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D6 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, July 4, 2001 DO ES Y O UR CAR WAX G IV E Y O U B E TTE R P R O T E C T IO N TH A N Y O U R CUT-R A TE CAR IN S U R A N C E ? D on't trust just anyone to insure your car, see me: OAKVILLE NISSAN R eek Bob McIntosh Direct: 9 0 5 -8 2 7 -7 1 9 1 6 1 6 York S t. Oakville We lease all makes and models. ... U W ayne M cG ill . 2 3 4 5 W w a o ftR d # 2 1 . Oakville m oST 847-5671 An Oakville Beaver Advertising Feature To advertise in this section call 845-3824 Fax:337-5567 Dodge Caravan ES packs a lot of luxury in a minivan W riting about the 2001 Chrysler Town and Country on these pages just before Christmas, I noted that the luxury fea tures along with the people pleasing environment is why Chrysler remains the leader in the minivan segment. But at a list price of $50,300, the concept of a minivan, even one as magnificently equipped as the T&C, was going to be a hit in the wal let not many would take. Road Worthy I had forgotten, until I picked up this week's tester, the Dodge Grand Caravan ES, that it boasts everything the T&C has but at a lesser price of $37,600 to open. With Customer Preferred trim package 29S and a few other options, you can spend $42,570 and match the T&C in everything but the badge. It's still a lot of money, but you have to consider that the Grand Caravan ES is the distillation of 17 years of being the leader in the segment and has been the beneficiary of all the changes that have been made in order to keep it that way. For 2001 the ES, like the T&C, comes loaded with industry firsts like three-zone temperature control or the industry-first moveable/removable cen tre console with power output. There's the industry-first power sliding door with two-way obstacle detection system. There is the pop-up cargo organizer and the 50/50 Easy-Out Roller Seats, and the list goes on. But the best feature, and a true indus try leader is the powered rear liftgate. Up until the 2001, you kind of thought that dropping whatever you were carrying in order to have your hands free to lift up the rear gate came with the minivan territory. With the Grand Caravan ES you can touch a but ton on the remote, or on the overhead console from the front seats and - viola up the liftgate goes. And for those concerned about safe JIM ROBINSON Sleek styling with the ability to carry seven people or up to 4,754 litres of cargo keeps the Dodge Grand Caravan ES a leader in the minivan segment. ty, inside the rubber weather stripping on with roller feet and cargo space balloons Caravan models have four-wheel disc With everything, the price, as noted the gate and on the body, there is a sen to 1,377 litres (54.2 cu. ft.). Remove the brakes as standard with electronic vari above was $42,570. sor. When it contacts a solid object like middle two seats and you have a com able brake proportioning that automati But then we come to two standouts a hand, the sensors throw the motor into modious 4,745 litres (167.9 cu. ft.) for cally supplies the correct amount of and the first is the tri-zone climate con reverse and up goes the gate. As fitted to room to roam.' stopping pressure based on vehicle load trols. There are three rocker switches on my tester, this option coast a measly the centre console stack. The left one is Dodge offers two versions of its and road surface. $495. minivan, the Caravan or short-wheel As clever as the Grand Caravan ES is for the driver, the right for the passenger I've said before on these pages that base version with front drive only and on the outside, it is sumptuous on the and the centre can be used to bathe the the reason minivans all look the same the Grand Caravan or extended wheel inside. As noted above, seats for seven back seat folks in whatever temperature and are roughly the same size is because base version. The front-wheel model are in leather with suede inserts (a they want. Each one has a temperature this is the one segment where function Grand Caravan is offered with a stan $1,215 option). Second row seats are readout. dictates form. You can try to be different dard 3.3-litre V6 producing 180 hp and individual captain's chairs with rollers. If The centre console with two doors like the first generation Mazda MPV, the 158 ft/lb of torque with a four-speed you have kids, an option for the second can be removed and slotted between the automatic transmission. The All-Wheel- row seats includes integrated child seat second row seats literally in a snap. With Toyota Previa or the first generation Honda Odyssey. But when the chips Drive Grand Caravans comes with a and rear bench with armrest. My tester power point, it can also be used for the are down it's front-drive V6 power, two 3.8-litre V6 producing 210 hp and 205 came equipped with the Infinity cellphone, Gameboy or portable music sliding doors, easy to remove seats and lb/ft of torque. Optionally available, and Acoustic AM/FM/cassette/CD system player. Overhead, the console has sepa the be-all and end-all test - can the cargo as tested here, is the four-speed automat with auxiliary steering wheel mounted rate rockers for the two sliding panels bay take 4X8 plywood sheets? controls (optional for just $110). Other and the rear liftgate plus a storage area ic transmission with Chrysler's And no matter how you look at it, the AutoStick sequential mode shifter. options fitted included: $540 for the side big enough to hold a Palm Pilot along ability to carry people and their stuff in air bags, $340 for heated front seats and with your sunglasses. Suspension at the front is any Chrysler minivan is a triumph of MacPherson struts that look big enough $1,925 for the Customer Preferred Lastly, the main four gauges are in utility. Behind the third row seats, for to be supports for the Brooklyn Bridge. Package 29S that included traction con classy white-face with black markings instance, there is 508 litres (20 cu. ft.) of The rear suspension is a monoleaf spring trol, AutoStick shifter, steering wheel- and red pointers just like the Chrysler cargo area. Take out the industry-first on the FWD version and multi-leaf on mounted controls for the Infinity sound 300M. (there I go again) 50/50 rear split seat the AWD as tested here. All Grand system and big 17-inch wheels and tires. (See `Dodge' page D5) QDD _ _ 91. 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