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C8 IHfc UAK.V1LLE BEAVER Wednesday, October 27, 1999 Fro n tie r C re w cab is totally ra d M Nissan Crew Cab SE 2000 Not so with the Crew Cab. The NVH any automakers talk about design ing cars for the young and young (noise-vibration-harshness) isolation in the at heart, but few try very hard to cabin is remarkable. Another thing not felt, and endemic to earlier trucks in this cate deliver what is implied. In most cases it tends to be a model gory, was a near total lack of frame rigidi going out of production to which are plas ty. The flexing of those early chassis was tered on jazzy decals and racy tires and like watching a wheat field in wheels. Last but not least, they do com Saskatchewan before a storm. The 2000 Crew Cab is quite stable and mercials with lots of fabulously beautiful fairly quick to boot. young people driving these Acceleration off the line is sleds equipped with the biggest j im especially good but it pays to possible spoilers and largest fog lights allowed by law. remember you are perched up in a truck. Also, the rear tends Nissan, however, has taken to be light. When a rain shower one of its newest products, the blew through on the way Frontier pickup truck, and cre home, the pavement got slick ated two models aimed and the rear tires started scrab unabashedly at a younger audi bling for grip. Not a problem ence. I'm talking, of course, though to pull the shift-on-theabout the Frontier Crew Cab fly lever from 2Hi down a slot and the Xterra sport utility to 4Hi and continue on my truck as tested on these pages way. earlier this year. My test Frontier Crew Cab Tested here, and looking has a list price of $30,798 in like the teen heart throb it is, is 4X4 configuration. Besides the the Frontier Crew Cab in sear ing yellow and the biggest, brawniest set of Cargo Bed Extender, the other option was wheel, tires, and body cladding Nissan the Automatic Transmission Package that cost $1,200 and gave me the four-speed could find. The Crew Cab, that seats up to five, is autobox with the bonus of 5,000-lb towing an extension of the Frontier line also capacity. Besides the utility of four doors offered in Regular and King Cab versions. and useful truck bed, the Crew Cab comes Like the Crew Cab, all Frontiers are offered with big-tube side step rails, sliding rear with a choice of 4X2 or part-time 4X4 window, buckets seats, leather wrapped steering wheel, cruise control, air condi drive. The Crew Cab is offered in XE and SE tioning, power on the locks, windows and doors, keyless remote entry system, pop versions. Besides true five-person seating, the up style sunroof, four-wheel anti-lock Crew Cab comes with a clever device brakes, tachometer and just about every called the Cargo Bed Extender. It is a hoop thing you can imagine for a list price of shaped aluminum tubed affair that pivots $31,998, or $32,951 when you add the forward to create an enclosed area when delivery charges. Because there is room for five, the the gate is up. When the gate is down, the extender can be rotated through 180 Crew Cab can be considered a SUV with a degrees to the rear, extending the cargo box, but I think a majority of people buy area. The item is a $324.95 after market ing this truck will be looking to get where they want to go with a water craft, snow accessory available from the dealer. Power remains a choice between the mobile, or great whack of camping equip 2.4-litre, DOHC four-cylinder producing ment. It looks like it's designed for active 143 hp and 154 ft/lb of torque and the people and no doubt will attract them. Nissan is betting that an extensivelytrusty 3.3-litre, SOHC V6 making 170 hp and 200 ft/lb of torque. Tested here is the equipped pickup in the thirty-grand seg V6 with optional four-speed automatic ment will tempt younger people who balk at $40-$50,000 for a full-sized, fullytransmission. One of the downsides of compact pick optioned pickup. I don't know if the formula is going to ups in the past has been the fact they are built with an eye to cost. Ergo, they come work, but I do know that with respectable equipped with single leaf spring suspen handling and power, along with totally-rad sions, tallish tires and dreadful interiors looks, the Frontier Crew Cab is going to with nothing but sheet metal for sound add some fun for those intending to buy a truck. deadening. ROBINSON I I RoadWorthy 2000A ltiin a |P ) -- / sales are rockin and the models are rarin' to roll. Thinking Camry, Accord or Malibu? Think about these Altim a advantages, "Best Entry Midsize Car in initial quality 3 out of the last 4 years - J.D. Power & Associates · 155-HP 2.4-litre engine - that's bigger and more powerful than Camry and Accord 4-cylinder models · More front and rear head room than Camry* Wood-tone trim standard ( · -- · lOOwatt AM/FM audio system with Cd player · 4-speed automatic transmission and air conditioning · Power windows, mirrors, door locks and trunk release i l I I * Remote keyless entry system with panic alarm · Cruise control · And more... mo.t/48 mo. only $1500 down or *23,798 purchase price IS ! M axim a GXE Luxury. 100% Performance: 100% Cars like it: 0 Pathfinder SE Still Canada's #1 selling import V6 SUV $4 2 & m o .t / 4 8 mo. only $ 4 0 0 0 down or 38,000 , ' purchase price · 3.3-litre V6 engine · Automatic transmission and air conditioning · Power windows, door locks and power heated mirrors * 150watt Bose AM/FM/CD : J g d tt with cassette audio system with 6 speakers* Power sunroof JTT · Step rails · Black privacy glass S r · And more... 2000 Xterra "This ain't no sportecute" - Toronto Sun Frontier CrewCab Starting at only Front bucket & rear bench seat = room for 5 · 170-HP 3.3-litre V6 engine · Air ~T\ conditioning · AM/FM with cassette g g g ji audio system · Alloy wheel and wpg 4wheel ABS · Black ^ gy D ^ privacy glass · And more... mm ^ O v U ` Aluminum bed m ~ rs r~ extender available //y * 11 · Air conditioning · Cruise control system with CD player · Stadiumstyle seating · Power windows, door locks and mirrors · Industrial strength aluminum roof rack · Side step · · And more... /m s s j / jjy T Smart people always read the fine print. And they always wear their seat belts. Limiterkime offer. 148m onth lease on 2000 Altima GXE (model shown with optional alloy wheels). A.LR. 6.79%. with down payment or equivalent trade of $1,500; 48-month lease on 2000 Maxima GXE (Maxima GLE model shown, available starting at $34,900). A.UR. 7.8%. with down payment or equivalent trade of $3.000; 4&month lease on 2000 Pathfinder SE. A.LR. 6.79%. with down payment or equivalent trade of $4.0 0 0 .1 st payment and security deposit due at lease signing. Altima. Maxima and Pathfinder leases based on maximum of 96.000 km with excesskm charged at $0.08/km . All offers are 0 A C ., and exclude destination and delivery ($915/$966/$972), licence, insurance and taxes. Lirrvtedbme offers on 2000 Frontier 4-Door Crew Cab XE (Crew Cab SE model shown, available starting at $27,798), and 2000 Xterra XE._____________________ OAKVILLE NISSAN 1450 SPEERS ROAD, OAKVILLE 827-117 7 7EF' DRIVEN. NOW UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP