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28 economist sun stouflvfflethbunev thursday oct 28 1999 dairy queen save 10 off all regular priced items all year round only with advertising feature nissan is only automaker to receive the 1999 climate protection award from the us ec6n6mistsun 2942200 stouflville tribune 6402100 for more information at a ceremony in london england in june the canadian research body physical medicine research foundation handed over its john mcmennell award to a representative of volvos safety centre located in sweden in making the presentation pmrf stated we award this prize to volvo in recognition of their commitment to whiplash injury prevention and their significant achievement in technical and engineering innovation with the introduction of the whiplash protection system in the 1999 volvo s80 sedan in a collision from behind the whips seat follows the backward motion of the body this involves a parallel motion so that the head and spine are restrained in a gentle and balanced way to reduce strains on the body the backrest is then lowered back warddownward to counteract throw back and the risk of the dangerous whiplash motion this award is yet another notch in what is becoming the most successful model introduction in volvos history awards arent the only way that the s80 is making its mark however as of the year to date june 30 1999 the s80 is number four in its class for sales with 1019 units purchased only 356 units behind the cadillac devule cadillac seville and lincoln town car are only 339 and 91 units ahead of the s80 respectively although the s80 has just celebrated its first birthday the s80 in canada is outselling rec ognized luxury models such as the mercedes e class the bmw 5 series the 528 and 540 combined and the audia6 united states environmental protection agency honors nissan motor co ltd nissan motor co ltd was the only automaker to receive the prestigious 1999 climate protection award from the united states mmm 5 5w mm ggfc isffimbgmfe mm 4c m taaaaffmji h hp enjoy coffee x pumpmn pie on us k tercei 1 remaining camryj 2 uewaimng 2 fj remaining ravaj 1 xlp remaining 2 4runnfi 2 iemaining markville toyota 5362 hwy 7 east of mccowan rd markham j ccowan bullock laidlaw 00 2 i hwy7 m nissan whose environmental pro tection efforts have been recognized several times by the epa received the award for its aggressive steps to address global warming to reduce hydrofluoro- carbons and to improve fuel economy in nissan and infiniti vehicles as the only automotive manufac turer to be the recipient of our 1999 climate protection award epa applauds nissan for its leadership in environmental protection said dr stephen o andersen epa director of strategic climate projects the epa welcomes nissans con certed efforts from the design and manufacturing through recycling stages in reducing hfcs global warm ing arid improvements in fuel econo my the epa presented 10 awards at the 1999 earth technologies forum in washington the awards recognize individuals and companies that demonstrate their commitment to the environfhent through exceptional leadership techni cal innovation and personal motiva tion jump in mercedesbenz sales in september mercedesbenz canada reported a total of 1043 deliv eries a jump of more than 125 units over the last two months results 915 units for bothjuly and august the september sales represent an improvement of 142 units over the 901 units delivered in september 1998 or an increase of 158 per cent during the first nine months mercedesbenz has retailed 8431 units for an increase of 2 130 units of 338 per cent compared with the 6301 units delivered in the same time period last year mclass deliveries accounted for 352 per cent of this months total sales mercedesbenz canada and its dealers delivered 414 units their second best month the best was in october 1998 with 427 units since the launch of the mclass in the fall of 1997 for an increase of 97 units of 306 per cent over the 317 units sold iri september of 1998 yeartodate mclass sales have reached 2964 units for a gain of 1109 units of 598 per cent the mclass performed well this month while the eclass did 60 per cent better than last month followed closely by a strong month for cclass as well the riiche models and the sclass are still being retailed mostly on a sold order basis but waiting time has been reduced these results are an excellent indi cation of what is in store for the remain der of the fourth quarter of 1999 said ernst h lieb president of mercedes- benz canada we are very pleased to be tracking beyond the 1000mark once again these sales results are particularly rewarding since they mostly represent 1999 models except for the new 2000 s- class models which have been retailed since march 1999 only a small quanti ty of 2000 models were released towards the latter part of the month rriariy did not arrive in dealerships in