DETROIT(UPD - General
Motors Corp. does not make
the safety claims it feels it
should for its cars because of
fear it will be sued if the
autos do not measure up,
according to its officials.

Reporters got the first
look in nearly.10 years at the
safety program at. GM’s
suburban Milford, Mich.,
proving grounds ‘last: week.
The extensive tour - marked
by equally extensive security
— included a-crash test of a
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the crash test, GM Vice
Chairman Howard Kerhl
repeated U.S. automakers’
oft-heard contention that
American cars are safer than
foreign made vehicles.

While GM runs a series of
ads playing up the safety of
its. cars, Kerhl said the

company could make even

Stronger statements § in-
support of them. .
“But you ladies and

gentlemen understand that
anything you print in your
Newspapers and magazines
could get turned into all
kinds of things,” Kerhl said.

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filing an $8 million lawsuit.’
The liability aspect makes us
afraid to say anything.”

Despite studies showing
drivers rate safety at the
their: con-
siderations when buying a

car, Kerhl insisted people .

“will buy the safer car” when
comparing two.models.
Kehrl said the automaker
has spent $3 billion in the
past eight years to meet

federal safety regulations.
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regulation emissions
standards could be
sometime further in the
future than automakers
hope. Betsy Ancker-
Johnson, GM vice-president
of environmental affairs,
said she does not know when
amendments calling a
rollback of clean air stan-
dards to 1980 levels will be
- approved. The industry says
this could save about $350

per car.
-“It’s anybody's guess
whether the amendments

will be passed this year,” she
said.

Kehrl said __ political
considerations are delaying
Congressional action.

“It's all tangled up in the
election,” he said. “The big
actors are all busy with the
budget not that we
begrudge them that — or are

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Canadians bought 14.6 per
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Refineries sold only 6.5
million cubic meters of
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including gasoline, heating
oil, some heavy fuel oils and
even asphalt.

Refinery production also
dropped 28 per cent from
the previous April to 8.5

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