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CENTRAL OAKVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY C1 120 NAVY STREET THE OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, August 2, 2000 YOU WOULDN'T I TRUST JUST ANYONE | TO DRIVE YOUR CAR, SO W HY TRUST JUST ANT COMPANY TO INSURE i n ................ «-- , d _ 2M 5'X y e O T ftR d -# 2 1 .°ak v « eI 847-5671 Wayne McGill An O akville Beaver Advertising Feature To advertise in this section call 845-3824 Fax 337-5567 Intrepid brings style to family sedan C h ry sle r m o d e l fills s p e c ia l n ich e By Jim Robinson SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER If you're a business person, a fleet buyer, a traveler, or just someone with a big family, cost is a limiting factor when you're thinking full-size sedan on a mid-size budget. It's pretty easy to get a big car if you can afford to shop in the luxury and pre mium luxury class. But in the $24$27,000 bracket (about the price of a good mid-sized car) the pickings get pretty slim. Only 20 years ago Chrysler pro duced large, seemingly un-killable cars with small price tags like the Dodge Diplomat and Plymouth Fury. Chryco signaled that it is seeking out this mar ket again when it consciously made two different cars under the skin of the Chrysler Intrepid. The base Intrepid and the Intrepid ES share the same svelte styling that wowed the crowds in 1993 when the entire LS concept car was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show. Even today, the slippery skin with a 0.299 coefficient of drag is on a par with LeMans racers. The Audi TT, with its much ballyhooed aerostyling, has a drag coefficient of 0.34. In fact about the only outward dif ference between the two Bramaleabuilt Intrepids is the letters "ES" on the door of the more expensive car and fog lights in the front spoiler of the ES model - and that's it. Trunk volume is a gargantuan 521 litres (18.4 cu. ft) and a cargo net is now standard. With the optional 50/50 split bench front seat, six can sit comfortably as the car is 1,890 mm (74.4 inches) wide and the wheelbase is 2,870 mm Chrysler Intrepid: space and easy on fuel (113 inches). The ES is only available with a 3.2litre, single overhead cam V6 produc ing 225 hp and 225 ft/lb of torque. The only transmission is a four-speed auto matic with AutoStick, a mode that lets the driver select gears manually. The base Intrepid, as tested here, is only available with a 2.7-litre, 24valve, twin-cam V6. Instead of the 1701280 hp one would expect from an engine this size and running on regular fuel, the 2.7 produces 200 hp while pro viding fuel economy values of 11.3L/100 km (25 mpg) city, and just 7.1L/100 km (40 mpg) highway. Torque rating on this engine is 190 ft/lb and it is hooked up to the only trans mission offered with the 2.7, a fourspeed automatic with overdrive and lockup torque converter. Both Intrepids are fitted with stan dard air conditioning, power windows and locks, AM/FM stereo and the front bucket seats standard (the buckets allow rear heat/AC vents as well). The white gauges with black ideograms are now the same on both cars. Nice for the price are the standard block heater and the triple nozzle windshield washer jets. You can buy the base Intrepid for $25,060. Making it more homey can be done with a few inexpensive options. A full-size spare tire is $175 while mov ing up to the optional 16-inch steel wheels/tires/plastic wheel covers is just $260. Add another $260 for the option al Bright Platinum Metallic Clear Coat and you have an Intrepid that looks like a LHS. The CD player with eight speakers and night-and-day better (S ee `Intrepid' page C2) GRAND CHEROKEE LTD 36 m o. lease $0 Down $660" $2500 Down Fully loaded, 4.0L., leather, CD stacker, sunroof, ABS, keyless, p.w., p.d.l., power seats & more 2 0 0 0 CHRYSLER NEON w rn lin sf! innnnlnn Purchase Financing Cab forward design, 2L S0HC 4 cyl., 5 speed manual, p.s., p.b., air, six speaker, AM/FM stereo/cassette, tilt steering. 2 0 0 0 CHRYSLER 3 0 0 M 36 mo. f e r n / 510 D o w n ] perm nnlli ^ Driver's side, sliding side door, air, AM/FM cassette, roof rack, cloth faced high bucket seats, ABS brakes. 2000 CHRYSLER INTREPID -e n n '17 S $3,500 down] - / ijy j p .a j Dow n Purchase Financing 36 mo. lease ( SO D o w n u S3 9 4 M ~ JS 2500 D o w n per month $3,500 dow Purchase Financing ^^£319TM Purchase Financing Fully loaded, 17" wheels, leather, p. sunroof, 3.5L. V6, AM/FM stereo, cassette, CD. Trail edition, 4.0L, 5 speed, stereo, sound bar, hard top & more. (L autom atic trans., air, p.w., p.d.l., p. m irrors, AM/FM stereo cassette, keyless entry. Plus taxes & licence. 20,400 km. per year. T he p lace to lea se o r buy sin ce 1961 Ford Drive Southdown Rd. \ Churchill Blvd -- \ Royal Windsor Dr. 5 S U 2 3 8 8 ROYAL WI N DS O R DRIVE, OAKVI LLE 905-845-7575