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The Oakville Beaver, W ednesd ay July 17, 2002 - D 5 B E S T IV H E E L S OA K V I L L E Lexus redesigns travel in summer blockbuster "Armageddon" - created the custom Lexus vehicles. Spielberg, Belker, Calty (Toyota/Lexus design studio) and a team of futurists met early in the development process to speculate on what the future of automotive travel might hold, with Lexus ulti mately providing styling, luxury and performance cues for the vehicles' designs. The vehicles were construct ed by CTEK, a Santa Ana, Calif. based technology design and devel opment firm. A promotional campaign for Lexus and "Minority Report" is also underway and includes an on-line futuristic game that transports visi tors to the year 2054 (Lexus.com), screening programs, in-theatre dis plays, and dealership extensions. Die-cast m odels o f the Lexus "Minority Report" sports car will also be available through The Sharper Image. Take A FreVRide David Spielberg worked with Lexus to provide this futuristic sports car for Tom Cruise who stars in the summer movie, Minority Report. For Lexus, it's every Hollywood hopeful's dream come true: a featured role alongside Tom Cruise in a Steven Spielberg sum m er block buster. The filmmaker has cast the luxury auto brand as the car of the future in his film, "Minority Report". The film stars Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Sam antha M orton and M ax Von Sydow. Based on a short story by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, the film is an action-detective thriller set in W ashington, DC in 2054, where police utilize a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crime. Tom Cruise plays the head of this precrime unit and is him self accused of the future murder of a man he hasn't even met. When it came time to conceptual ize automotive travel for the futuris tic setting, Spielberg didn't have to look any further than his own drive way for inspiration. "I've been driving a Lexus SUV," said Spielberg. "And I thought Lexus might be interested in holding hands with us and going into a speculative future to see what the transportation systems and cars would look like on our highways in fifty years. The result of that exploration is some thing that elevates and transforms driving into an environmental experi ence." Ultimately, two featured Lexus vehicles were developed for the film - a radical red sports car and a private pod that rides on a vast urban mag netic levitation (MAG-LEV) system. The sports car was designed for scenes calling for Cruise's character to drive outside the city limits and was tailor-built to fit the star. The futuristic high-performance two-seat coupe flexes a muscular design with the ultimate in cab-forward seating, a low, enclosed wheelbase for sporti ness., aggressive lines, and propor tions so unexpected that, at first glance, it's not entirely evident which end is the front and which is the rear. The second vehicle - a private "pod" - rides on the film's urban MAG-LEV system and features a full-glass roof and doors that, similar to sliding glass doors, open from the center to allow the occupant to step out. The MAG-LEV system itself operates on electrical/magnetic ener gy - much like that which sends a bullet train speeding along - with buildings and horizontal surfaces covered with "roadways" made of magnetic discs that support and pro pel various vehicles. In this accidentfree, computer-controlled system, pods move at speeds of 80 to 100 miles per hour. In the future city's transportation layout, private pods, taxis and multi passenger cars all negotiate the MAG-LEV system -- making seam less transitions between vertical and horizontal surfaces. Conceptual artist Harald Belker whose film design credits also include "Batman & Robin," "Inspector Gadget" and Take a paym enf fre e v a d fjo n this summer. NO 2002 Focus LX LEASE FOR ONtY PURCHASE** DownPayment Payment for 90 Days Interest for 90 Days LEA S" - L ^ Down Payment Ik I Security Deposit m l I I First Month Payment B (Ford makes your first payment) I On most new in-stock 2002 Ford j i On most new in-stock 2002 ford PLUS, ALSO GET LOW Purchase Financing for 48 months on 2002 Focus, Taurus, Windstar and Explorer Sport. FORD FOCUS IS THE BEST SELLING CAR IN THE WORLD. s 239 For only $30 more a month lease a 2002 Focus SE Wagon .. 2002 Taurus 5-STAR SAFETY 8 YEARS IN A ROW .' OPTIONAL POW ER 0 ADJUSTABLE PEDALS. Windstar is the only minivan to earn a Five Star Crash Test Rating eight years in a row for front impact for both driver and front passenger in U.S. Government testing.* Taurus earned the highest U.S. Government Crash Test Rating for front impact - Double Five Star Safety Rating.# 2002 F-1S0 m 2002 Mustan FORD F-SERIES IS THE BEST-SELLING TRUCK IN TH E W ORLD.