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Canada Day celebrations in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows were held in near record temperatures. The heat was on Tuesday as huge crowds helped ring in Canada’s 147th birthday in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. July 1 was the hottest day of the year, with the local temperature soaring to 32ºC by 3 p.m. according to Environment Canada, however, that didn’t keep visitors from flocking to celebrations at Memorial Peace Park and Pitt Meadows Spirit MES Troy Landreville/TI Square. tic skills to The party at Memorial Peace h, two, put her artis Park featured a variety of live Ellyanna Grozdanic e Park. Peac music, plenty of kids crafts and work at Memorial activities, and vendors booths. Canada Day festivities got off to a rousing start with the Athletes In Kind Canada Day 8k Charity Race. A total of 189 runners set off just after 9 a.m. from Spirit Square. Canada Day got off to a running start in Pitt Meadows, with the Athletes In Kind 8k Charity Race that got underway from Spirit Square. Running in the men’s 16-19 category, Maple Ridge’s Nathan Wadhwani crossed the finish line first with a chip time of 27:33.
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Adam Rayburn is the man behind Adstock, a music festival that had humble beginnings in 2005. Featuring eight bands, the concert will be held Sunday, July 6 from 1-8 p.m. at Memorial Peace Park.
Sale benefits surgery A lemonade stand this Sunday at the Real Canadian Superstore will help raise money for Brayden Grozdanich, a seven-year-old with cerebral palsy. His pal Quinn Callander, also seven, is raising money for Brayden to go to New Jersey for expensive surgery. The stand will be set up from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 6. • More at www.mrtimes.com
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Adstock returns to Maple Ridge with a free show at Memorial Peace Park. by Troy Landreville
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What began as a birthday bash in Pitt Meadows a decade ago has morphed into the community’s largest outdoor alt-rock festival. Adstock, a free outdoor concert featuring a buffet of alt-rock and metal bands, takes place this Sunday, July 6. Featuring Rebel Spell, Hellbound, Hepcats, The Skinny, Witch of the Waste, Bone Daddies, Slow Erase, Vacant Eyes, and Treachery, the allages event runs 1-8 p.m. at the Memorial Peace Park bandstand. Now 27 and the drummer with the four-member band Anion, Adam Rayburn was turning 18 in 2005 when he decided to celebrate the occasion with live music at his family home in northern Pitt Meadows, near Swan-e-Set golf course. “The music festival grew out of it accidentally,” Rayburn said.
“I was turning 18, I just wanted Maple Ridge-based Treachery to have some kind of musically will be playing their first show. orientated birthday party.” As well, Vacant Eyes consists of The plan was to set up a stage “a couple of guys who went to on the deck of the home and Garibaldi [Secondary],” Rayburn “have people jam,” Rayburn said. recalled. Sounds of punk, metal, and “It wasn’t a ‘show’ by any ska will blast from the loudstretch,” he added. speakers during the day. Rayburn’s dad fretted about The first four bands will the June 6 party being crashed, have half-hour sets, three so he had his son draft up some more (Hellbound Hepcats from invitations and send them out Toronto, The Skinny from to a set number of Montreal, and invitees. Witch of the “...it is a youthThe original Waste) will play party was dubbed for 45 minutes oriented festival.” Adstock ’05, as and the final Adam Rayburn a lark. Using the group, Rebel first two letters Spell, is slated of his first name, to be on stage and adding “stock” to it was a for an hour. cheeky homage to the worldThe festival does not allow famous Woodstock festival. alcohol and drugs, but that can Adstock, in its current be hard to police. But this has form, has nothing to do with never been a huge problem in Rayburn’s birthday. In the years the past, Rayburn stressed. that followed the first event, it “Realistically from my perhas been held on a day that was spective, we hope [visitors] will most convenient for the show. respect the event,” he said. “It’s “The thinking is that we want not going to be a big party puketo hold it close enough to the fest – nothing like that.” [end of the] school year, because For more info, go to www. it is a youth-orientated festival,” facebook.com/adstockmapleRayburn said. ridgesociety.
