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auto sales plunged 29 per
cent in the .year period
ending in April, savaging
domestic automakers but
also taking increasing toll of
imports, Statistics Canada
reported.

Sales of North American
passenger sales plummeted
30.7 per cent to 51,390 and
commercial vehicle sales slid
a steeper 37 per cent to
18,429 daring the month, as
total car sales fell to 93,849
units.

However, the shrinking
auto. market also began
taking its toll of imports,
which until last month had

B6 - Sunday, July 4, 1982 - North Shore News

OTTAWA (UPC) - Canadian’

been making steady gains at

.the expense of domestic

products.

Sales of imported
passenger cars fell a sharp
18.1 per cent to 21,004 while
sales of foreign-made
commercial vehicles, the
fastest growing category in
recent months, dropped 1.4
per cent to 3,026.

As a result,. North
American-made autos were
able to hold their own: in a
shrinking market, selling 71
per cent of all passenger cars
to the Japanese 23.1 per
cent. European imports
comprised 5.9 per cent: of

_ the total.

YEARS

AFTER THREE

However, the North
American share remained
considerably lower than the
74.3. per cent enjoyed in
April 1981, when the
Japanese. share was 21.7 per
cent and the European share

-4 percent.

April, 1981, was the first
month of Japan's one-year
voluntary import curb,
which'held imports in March
31, 1982 to 174,000 units.

Foreign auto-makers also
did better than their North
American counterparts in
terms of dollar sales, largely
by importing more expensive
cars.

While " sales of -North
American passenger cars
dropped 26 per cent to $511
million, sales of passenger
imports dropped by only 7.5
per cent to $204.5 million.

Similarly, sales of North
American made trucks fell
31.4 per cent to $256 million,
but sales of imported
commercial vehicles ac-
tually rose 1.1 per cent to
$27.4 million.

Seasonally adjusted,
North American car sales
rose 15.2 per cent in April
over March’to 41,188 units,
while sales of imported cars
declined 9.2 per cent to
18,811 units.

California passes ‘Lemon Bill’

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
(UPI) - The California
Senate, dropping three years
of opposition, passed a
“lemon bill” last week
designed to protect people
who buy new cars that need
excessive repairs.

The measure was returned
for -consideration of
amendments on a 28-4 vote
to the Assembly, which has
passed it three years in a
row.

If Gov. Edmund ‘G.

Brown, Jr. signs the bill, as
he is expected

to do,

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Vol. I

California would join
Connecticut as the only
other state with such a law.

The bill provides that
during the first year of
12,000 miles of operation,
any car that goes to the shop
more than four times for
repair of the same Problem
or that’s out of service more
than 30 days is presumed to
bea lemon.

Owners of lemons may get
their money back or a new
car. The bill also provides
rules, for settling disputes
about the cars.

- . Advertisement

No. 35

Care & Feeding of Paint Jobs

Even if you weren't lucky
enough to have had one of our
Jingo paint jobs recently, don't
worry — there is still time. And
since Alan McEachen hasn't
retumed my phone call (the one
where I suggested a 50% tax
rebate for le who get their
cars painted after July Ist, 1 can
only assume that he didn’t go for

even ff you got
car painted somewhere else. (lord
forbid), my Canada Day gift to

you is the following prescription
lor & long and healthy paint job

For the next 60 days.

1, Wash your car hand only
— not oa commercial car wash.
This does not exclude the use of
other people's hands

2. Wash with cold water only tn
the summer, In the shade, and
with warm water tn the winter If
you can’t find any shade in the
wintertime, don’t worry about it

3. Wipe off all waterspots with a
soft cloth or chamois after the
wash Do this lovingly, one at a
time.

4 Do not

under any = ctr

cumstances polish or wax your
car, This will make tt feel like it is
having a bath with Its socks on

5. Keep your car away from ex

tremes of high or low
temperatures. (Don’t park your
car in a meat freezer, tn other
words).

6. Don’t park under trees or near
industrial facilities with heavy
fallout and smoke. Unless, of
course, you're trying to hide from
someone.

7. Avoid driving over gravel
roads. This may be hard if you live
on a gravel road, but try anyway.

8. During winter months, have
under-f and hidden areas
force-cleaned to remove road
salts.

9 Avoid scraping ie or snow
from painted surface, bust it off
Do not concem yourself with Nos
8 & 9 this week

10. Wipe off any anti-freeze,
windshield washer solution or
gasoline spills immediately They
will give your paint job a skin rash.

11° Sit back and watch that paint
job glow

Boy are we helpful. eh?

The ‘eh’ ts in honour of Canada
Day It's the only thing worth
celebrating this year Just as soon
as we have enough days tn the
week to get something done, the
government comes along and
takes one away

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If the results of arbitration
are unacceptable to the car
owner, the case can be taken
to court and manufacturers
must show the car has no
more than “reasonabie”
defects.

American auto
manufacturers dropped their
opposition after Sally
Tanner, mover of the
motion, agreed in May to an
amendment that car owners
must notify manufacturers at
least once out of the four
times that a car is being
repaired repeatedly.

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4 duly, 1982

Cheap Shots

What is the difference
between an emp! and an

loyee? (ans: 70 h
empl’ Ours a

North Vancouver Chamber
of Commerce Float won first
prize in last Saturday's rained-
on parade. It was also the
only float tn the parade, which
was judged by the Chamber
of Commerce (heh, heh, only
kidding). Jill Would from
Loder — Collier entered her

in the pet show and it was
ju friendliest dog.

And our gal Sam has
consented to put her six pups

and pedigree peop
pre-requisite because Sam has
sworn to be super fussy.

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“Hot dog,” said Tanner

_after the vote. “I'm thrilled. I

think the bill? even in its
amended form, provides
outstanding | protection for
consimers.”

In Washington, Clarence
Ditlow, head of the Ralph
Nader-backed Center for
Auto Safety said, “Now that
the federal government is no
longer protecting con-
sumers, we're delighted to

see states like California —

move ahead to protect
consumers with lemon
automobiles.”

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making strong intoads into

the Canadian auto market, .

offered an _ incentive
recently for potential
buyers worried about

keeping up their payments -
free unemployment in-
surance.

If a buyer gets laid off
during a first year of
ownership, the company will
pay up to $2,400, which will

“more than cover the

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average ‘monthly payment
for a Lada sedan,” the
company said.

“Car buyers who are
vulnerable to staff cutbacks
often have difficulty ob-
taining financing, and we
feel our job loss insurance
will help. At‘the same time,
it can help an owner keep
the car when it is most
needed to look for alternate
employment,” said Lada
president Peter Dennis ina
release.

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_th the more you like.

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