we cannot coniment furcher on. thé’ spot until we'd
- mine whether there is indezd a probicin.”:

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abe in France and had

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