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Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 26 Oct 2007, W02

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All payments based on $2000 down or equivalent trade. 2007 model years fi nanced over 84 months. 2006, 2005, 2004 model years fi nanced over 72 months. 2003 model years fi nanced over 60 months. All based on interest rate of 9.99% OAC. Taxes included, lic. and admin. extra. Cash prices do not include tax. Financing example: $10,000 at 9.99%, cost of borrowing is $3253.54 over 60 months OAC. Oil changes for three years are limited to three per year. Total of 9. GOOD CREDIT? NO CREDIT? NEW CREDIT? IN CREDIT COUNSELLING? BANKRUPT & DISCHARGED?G? NKRUPT & DISCH NO PROBLEM! WELL WORK WITH YOU!WE L ORK W TH OU! 2003 Mazda Protege5 Manual pwr. group, A/C $ 13 0 Bi-weekl y $12,995 2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS Manual, 17 wheels, Air $ 20 0 Bi-weekl y $21,995 2006 Chev Cobalt LS Auto, A/C, Trade in NOT a daily rental $15,688 2003 Nissan Altima 2.5SL Auto, A/C, leather, sunroof $ 17 0 Bi-weekl y $16,495 2004 Mitsubishi Outlander Auto, AWD $13,995 $18,995 2003 Honda Civic DX Auto, A/C, Keyless entry $11,995 $ 11 9 Bi-weekl y 2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor XLS 2 wd, auto, sunroof $20,995 $ 19 2 Bi-weekl y 2004 Nissan Sentra Automatic, A/C, pwr. win. & locks $ 10 5 Bi-weekl y $11,995 $ 14 8 Bi-weekl y 2007 Ford Focus ZX3 Automatic, A/C, GFX pkg. $ 12 8 Bi-weekl y 2005 Nissan Xterra SE Automatic, A/C, roof storage $ 23 0 Bi-weekl y 2005 Ford Escape Limited 4 wd, A/C, leather, sunroof $ 17 8 Bi-weekl y $19,495 2003 Toyota Camry SE Auto, A/C, Leather, Sunroof $ 18 6 Bi-weekl y $17,995 $9,995 $ 14 2 Bi-weekl y $ 99 Bi-weekl y David Godin Used Car Manager Jason Morey Sales Team Jeiel Robregado Sales Team Mahendra Chauan Sales Team Paolo Deliberato Sales Team Victor Khitov Finance Manager Carman Widdess General Manager Andrew Donnahee General Sales Manager These Cars Make a Difference! $50 For Every Car Sold Supports: Surgical Units at your new hospital! $15,995 $24,888 $ 12 4 Bi-weekl y $ 19 8 Bi-weekl y 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GS manual, alloys 2003 Dodge Grand Caravan Sport A/C, captain chairs, alloys, 3.8L 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer OZ Manual, A/C, alloys, spoiler $16,495 Trade In Specialse In S al 1991 Acura Integra $1,995 1994 VW Golf GTI $3,495 1993 Mazda 626 $1,695 1995 Pontiac Grand AM $2,995 1998 Chev Venture $2,995 1998 Olds Silouette $2,995 1993 Toyota Celica GT $2,495 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix GT $2,995 1996 Ford Winstar $1,295 Qaiss Shahghasy Sales Team PRE-OWNED SHOPPING CENTREPRE-OWNED SHOPPING CENTR BRAMPTON MITSUBISHISMP ON M UBIS ALL VEHICLES COME WITH 6 MTH/6000 KMALL VEHICLES COME WITH 6 MTH/6000 KM POWER TRAIN WARRANTYPOWER TRAIN YOUR PEACE OF MINDOUR PEACE OF MIND GUARANTEED! ALL VEHICLES 120ALL VEHICLES POINT INSPECTED POINT INSPECTE ALL VEHICLESALL 2 WHEELS October 26 2007 HIROSHIMA, Japan Imagine a car that is 100 per cent recyclable from bumper-to-bumper, has seats and trim make from carbon-neutral plant products and emits nothing but clean water from its exhaust. That isn't something that we "can expect in our life- time" but that we start to see beginning in 2008 and well before the end of the next 10 years. Like all manufacturers, Mazda is striving to built cars and trucks that will lead to what it calls "sustainable zoom zoom." It's more than just making greener cars; it also takes in passenger and pedestrian safety and how to use available resources so there is little or no impact on the planet. Mazda has already set goals of 20 per cent better mileage from its gasoline engines and 10 per cent from its diesels starting in 2010. But the real goal is to use its rotary engine expertise with hydrogen as a fuel and make it part of everyday life as soon as next year. For instance, Mazda is already leasing dual fuel (hydrogen or gasoline) engines in RX-8 sportscars in the Japanese market. It has the power of a comparable 3.0- litre gasoline V6. Mazda is currently working on two rotaries. The first is the gasoline and hydrogen called the RE (Rotary Engine) while the other is the RE dual fuel and electric propulsion called the RE Hybrid. The hybrid currently has a range of about 200 km on hydrogen. In the longer run, Mazda plans a purely hydrogen RE that will emit water and only trace amounts of CO2 and nitrogen oxide. In the RE as used in the RX-8, here is a button below the steering wheel that lets the driver select gasoline or hydrogen. About the only visible difference are lights on the fuel level gauge indicating if the car is running on gasoline or hydrogen. Driving this car on the Mazda test track at its plant in Japan, I could feel the difference between the two with hydrogen being not as peppy as gas, but not at all slow either. All other functions like handling and braking are the same. But the really exciting thrust is a RE hybrid that is already running in prototype form which I saw in action on the test track. Mazda looked at both fuel cells and hydrogen combus- tion. While the fuel cell is slightly cleaner and more effi- cient because there is no burning of fuel, the cost of development and time line to perfect the technology is very far into the future. Mazda, to its delight, found the rotary engine is nearly perfect for a hydrogen combustion engine. Because the intake and combustion chambers in a rotary are separate there is no mixing on exhaust gases with fresh charges thus much reducing emissions. The RE Hybrid is currently being tested in a Mazda5 van and is expected to launched for limited use in Japan in 2008. Not only is the hybrid incredibly better for the envi- ronment, it gives 40 per cent more power than the gaso- line/hydrogen rotary. Here shown testing the RX-8 gasoline/hydro- gen on Mazda's Hiro- shima test track, I found the handling and ride the same as a standard RX-8, but on hydrogen only, it did not accelerate as fast as with gasoline. Mazda looks to hydrogen and new technologies for sustainable zoom-zoom JIM ROBINSON Metroland Media Group This display shows how the gasoline and hydrogen rotary works. See MAZDA, pg. 3

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