* DRIVE THE LEGEND. LIMITED TIME OFFER. Ford Explorer sales hit all time high YOUR ONTARIO FO R D DEALERS. WISE BUYERS READ THE LEGAL COPY: ` Lease most new in-stock 2002 Ford vehicles for an annual lease rate of between 1.4 % and 9.9% (varies depending on vehicle model) for the term of the 36 or 48 Canadians purchased 30,168 new Ford record with a 2 per cent increase. month lease from Ford Credit to qualified retail lessees, on approved credit. Conditions of a mileage restriction of 60,000/80,000 km over 36/48 months apply. A charge of 8 cents per km over mileage restriction , applies, plus applicable taxes. No down payment or security deposit required. Ford Motor Company of Canada will pay the first month's payment. All lease offers excludes freight, licence, insurance, administration and Lincoln vehicles in June, up 6.2 per cent Ford Mustang sales were up 49 per fees and all applicable taxes. E.g. Make no lease payment and pay no interest for 30 days and then for the remaining term of the 48 month lease contract, lease a new in-stock 2002 Ford Focus LX/Focus SE compared to the same month last year. cent - its best June performance since 1989. Wagon for $239/$269 per month based on an annual lease rate of 2.9% from Ford Credit to qualified retail lessees, on approved credit. Total lease obligation is $11,472/12,912. $0 down payment. month's payment waived. No security deposit required. Focus lease offer excludes freight ($790), licence, insurance, administration fees and all applicable taxes. **0% purchase financing on most new in-stock 2002 Ford vehicles Strong June sales helped to . lift Ford of Ford Ranger sales were up 25 per cent. First for 90 days to retail customers, on approved credit. After the 90 day payment deferral a 0% - 5.9% credit offer/purchase financing (varies depending on vehicle model) is required on most new in-stock 2002 Ford vehicles for a Canada's half-year results by 4.4%, the fifth Lincoln Continental sales were up 382 maximum of 36/48 months to retail customers, on approved credit. No down payment required. All purchase financing offers exclude freight, licence, insurance, administration fees and all applicable taxes. Financing not available with other offer. 0% purchase financing on all new in-stock 2002 Focus, Taurus, Windstar, Explorer Sport, is available for a maximum of 48 months to retail customers, on approved credit. E.g. $20,000 financed at 0% annual percentage best January-to-June period in company his per cent - its second best June performance. any rate for 90 days, monthly payment is $0, cost of borrowing for the first 90 days is $0 and total still owing after the 90 days is $20,000. After 90 days $20,000 financed at 5.9% annual percentage rate for 36/48 months, monthly tory. payment is $607.63/$468.86, cost of borrowing is $1,874.68/$2,505.28 and total to be repaid is $21,874.68/$22,505.28. All offers exclude Lincoln, Thunderbird and F-Series above 8500 GVW. oFocus is the World's Best Selling Lincoln Town Car sales were up 42 Car based on Top Three Global Car Sales by Nameplate as of January 2002. ftTaurus has earned the highest front (driver and passenger) impact ratings in U.S. Government National Highway Traffic Safety Administration testing. June car sales rose by 8.5 per cent to per cent - its third best June performance. (www.NHTSA.com) tWindstar has earned the highest front impact rating for both the driver and front passenger in U.S. Government National Highway Traffic Safety Administration testing. (www.NHTSA.com) fF-Series is the World's 10,694, and truck sales were up 5 per cent to Ford F-Series sales were up 2 per cent. Best-Selling Truck based on Auto Strategies International Inc. (calendar years 1977 through 2000). Dealer may lease for less. Some conditions may apply to the Graduate Recognition program. Limited time offers. Offers may be cancelled at any time without notice. See Dealer for details. Ontario FDA, P.O. Box 2000, Oakville, Ontario L6J 5E4 19,474 vehicles. Leading the way L o c k w o o d Ch ry sl er prou dly a n n o u n c e s was Ford Explorer. At 3,556 sales, Explorer recorded its highest-ever monthly sales vol ume since its March 1990 Canadian launch. As well, sales of Ford Escape, and the allnew Ford Our biggest sales event of the year! Don't miss these e x c e p tio n a l offers on our a w a rd -w in n in g lineup, Expedition and Lincoln Navigator includin g Canada's #1 sellin g ve h ic le , Dodge Caravan. But hurry, sum m er cle aro u t ends soon. sport utilities, reached all-time highs for June. "Consumers like the confidence, allweather capability p u rch ase and utility offered by sport utility vehi fin a n c in g cles," said Torrey Galida, vice presi dent of marketing, Ford of Canada. "Led by Explorer, Canadians have made the hot-selling Ford and Lincoln sport utility vehicles the segment lead ers." Galida also noted strength in Ford and Lincoln cars as virtually all brands are outper forming last year's salesvolumes. Yearto-date total sales of 139,583 vehicles, including 93,838 NO PWNIENTS trucks and 45,745 cars, ar up 4.4% versus 2001. THE CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP 2002 SUMMER CLEAROUT NO PAYMENTS w ,h FOR 90 DAYS* ON SELECTED MODELS. 2002 NEONS 2002 PT CRUISERS J u n e Highlights Ford Explorer set a new all-time monthly sales record. Ford Expedition set a new June sales record with a 177 per cent increase. Lincoln Navigator set a new June sales record with a 28 per cent increase. Ford Escape set a new June sales J 3 ,0 0 0 Cash Savings on selected m odels. CHRYSLER * See dealer for details. DODGE J eep FIV E S T A R W W W W W Oakville's 2000 · 2001 Five Star Certified Dealership C H R Y S L E R LOCKWOOD 175 W y e c ro ft Road, O akville (between Kerr & Dorval) 9 0 5 . 845.6653