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Wednesday, February 9, 1994 â€" Automotive â€" A2â€" _ By JIM ROBINSON Special to the Beaver ~ hat‘s the most popular luxury vehicle on the f road? Forget Lexus, Benz, and BMW, its the luxury fourâ€"wheel drive sport utility truck. Once little more than barebones pickup trucks with seats for four and enough creature comforts to turn a long drive from awful to passable, the luxury "sport ute" is de rigeur in 1994. Megaâ€"watt CD/stereo systems, leather on anything and everything, deepâ€"pile carpeting and sunroofs that seem as big as elevator plates on an _ neighborhoods around where I live. If cg esnstd 4A w A t N#X FToRâ€"> s k XX~ §3 conditioning, _ 4 right! Low kilometers! Stock #94107B. /ll’," S ‘89 PONTIAC SUNBIRD Automatic, air conditioning, low km, economical 4 cyl. 4 door sedan. Stk. #P9411. â€" , # e 6 LX 5 speed trans., 4 dr., all options including air cond., one ~ owner, Ia% driven with low kms. Stk. #P9416A ons 4 OO PRICED RIGHT! 1990 CHRYSLER DAYTONA 2 door hatchback, automatic, air cylinder, windows and much more! Priced # vvvvvv 1994 Nissan Pathfinder LEâ€"V6 aircraft carrier are just part of the mystique. It‘s all very oneâ€"upsmanship in t 4 4 4 seR NV * 5 speet conditioning, _sun . roo/ motor. Only 17,000 km ces Ssmm 9 S go on S C Sss go $s power driving. Stk. #941112 WHERE CUSTOMERS m L ‘93 MAZDA PRECIDIA GS ed . transmission, . air f, _ V6 y s. Save lots on this one. Stk. #P94152. # //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ed trans. er windows fiks, RWEN cass. CD, owner well serviced. Black uty. Stk. #94â€"144A _ ag P ~ // OO ‘90 NISSAN 300ZX 2+2 Black in colour with matchi leather interior all options, low kms. The ultimate in sports car « Joe has a set of crossâ€"wire wheels in gold on his sport ute, Al across the street, wants those plus matte black crash bars and tube step plates. 4 ’L”' ,H,A// f//fl// ’///) bad? 7 1 7 e gÂ¥ es P C . S ‘91 HONDA ACCORD EX Auto, air conditioning, lots of options, low km. Great family sedan. Stk. #P9476 $ t q + /////////////////////////////////////////// FACTORY | 199V2V é% sx!‘ Y NI IISSANI' Automatic, coupe, loaded, leather, 1 owner. Stock #P94169. ‘‘‘‘‘‘‘ $oa 4 Nissan has not been asleep to this trend and quietly added a third Pathfinder model the LEâ€"V6 in the fall. It joins the base XE and the more sporting SEâ€"V6 as Canada‘s most popular import sport ute. The compaâ€" ny makes no pretense at what it is selling, describing the LEâ€"V6 as "a model which, when full equipped, combines the luxury touches of an Infiniti car with the rugged practicaliâ€" ty of a 4X4 wagon." Well, the Infiniti certainly is one of the more appealing luxury cars on the market and mentioning it and Pathfinder in the same sentence raises certain expectations. All three Pathfinders use the triedâ€" 7 Te / / s y / / 3 % %f///f////////é/ /f#///////////////fl/// v%fiOME OF THE BEST VEHICLES IN . _ MANY LOW MILEAGE ONE OWNERS AND COMPLETELY SERVICED FOR WINTER! « ALL PRICES ARE CROSSED OUT. SO YOU CAN COME IN AND TRY YOUR OFFER. SELECTION HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER AND BY GOSH THE PRICE IS RIGHT. HURRY IN NOW, SALE ENDS SOONN! ‘93 NISSAN ALTIMA GXE 5 transmission, . air conditioning, er windows locks, AM/EIJ. cassette, lots of warr. Great value. Stk. #9477A s gxl _ q U w S TWE LOVE RADEâ€"INS! 1450 SPEERS ROAD, Just east of 3rd Line SPEERS RD. LAKESHORE RD. BECOME FRIENDS luxury items andâ€"true 3.0â€"litre V6 which was orig nally developed for the 300 ZX sportscar and now power everythin@ from sedans to minivans. Producin@® 153 hp, there‘s enough torque to haul up to 3,500 lbs. All LEâ€"V6s come with a fourâ€"speed automatic transmisâ€" sion with lockup. It also has ABS on the four, disc brakes and a limited slip differential. Nissan than uses the luxury brush to add popâ€"up sunroof, special trim, trendy mouldings, heated power mirâ€" rors, heated driver‘s seat and a handy rear cargo net. Outside there are fullâ€"length run ning boards, molded mud flaps, an my test car came in a tasteful twoâ€" tone light brownâ€"beige metallic pain® job. Other features include keyless entry, air conditioning, and keyless remote entry security system. And the goodies just keep on comâ€" ing like rear split seat, cruise control, tilt steering, CFCâ€"free air conditionâ€" ing, twoâ€"way tailgate with swingâ€"up glass, eightâ€"speaker stereo, cruise control and very handsome alloy wheels. I honestly cannot think of any option, except perhaps a winch, which Nissan left off the LEâ€"V6. In terms of covering ground, the LEâ€"V6 comes with (of course) shift on the fly with automatically locking front hubs, fiveâ€"link coil suspension at the rear for a much more comfortâ€" able highway ride. None of this comes without a price which in terms of my asâ€"tested vehiâ€" cle was $32,174.70. That sum includ#® ed the optional, $3,500 luxury packâ€" age, $74.70 for a pair of chrome license plate holders, and $310 for the twoâ€"tone paint. For the sake of comparison, the base price of the LE is $28,290 and you can still get the XE with the V6 engine for as low as $23,890. My week with the LEâ€"V6 began with our first cold snap of the year. One frosty morning, the heated remote mirrors and defrosting system whisked away thick hoar frost in literâ€" ally no time. Once underway, the 153 horses on tap certainly made themâ€" selves felt. Instead of lumbering along on big tires, the Pathfinder likes to be driven and handles as well as any sedan â€" such have been the improveâ€" ments in suspension/handling engiâ€" neering in the past five years. Already a top seller in its segment, Nissan has taken a proven commodity and filled it to the brim with luxury items while not overdoing it. Pricey? perhaps, but the way the luxury sport ute market is going with $60,000 range Rovers, $32,174.70 for Nissan‘s proven reliability and Satisfaction Commitment warranty makes it seem positively a bargain. $ 4â€"dr., V8, auto, only 60,000 miles, i pwr. seats, pwr. windows. Climate $ air, AM/FM stereo cassette Stk. #X4389A c UR KER BUICK LIMITED 410 SOUTH SERVICE RD. WEST, OAKVILLE 845â€"1681¢%:: 6395695