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24 ~ Friday, March 17, 1989 - North Shore Mews

Chevrolet introduces
new Lumina model

“THE NEXT generation of
Chevrolet mid-size passenger cars,
the Chevrolet Lumina, will arrive
this spring in dealer showrooms.”
said George A. Peapples, president
and general manager of General
Motors of Canada.

The Chevrolet Lumina is the
first four-door model of GM's new
series of mid-size cars. The
previous models of this new series
includes the Oldsmobile Cutlass
Supreme, Buick Regal and Motor
Trend’s “Car of the Year’’ in
1988, the Pontiac Grand Prix, and
were available initially only as
two-door coupe models.

The Chevrolet Lumina goes into
full production in January, 1989 at
‘*GM_ Autoplex’’ General
Motors of Canada’s Oshawa
automotive complex. This facility
is the “state of the art’? among
GM plants and employs the latest
technology including Just-In-Time
material delivery and synchronous
assembly processes.

There are only four plants in
North America building these
mid-size family cars and Oshawa
has two of them. During the 1980s,
General Motors has invested more
than $8 billion in its Canadian
automotive facilities to modernize
and prepare them for the com-
petitive years ahead.

Peapples said that the decision
to build the next generation of
Chevrolet Lumina in Canada is a
reflection of the confidence that
General Motors Corporation has
in GM of Canada. ‘‘To be chosen

to build one of the most important
cars in Chevrolet's history is a
statement of confidence in the
quality of the employees in Gener-
al Motors of Canada.”*

The Lumina is designed to ap-
peal to a broad range of custom-
crs. Chevrolet management expect
the Lumina to account for a
substantial portion of total
Chevrolet model sales by 1991.

Available initially as a six-
passenger four-door model, it will
be joined later in the 1990 model
year by a sporty two-door coupe
and an innovative front-wheel-
drive multi-purpose vehicle, the
Lumina APV, designed to appeal
to both station wagon and mini-
van owners. Lumina coupe and
sedan models will be available in
base and Euro models, while the
Lumina APV wil] be available in
base and up-level “‘CL’’ models.

The Lumina APV will also be
available as a cargo van and has a
unique truck chassis.

GM management is confident
that Lumina will be a winner. For
Starters, the Chevrolet Lumina is
the largest front-wheel-drive car
ever built for Chevroict.

It is 25 centimetres (10 inches)
longer than the Chevrolet Celebrity
or its primary competitor, the Ford
Taurus. §3t also bears a family
resemblance to another Chevrolet
model which is currently setting
sales records, the Chevrolet Cor-
sica.

“One fook and you know that -

this is a Chevrolet.”’ according to

Gaetan Boily, GM of Canada
marketing manager. ‘The Lumina
maintains a distinctive look unique
to the mid-sized market.""

The Chevroter Lumina coupe
and sedan will be offered with a
variety of powerteam choices. Base
engine on the Lumina will be the
2.5 litre four cylinder engine.

This engine has been a proven
powerplant in many GM front-
wheel-drive vehicles for the past 10
years.

“The engine's proven reliability
and durability should be well ac-
cepted in this vehicle," according
to Dick Conlin, GM of Canada’s
director of marketing. ‘‘The 1990
version of the 2.5 litre engine
features many improvements over
the last several years, such as
balance shafts and electronic fuel
injection. With a horsepower rat-
ing of 112, the Lumina base level
engine has more horsepower than
the Ford Taurus 2.5 litre engine
(90 horsepower) or the Chrysler
Dynasty 2.5 litre engine (100
horsepower). Its biend of power
and fuel economy should be well
received by the Canadian public.’

In addition, the Lumina will
have an available 3.1 litre V6
engine with multi-port fuel injec-
tion, a much refined and higher
displacement version of GM’s
proven 2.8 litre V6 engine. This
quick 3.1 litre V6 engine will be
available with both a three-speed
automatic or four-speed automatic

Lumina
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_ Anja Hintelmann

Anja, 17, has been delivering North Shore News papers in the
lower Lonsdale area for seven and a half years. On Sundays
she delivers 245 papers and on Fridays 450. Anja attends
grade 12 at Sutherland Secondary School where she enjoys
Accounting, Law and History. After graduation she hopes to
go to college to be an accountant. Anja plays the flute in both
the schoo! band and the North Shore Youth Band and has
used some of her earnings as a carrier to help finance trips
to both California and Europe with the North Shore Youth
Band. She has also bought a piccolo to play in that band and
is now saving for driving lessons. Like most teenagers Anja
also enjoys going shopping and to movies with friends. Our
thanks go to Anja for the good job she does detivering the
North Shore News and for being our Star Carrie this week.

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