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16 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday July 2, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED You'll Love Our Service! 905-335-4080 BURLINGTON LINE Subaru goes green with the cleanest gasoline car in Canada By Jim Robinson OAKVILLE BEAVER Subaru is one of the first automakers to start selling PZEV (Partial Zero Emission Vehicle) cars in Canada with the 2009 Legacy wagon and sedan and the Outback. For the 2009 model year, the new base models in the range will have the same Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) as the previous base models. MSRP for the Legacy 2.5i PZEV sedan will be $28,195; MSRP for the Legacy 2.5i PZEV wagon will be $29,195. The new PZEV model in the Outback range is based on the popular Outback Touring model and will have a MSRP of $34,895. PZEV is the cleanest running gasoline-powered car on the market anywhere, meeting standards set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The PZEV designation means it runs 90 per cent cleaner than the average car on the road. Compared to the average 2009 car that meets all Canadian emission laws, the PZEV improves in four areas. First, a charcoal canister is placed in the air intake to absorb evaporative hydrocarbons that could escape in the form of unburned fumes in the crankcase, cylinders and intake manifold. Second, PZEV fuel injectors close tighter than standard injectors to cut fuel leakage into the intake manifold. Third, the worst emissions occur during startup when the catalytic converter is not up to its 300-degree Celsius operating temperature. Subaru puts in an Engine Control Module (ECM) that delays ignition timing to let the combustion process continue, providing hotter gases faster to the converter to bring it up to temperature. Lastly, the catalytic converter contains Subaru Canada has adapted PZEV (Partial Zero Emission Vehicle) technology to this 2009 Legacy sedan and a finer mesh that makes for a larger con- wagon and Outback Touring (shown) making them among the cleanest gasoline-powered cars on the road. tact area. The precious metal used in the conversion process covers the entire believe, but fuel burning in a Subaru the plant in Indiana where these cars are mesh, allowing more of it to be used. PZEV is so complete that in smoggy made is also doing its part for the enviBottom line is the converter on the PZEV downtown cores or during smog advi- ronment. For instance, it has cut back on Subaru is twice as effective as a standard sories, the air coming out of the exhaust enough power to meet the electricity pipe is cleaner than the air going in. needs of 6,500 homes and cut back on unit. What I also found interesting is that Continued on Page 19 Now I know this may be hard to