Jacques Villeneuve may be out of a ride next year - but his car is polished perfectly!

While in Montreal, Nika finds her favorite Canadian driver Jacques, with his own superb car care products

SONAX was founded by the Hoffmann Mineral Group started by the Hoffmann family in Neuberg Germany in 1902. They were a silica mining company and came to realise that the fine particled silica could be used as a polishing agent for metal. In 1950, they realized it could also be used to restore automotive paint shine and they started a company called SONAX with a line of car care products.

Now they are the market leaders in Europe and are exported to 70 countries. They are still owned by the Hoffmann family with a Hoffmann leading the company and are very quality and environmentally-oriented.

SONAX currently sponsors McLaren, they were with BAR for 4 years and they were with Williams before that. They also sponsor sports car racing and Formula 3000 (Tomas Enge - last number of years).

Newtown Sales have imported only the best of their products - the Xtreme Line - under Jacques' name, because he only wants to be associate with top quality products. It is the pinnacle of their on-going research and development. They also have spent a lot of energy on developing top-notch packaging, which is relatively obvious to the eye. SONAX wins testing competitions regularly in Germany and Europe in objective magazines. Each product is carefully produced so that the experience of cleaning your car is easy and enjoyable. For instance most cleaners for your interior have harsh or ammonia-like smells, where ours is a pleasant citrus. The trim and interior protectant also leaves a pleasant scent.

The JV line of SONAX products is available through www.newtownsales.com and four of the most commonly used products have been picked up by Canadian Tire. *Nika's pick is the racing helmet air freshener in green apple scent- it looks great and smells fresh.

*all products tested by Nika were purchased at regular retail prices.