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Ridge Meadows RCMP is looking for the following people. If you see any of them, do not attempt to apprehend them. Please contact the RCMP immediately by calling 604-4636251 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477. The warrants attached to these individuals were still outstanding as of 10 a.m. Wednesday. Remember: all of the listed people are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
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Police are asking for information about a “brazen robbery” on Canada Day. Ridge Meadows RCMP are investigating an armed robbery that took place July 1 at the Meadowtown Centre Superstore. Police were called at about 11:45 p.m. on Canada Day to the Superstore located in Pitt Meadows. A lone man had directed two female employees into an office that contained the store’s safe. After getting the employees to open the safe, he ran off with an unknown amount of money. “This brazen robbery has certainly alarmed and traumatized the two
said. “Police are asking for anyone victim employees of the store,” said who has any information Ridge Meadows RCMP regarding this incident to Cpl. Alanna Dunlop. call police.” “Investigators believe The police investigation the robbery occurred just is being led by the Ridge before 11:30 p.m.” Meadows RCMP Serious The suspect is Crime Unit. described as a man in Anyone with any inforhis 40s. mation is asked to call He is about five feet, Ridge Meadows RCMP at seven inches tall and has 604-463-6251. a heavy build, Dunlop Those who wish to explained. remain anonymous can She added that he call Crime Stoppers at was wearing an orange Cpl. Alanna Dunlop 1-800-222-8477 or leave hoodie, blue jeans, and Ridge Meadows RCMP a tip online at www. light blue running shoes solvecrime.ca. with silver lines. Crime Stoppers will pay a reward “It is believed the suspect got onto of up to $2,000 if information leads a mountain bike and rode off east to an arrest and conviction. through the parking lot,” Dunlop
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Independence reflects history The cat ran in with lightning off or people having picnics in the speed when the fireworks started park listening to Finnish country at 10 p.m. on Canada Day. She and western bands or having wifewas not impressed. And I think carrying contests – yes, that is a a lot of the neighbourhood dogs national sport in Finland, google it agreed with her – they don’t like if you don’t believe me. loud noises that sound like they It might be partly because half might hurt someone. the country is plunged into darkThe neighbourhood cats and ness for two months, and the other dogs are lucky they live in Canada, half gets between one and five though – not because of the unihours of light per day in December. by Maria Rantanen versal health care or generally But it might be partly because tidier streets, since health care independence came at a personal hasn’t been extended to pets yet (just wait!!) cost to many Finnish people. and the cats and dogs are usually the culprits of The Finnish government declared its independany mess found on our streets – but if they were ence on Dec. 6, 1917, after being traded back south of the border, they’d have to endure even and forth between Sweden and Russia for a few louder and more extended fireworks – to celehundred years. brate the American day of national patriotism, But Finland’s declaration of independence the Fourth of July. was followed by a bitter internal war which Americans love their fireworks. has many names, depending on who’s talking When I was a teenager, my family spent a lot about it: veljessota – “the fraternal war”– the of time in Washington State, and the fireworks Red-White war, the civil war, and the war of didn’t just go off on the Fourth of July – it was freedom. a month-long pyrotechnic celebration of their Casualties were in the thousands, and the war independence. divided families – until the country really had We Canadians are just a bit more civilized to unite and fight as one nation after the Soviet about fireworks, restricting it to about 20 minUnion attacked its eastern frontier in 1939. utes on our national day of patriotism. So maybe our independence day celebraBut celebrations in the old country are much tions reflect our history: Americans with their more staid. heroic fight against the oppressive British rule, The few years I spent in Finland as an adult Canadians with our slow and relatively painless taught me about paying your respects on nationshuffle towards greater and greater autonomy al holidays. from Mother Britain, and Finland, celebrating On All-Saints Day, you visit your dead relatives quietly with its bitter memories of brother fightat the cemetery. ing against brother to figure out what it means to On Christmas Eve, you visit your dead relatives be a Finn. at the cemetery. So on Dec. 6, most Finns will light two canDuring the rest of the year, you visit your dead dles and place them at their windows, maybe relatives at the cemetery at least once a month. walk quietly through their dark neighbourhoods Every 10 years or so, you pay a honkin’ big bill to see their neighbours’ candles. to have the cemetery plots maintained by muniThen they turn on the TV and watch the cipal gardeners. President’s Independence Day Reception and But on Dec. 6, on Finland’s Day of check out what the Finnish glitterati is wearing Independence, there are no loud fireworks going – kind of like the Finnish Oscars.
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negative talk, especially during the strike. This is a letter from an uneducated Their hours are not nine to three, and man. My wife, sister, and I immigrated to they are paid for nine months work, not Canada in 1956, my sister to Alberta and 12 with the summer off. ourselves to B.C. Our three spend more on We raised three kids, most of students than Mother’s Day or Letters the credit must go to my wife. Father’s Day, which we support. All three became school teachI was raised in Spurgeons to ers in school district 42, in my Orphanage in the U.K., and in the humble opinion, a very noble the 1940s, it was teach, then get profession. the kids out to work full-time at Next to the parent and religion the age of 15. comes another important person I give full support to our three, in the child’s life: the teacher. because they have earned our All three really enjoy their profession full respect. Only two are now in School and love the kids they teach. My youngDistrict 42, as the eldest is teaching in est son has been teaching for 28 years, North Vancouver. my daughter 12, and my eldest for 25 So, kids, learn and enjoy your educayears, so imagine all the children they tion, because without it, you could finish have taught and guided over the years. up like me – 12 jobs over the years – and I can guarantee, if you get one of our make sure you pick something you really kids teaching, you get the best. enjoy! Doug Mitchell, Maple Ridge We really hurt when we hear all the
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Education labour dispute
Politics creeping into class sizes Dear Editor,
Thanks to the TIMES for reporting from the PMSS picket line. All too often, we only hear each side’s official “representative” story, and not the perspectives of the people at the front of the classroom. I was interviewed by TIMES reporter Maria Rantanen, and discussed the “race to the bottom” due to policies introduced in the early 2000s. “Class size and composition” as a bargaining buzz-word is slowly becoming a media cliché. The reason it is important for teachers to have firm language is simple math. A raise of six per cent coupled with an increase in class size by the same six per cent is no
raise for us, and no bargain for our students. Claims that “class sizes” have negligible effects on classrooms are incredible. Secondary school class numbers set what courses can be run: students and classes are shuffled to balance student needs and teacher competencies. Specialty courses are subject to petty politics. Specialty teachers need to attract students to their classes, and incur favour with those in charge of shuffling students. That means succumbing to the pull of the path of least resistance. Relaxed standards, neglecting less obvious demands, and depreciating the value of the course creep into the practice by everyone.
Education labour dispute
Teachers withdraw support Dear Editor,
Your correspondent writes, “No support teacher would allow a student’s Individual Education Plan to be discarded, especially during such a crucial time.” [Students losing support in dispute, June 26 Letters, TIMES] Isn’t that just what they are doing? Like the government, the BCTF claims to care as well, so then why are their wages and benefits demands so far out of the ball park? Maybe if they reduce those and concentrate on class size and issues “for the kids,” they would be more credible.
Cherryl Katnich, Maple Ridge
Personally, I don’t blame Education Minister Peter Fassbender or Premier Christy Clark for this mess. They must answer to their political masters. Expectations towards public education from influential groups like the Fraser Institute and the BCTF – the BC Taxpayer Federation – are to blame. My BCTF (BC Teachers Federation), my union, and I have struggled with the illegal and damaging strategies in public education and our knowledge economy for the past 13 years. Recently, I was in Kelowna for a wedding celebration. Inevitably, up came the question of where B.C. “is going to get the money to pay for the teachers’ court wins.” My response was this: My province expects a great deal from its teachers. We are expected to be specialists in our fields, to be pedagogical experts, to hold a minimum of two degrees, to volunteer as coaches, to act as surrogate parents, to advocate for decreasing inequality… the list goes on. And now, you want me to do the finance minister’s job too?
Mark Gerard, Maple Ridge
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Shopping cart not personal property Dear Editor,
If a teenager was to take a bottle of water from a store without paying, the police and parents would be called immediately. So too, if a single mother on welfare stole a litre of milk for her kids when the money ran out. I get that, it’s theft. What I don’t get is why it’s acceptable for some adults to walk away with a $900 shopping cart, using it as their personal
grocery carrier back to the subdivision. Theft is theft. And personally, I’d rather absorb the cost of that litre of milk on my next grocery bill than the cost of that shopping cart.
Judy Johnston, Pitt Meadows
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Time flies If at first you don’t succeed... This week TIMES columnist and fishing enthusiast Jeff Weltz brings us the second part of his story about the time he fished with his brother-in law, and the process of trial and error. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
Club welcomes Pitt Meadows Golf Club is welcoming back world-renowned golf instructors Dave Stockton and Dave Stockton Jr. today. For the past three years, the two have visited Pitt Meadows for a round of golf. They offer clinics to club members during their visits. • More online: www.mrtimes.com, click on “Sports”
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Laurie Botha is all too familiar with the devastating effects that cancer can have on a family. Botha’s mom passed away from the disease at the age of just 63 last September. One loss can be devastating for a family, but the Maple Ridge woman explained it’s not the first time her family has been affected. “I lost three family members to cancer,” she explained. “My grandpa was the first, she said. “He had prostate cancer for a few years. He went through the treatment which lengthened his life a bit.” However, her grandpa passed away from the disease in 1998, at the age of 74. And her mother-in-law was taken by colon cancer, Botha explained. “By the time they figured out what was wrong,” she said, “the cancer was so far gone that they said there was no point in chemotherapy or radiation, and that they couldn’t take it out.” Her mother-in law was 69. And it was shortly after dealing with that that her mom was diagnosed. “To hear that diagnosis was really hard,” recalled Botha. “She did have surgery, and they were able to remove some of the cancer,” she said, “but because her body was so weak at that point, treatment wasn’t an option and it was actually her heart that couldn’t take it after the surgery – the stress on
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• Friday Night Dance with Robyn Picard takes place at The ACT, 11944 Haney Pl., from 7 to 10 p.m. with a beginner lesson from 7 to 8 p.m. and practice dance from 8 to 10 p.m. Info: www.ilovetodance.ca or www.theactmapleridge.org.
Maple Ridge resident Laurie Botha (centre) will participate in the Underwear Affair. her body was just too much.” For Botha and many others, those below-the-belt cancers are the main reason she will once again take part in this year’s Underwear Affair. A fundraising and awareness initiative of the BC Cancer Foundation, the aim of the event is to bring awareness and help fund the research to find a cure for the disease that afflicts so many. This Saturday, July 5, hundreds of men and women are expected to hit the streets of Vancouver to take part in the annual event. “When my family members were diagnosed,” Botha said, “I wished I could do something to help. “I can’t find a cure myself, but this is something I can do.” The event attracts participants of all ages and athletic abilities, who take part and dress up (or down) and walk five km, run the 10 km race, or join in the Booty Hunt. As it is a fundraiser, each person must raise a minimum
of $300 to participate, with all of the funds raised going to the Foundation. For Botha, who describes herself as “not particularly outgoing,” it can be a bit of a tricky endeavour, but she credits her friends and family for helping her make it happen. “Last year, I had a lot of family and friends help out,” she said, adding, “This year, my husband made it easy – he just donated the $300.” As for the Affair itself, Botha described it as an “awesome cause,” and added that the event has more meaning when it’s personal. She said that, even though everyone involved knows the sobering reason behind it, the atmosphere during the event is “like a big party.” “A lot of people at the event are actually dealing with it themselves,” she explained. “it’s like a big family, almost, and everybody has a story.” For more information about this year’s Underwear Affair, visit www.uncoverthecure.org.
