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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday July 25, 2007 - 19 Discover the 2008 Sorento Continued from Page 17 OAKVILLE HONDA OFFERS A LARGE SELECTION OF PRE-OWNED VEHICLES. STOCK P1477 L70665 L70846 P1451 L70963 P1452 P1469 P1457 L70909 70925A 70968A L70799 YEAR 2005 2004 2004 2004 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 MAKE HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA MODEL CIVIC SI CIVIC SPORT CIVIC LX-G CIVIC LX-G CIVIC LX-G CIVIC LX-G CIVIC LX-G CIVIC X-G CIVIC LX-G CIVIC DX-G CIVIC DX-G CIVIC DX-G KM 26,000 95,000 99,000 84,000 62,000 64,000 57,000 85,000 87,000 42,000 84,000 96,000 COLOUR TRANS MSRP CIVIC SEDAN'S SILVER SILVER GRAY BLACK BEIGE SILVER BLUE GREEN SILVER SILVER BEIGE BLACK 5 SPD AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO 5 SPD AUTO AUTO AUTO 5 SPD AUTO $18,988 $14,988 $14,988 $14,998 $15,988 $15,988 $14,988 $14,988 $14,988 $13,998 $12,988 $13,488 TYP Sedan Sedan Sedan Sedan Sedan Sedan Sedan Sedan Sedan Sedan Sedan Sedan * OPTIONS air, pwr grp, sunroof air, pwr grp,sunroof, alloys air, pwr grp air,pwr grp,spoiler air,pwr grp air,pwr grp air,pwr grp air,pwr grp spoiler air,pwr grp air, pdl air,pdl air,pdl NOTES SOLD A Quebec colleague, Sylvie Rainville, has a brother who is the owner of a first generation Sorento. They are a family who love to go on fishing trips into the many lakes and streams north of Quebec City. The first generation has a 3.5-litre V6 with 192 hp that she said just wasn't enough to haul five adults into the bush. With the 3.3-litre, she said its 242 hp would be fine but the extra 20 hp of the 3.8-litre would probably be the one she would be suggesting to her brother. While we put on something like 700 km in two days from Calgary to Jasper and back, none of the driving was offroad. One Calgary-based journalist did take another route he knew that included gravel stretches. His remark was the Sorento was very solid which it should be with a gross vehicle weight ratio of 2,560 kg or 5,644 lb., but washboards had to be taken slowly due to the stiff suspension. I drove the LX Luxury on the way up to Jasper and the LX on the route from an overnight stop in Lake Louise to Calgary. My sense is that the 17-inch tires intensified the road irregularities with the 16-inchers on the LX giving a smoother ride. BUT, the route to Calgary was on the billiard table flat Trans Canada Highway while the road to Jasper, while well maintained, had suffered from frost heave rippling. If you have never taken the drive from Lake Louise to Jasper in the summer, do so. It is 240 km of one breathtaking vista after another. I don't know how many times I stopped to take a beauty shot of the Sorento against a majestic view only to find another just around the next bend. With no radio reception to speak of, my co-driver and I, another long-time auto journalist and I talked about all the people we've seen come and go over the years and how automobiles and the auto industry has changed, which eventually led to Kia and how it has come from nowhere. Twenty years ago when the Hyundai Pony was new, the thought of a Korean car company being able to compete in a major segment, let alone being a leader in terms of quality, was unthinkable. Yet Kia, in a decade, has improved by leaps and bounds. They have done their homework, seen where buying habits were going and met the market with the products people want with the 2008 Sorento being the latest. Dean Tesser assured me Kia wouldn't get caught like it did last time with too few Rondos and that there is a steady stream of 2008 Sorentos is on the way. Kia is going to need every one. * * * * * * * * * SOLD CIVIC COUPE'S P1455 70934A P1444 P1482 P1456 B1375 P1462 L71061 D035 P1418 2006 2006 2005 2004 2004 2004 2003 2003 2001 2001 HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA CIVIC DX-G CIVIC LX CIVIC SE SIR CIVIC SI-G CIVIC SE CIVIC SI-G CIVIC LX-G CIVIC SI CIVIC LX 16,000 30,000 45,000 19,000 47,000 74,000 77,000 83,000 28,000 39,000 TAUPE BLACK SILVER SILVER SILVER BLACK SILVER RED SILVER BLUE 5 Spd 5 SPD AUTO 5 SPD AUTO AUTO 5 SPD AUTO 5 SPD AUTO $18,988 $19,998 $16,998 $21,998 $18,998 $13,998 $14,988 $15,888 $13,988 $12,498 Coupe Coupe Coupe Hatch Coupe Coupe Coupe Coupe Coupe Coupe * * * * * * * * air, pwr grp air, pwr grp,alloys air, pdl,spoiler air, pwr grp, sunroof alloys air, pwr grp, sunroof, alloys, spoiler air, pdl air, pwr grp, sunroof SOLD air, pwr grp, spoiler air, pwr grp, sunroof air pwr grp ACCORD'S P1441 P1483 P1445 P1464 P1474 P1450 P1478 P1458 P1447 70557A 2006 2006 2006 2006 2004 2004 2003 2003 2003 1999 HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA ACCORD EXLNAV ACCORD EXL V6 ACCORD EXL ACCORD SE ACCORD EXL V6 ACCORD EXL ACCORD EXL ACCORD EXL ACCORD EX-L ACCORD LX 16,000 43,000 26,000 8,000 57,000 59,000 67,000 48,000 71,000 104,000 BLACK BLACK SILVER SILVER SILVER BEIGE SILVER BLACK SILVER SILVER AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO 5 SPD 5 SPD AUTO AUTO $31,988 $28,998 $26,988 $27,888 $24,998 $23,998 $19,998 $21,998 $20,998 $11,998 Sedan Coupe * Sedan * Sedan * Sedan * Sedan * Sedan * Coupe * Coupe * Sedan air, pwr grp, leather, alloys, sunroof V6 air, pwr grp, leather sunroof air pwr grp, leather sunroof SOLD air, pwr grp, sunroof, alloys air, pwr grp, leather, sunroof air, pwr grp, leather, sunroof air, pwr grp, leather sunroof air, pwr grp, leather, sunroof pwr grp, leather, sunroof, V6 air, pwr grp SUV'S P1490 L70908 P1479 P1438 incoming P1427 L71055 P1460 L70973 P1434 P1459 70961A 71037A P1485 2006 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2005 HONDA HONDA LEXUS LEXUS VOLVO HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA MAZDA SUBARU HONDA RIDGELINE LX PILOT EXL RX330 RX330 XC 90 PILOT EX-L PILOT GRANITE CRV-EXL CRV EXL CRV EX-L CRV EXL TRIBUTE FORESTER ELEMENT 61,000 64,000 42,000 64,000 42,000 72,000 98,000 48,000 40,000 48,000 49,000 95,000 144,000 87,000 BLUE BLUE BLACK GRAY BLUE BEIGE SILVER BLACK GRAY SILVER SILVER SILVER GOLD BLUE AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO $29,998 $34,888 $39,998 $35,988 TBA $27,888 $26,988 $28,888 $28,888 $26,988 $24,988 $13,998 $12,988 $22,998 Pickup * SUV * SUV * SUV SUV * SUV SUV SUV * SUV * SUV * SUV * SUV * SUV * SUV * air, pwr grp, air, pwr grp, leather, sunroof, Premium, leather, sunroof air, pwr grp, leather sunroof air, pwr grp, leather air, pwr grp, sunroof, leather air, pwr grp, sunroof, leather air, pwr grp, leather, sunroof air, pwr grp, leather, sunroof V6, 4X4, pwr grp, sunroof, alloys air, pwr grp, 4WD air, pwr grp, VAN'S P1488 L70890 L70887 L70803 P1470 D031 2005 2004 2003 2003 2003 2003 HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA HONDA TOYOTA ODYSSEY LX ODYSSEY EX ODYSSEY EXLRES ODYSSEY EXL ODYSSEY EX SIENNA LE 56,000 49,000 116,000 128,000 81,000 74,000 BEIGE GRAY BEIGE BLACK SILVER GREEN AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO $27,988 $26,998 $19,998 $19,998 $21,988 $17,998 VAN * VAN * Van Van VAN * Van air, pwr grp air, pwr grp, alloys air, pwr grp, leather, alloys, DVD air, pwr grp, leather, alloys air, pwr grp, alloys air, pwr grp, alloys SOLD S2000'S, PRELUDE'S & OTHER MAKES incoming P1463 L70819 P1489 71118A L71074 L70678 P1442 70948A 70941A 70920A 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2004 2003 2003 2002 2002 2000 1999 FORD ACURA MINI ACURA HONDA MAZDA ACURA ACURA NISSAN TOYOTA SUBARU FORD MUSTANG GT TSX COOPER TL NAVI S2000 6 GS TL 3.2 RSX PREMIUM ALTIMA SL CAMRY LE LEGACY GT RANGER 24,000 30,000 22,000 63,000 14,000 59,000 105,000 100,271 61,000 125,000 130,000 87,000 GRAY BLUE RED SILVER SILVER GRAY SILVER BLACK SILVER GRAY TAUPE RED 6 spd 6 SPD 5 SPD AUTO 6SPD AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO AUTO $27,998 $32,988 $28,888 $32,998 $39,988 $18,998 $18,998 $16,988 $15,998 $13,998 $10,998 $8,998 Coupe * Sedan * Hatch * Sedan * Conv Sedan * Sedan * Hatch Sedan Sedan * Wagon * Pickup air, pwr grp, leather air, pwr grp, sunroof, leather air, pwr grp, sunroof, leatherette air, pwr grp. leather, sunroof, navi air, pwr grps, alloys, 6cd, keyless, loade air, pwr grp air, pwr grp, leather, sunroof air, pwr grp, leather, sunroof air, pwr grp, leather, alloys, sunroof air, pwr grp air. pwr grp, leather, sunroof, AWD air, sportside 500 Iroquois Shore Rd., Oakville 905-844-9831 www.oakvillebeaver.com