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34 - Friday, Nov. 13, 1992 — North Shore News

AUTOMCTIVE

TV special will
announce awards

From page 30
they’re firs: introduced to the
public.

Naturally, it can be difficult for
journalists to remember particular
differences between cars. The Car
of the Year runoffs offer Cana-

fan automobije journalists the
opportunity to make comparisons
directiy with relative ease and ac-
curacy.

For members of AJAC this
means greater journalistic profes-
sionalism. For Canadian readers,
it means more accurate and in-
formative reports.

This year’s event took place
Gct. 27 through Oct. 31 at Shan-
nonville racing circuit between
Toronto and Montreal, an idea!
Iocation for a number of reasons.
Most of Canada’s population base
is in this area, and so are most of
Canada’s major automotive
publications and journalists.

The Shannonville circuit itself
offers an excellent variety of test
sections: a low, twisty circuit for
handling testing, and a faster cir-
cuit for high-speed testing. Both
courses are relatively flat with lots
of runoff area. There’s also an
excellent off-road circuit next
door which includes steep inclines
and declines, gravel: and rock sec-
tions, muddy trails, and a foot-
deep “‘lake”’ for fording practice.

In addition, there are ‘‘real-
world’? facilities nearby: country
roads with potholes and broken
surfaces, two-lane highways and
the 401 freeway.

. Voting this year was made ex-
tremely difficult by the fact that
there are so many good cars in
every category.

In the family car category, for
example, entrants included the
Chrysler Intrepid/Concorde/Eagle
vision triplets, Nissan Altima,
Toyota Corolla, Mazda 626
Cronos, Volkswagen Passat VR6,
Volvo 850 GLT, Hyundai Elantra
1.6, and BMW 318i. All of these
are exceptionally good vehicles,
and I felt bad about favoring one
at the expense of the others.

But one of them will win, and I
predict it will be the Chrysler LH
sedans.

Journalists must also vote on an
overall Car of the Year.

Again, this is a job that must be
done with a lot of thought and
care, since so many of the en-
trants deserve to wii. I believe the
Chrysler LH sedans will also win
this award simply because they are
such a quantum leap for Chrysler
and North American sedans in
general.

The Car of the Year runoff of-
fers journalists the chance to drive

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cars that are normally not avail-
able, or rareiy available.

The hulking, V10-powered
Dodge Viper was one of the
nominees for Best New Perfor-
mance Car this ycar, and there is
currently just one Viper that meets
Canadian safety and emissions
standards available in Canada.

Journalists had a chance to
drive it accompanied by a
chaperone.

Chrysler insisted that a repre-
sentative accompany the test
driver to make sure that this Viper
remains the only Viper in Canada.

As a credible source of praise,
automobile manufacturers take
the Car of the Year Awards very
seriously. An independent award
by a group of experienced
automotive writers is worth its
weight in geld. Expect to see
commercials portraying these
awards very soon after they are
announced in January.

For the first time, the 1993 Car
of the Year awards will be televis-
ed as part of a Car of the Year
Special, Jan. !5, on the CTV
network. The special will contain
footage of the testing, interviews
with journalists, and coverage of
the awards presentations.

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