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Larissa Franklin is off to the Netherlands in August. The Maple Ridge woman has been chosen by Softball Canada to be part of the senior women’s national team. But first, Franklin and her teammates will compete at the General Tire World Cup of Softball, from July 7 to 13, in Irvine, California.
From there, they will make their way to the Scotiabank Canadian Open Fastpitch International Championship, running from July 15 to 21 in Surrey. The summer will be capped when the team makes its way to Haarlem, Netherlands, for the ISF Women’s World championships, which take place from August 15 to 24.
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July 4: Pub night
• Ridge Meadows Hospice Society is holding a beach party-themed pub night at The Well at Chances Maple Ridge, 22710 Lougheed Hwy. Info: 604-463-7722 or www.ridgemeadowshospicesociety.com.
July 5: Farmers market
• Haney Farmers Market holds its annual Art Extravaganza. The market runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Memorial Peace Park. Tom Hammel entertains. Info: www. haneyfarmersmarket.org.
July 5: Fundraiser
• Noble Hearts, a fundraiser for the Caring Place, takes place at Blenz Coffee, #12222441 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Maple Ridge, from 5:30 to 10 p.m. Donations accepted.
July 6: Music festival
• Adstock, Maple Ridge’s alt-rock festival is at Memorial Peace Park, 1-8 p.m.
July 6: Choir
• A mixed choir of 44 members from Ural University of Russia will be singing at St. Luke’s church in Maple Ridge at 3 p.m. For tickets, contact at Sammy 604-4674806 or Nita at 604-467-1011.
July 7: Magician
• Magician Andrew Dalziel will be at the Pitt Meadows Library from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. with his assistant Rocky the Raccoon N.B. Tickets for this event have all been distributed but if the weather is good, the event will take place in Spirit Square and everyone will be welcome.
July 7 to 11: Vacation Bible School
• Seventh Day Adventists hold a Vacation Bible School for kids aged five to 12. runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 21467 Dewdney Trunk Rd., Maple Ridge. Info: Patricia at 604-465-3239 or Renee at 604-463-0861.
July 12 & 13: Caribbean Festival
• Maple Ridge’s Caribbean Festival takes place on 224th Street and Memorial Peace Park with two stages and 15 live bands, more than 200 entertainers, and 60 to 70 street vendors Info: www.caribbeanfest.ca. • Full list: www.mrtimes.com
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Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows Times
Thursday, July 3, 2014
today’sdrive 20 15 Subaru WRX
Your journey starts here.
This car is harder edged, more aggressive, and ready to shred the street BY BRENDAN McALEER
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At some point during your middle school education, your math teacher probably told you that the shortest distance between two points was a straight line. They were wrong. It’s a Subaru. Specifically, it’s this Subaru, the WRX. Since 2002, it’s been dispatching snow, gravel, rain, dirt, mud, and twisty tarmac with aplomb. Kinda makes you wonder whether our mail wouldn’t get there a heck of a lot faster if Canada Post bought a fleet of them. However, since 2002, it’s also been just a bit flobbery. That’s not really an insult, just that Subaru traditionally set their street-ready rally-rocket up as if it was about to complete a gravel stage: a softness to the springs, a bit more body roll. Totally redesigned for 2015, this new car is harder edged, more aggressive, and ready to shred the street. It’s more hardcore than ever, but have they kept that utilitarian friendliness?
Design:
Well, at first glance, you’d have to say no. The most major design difference of this new WRX isn’t the fancy new corporate grille or the reworked hood scoop; it’s the sedan-only designation. That’s right, no more wagon. The WRX wagon (later hatchback) was extremely popular in past variants, splitting sales volume with the sedan right down the middle. It provided a tough, weather-proof alternative to the VW GTI and was loved by young families and active folks alike. Sadly, it’s no more. To its credit, the new WRX looks pretty good, if a bit on the plain side. Like all WRXs, the little details grow on you, and despite the flashy, angular sheet metal, those are entirely reasonable 17” alloys tucked under the wheelarches. Replacement tires won’t break the bank. LED headlights are now available on mid-level trims, and the body’s just flared out enough from a standard Impreza to be sporty - a good start.
Environment:
Breaking from Subaru tradition somewhat, the inside of the new WRX is actually pretty good. Make no mistake, the Germanic competition is still probably slightly ahead in terms of premium feel, but there’s much less of that old econobox
2015 Subaru WRX STI
plasticity you used to see inside the soonto-be-rattling interior of a WRX.
get one - yet. The six-speed manual is a little bit vague, with its cable-operated linkage, but it’s an improvement over past WRX gearboxes.
Even better, the sedan is a little more practical than it used to be. Trunk space is up to 340L, and real legroom is up too, meaning adult passengers can actually squeeze back there without issue. The seats still aren’t quite as heavily bolstered as they were in those first early cars, but the cloth covering looks like it’ll stand up to people who have multiple MEC memberships, and the dials are big enough to be used with your gloves on. Instrumentation is a mixed bag, with a handy display between the gauges that provides a useful digital speed readout, and gentle coaching on how much gas you’re using. The centre-mounted display is a little less easy to navigate, and the small standard rearview camera is more a bonus than a reason to purchase.
Performance:
The WRX now gets a new direct-injected, 2.0L flat-four. Huffing plenty of boost through a low-mounted turbo, it out-muscles last year’s WRX by a staggering three horsepower, for a total of 268hp. Okay, hang on a minute: that’s not the whole story. The WRX’s new, smaller four is both considerably more efficient than the outgoing model, and much punchier as well. The peak horsepower improvements are only a mild side benefit compared to the improved delivery, which now knocks out a stout 258lb/ft from 2000-5200rpm. Power falls off a little at the top end, but this WRX has a spry responsiveness that even pro-tuned Subies can only dream about. With the six-speed manual, off the line holeshots are excellent. With the optional CVT, it’s still very quick reacting. Oh right, the CVT. New for 2015, the WRX is now available with an available transmission that seems selected for its likelihood of offending purists. However, it’s actually pretty good: it might not seem like it makes sense to put something as ordinarily economy-minded as a CVT in a car like the WRX, but Subaru has fettled it until it actually drives like a performance machine. Flick the adjustable settings into Sport Sharp and it even gives you eight pre-set speeds for the paddle-shifters. But if you don’t want an automatic WRX, nobody’s forcing you to
Regrettably, this is quite a roughriding car, but the result is a huge leap forward in terms of cornering ability. Subaru seems to have spent their entire research budget on the new chassis, and it’s a corker. Equipped with a new torquevectoring front end that can brake an inside wheel to dial in more bite, the new WRX turns in like the old car never did. There’s oodles of grip from those stick summer-only Dunlops, and the car grips like a gecko through the corners. Forget any dreams of Scandinavian flicks through the twisty stuff – not until the snow starts flying. This new car is a much tighter drive, with good steering, and extremely composed dynamics. Anyone anticipating track day work is going to want to look at more aggressive brake pads, but as-is, it’s a very compelling package.
Features:
Now starting at just under the 30K mark, the ‘15 WRX is actually fairly well-equipped from standard. A 6-speaker stereo, iPod connectivity, Bluetooth, and that rearview camera are all standard. Moving up to the Sport trim nets you a power seat, sunroof, LED headlights and foglights – this will likely be the volume seller. The Sport-tech trim adds in satellite navigation and 9-speaker audio: while usable, the touchscreen controls for the navi and audio are a bit to small to navigate easily. If you can live without a leather interior, better to skip the top-trim. Fuel economy ratings score well at 9.8L/100kms city and 7.0L/100kms highway. As these numbers are provided under the new 2015 five-cycle testing method, they’re actually achievable – naturally, premium fuel is recommended.
Green Light:
Excellent grip; good visibility; improved interior; responsive engine
Stop Sign:
Rough ride; interior refinement still only mid-pack; where’s the hatchback?
The Checkered Flag:
A little boring to look at, but goes like a rocket.
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