; elle. Nell Lucente THE NEW Nissan Sentra two-door coupe is now Nissan’s lowest priced car, at a suggested base price of $10,990. A lively 110 horsepower four cylinder engine, power steering, and seating ior five passengers are al! standard. Lively dual overhead cam engine offers plenty of pep in entry-level car SINCE NISSAN dropped the budget-priced Micra and Sentra Classic, an entry-level economy car has beer con- spicuously absent from their lineup. TEST DRIVE The new two-door Sentra Coupe is an attempt to remedy that situation, though it's too bad Nissan couldn't keep the price under $10,000, The Sentra Caupe’s base price of $10,990 compares to a base price of $12,390 for a similarly equipped four-door Sentra. Other than the absence of two rear doors, there are very few differences between the coupe and the sedan. They have exactly the samne exterior and interior dimen- sions, and the same 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine with five- speed munual transmission, or optional four-speed automatic. Like the sedan, the Coupe seats five passengers and has the same relatively generous headroom and adequate legroom, as well as a spacious 13,7-cubie-foot (0.35 cu, m) trunk and 2 low-fftover trunk lid. One complaint: a fold- down rear seat is not offered on the Coupe. Though the two-door Sentra ts priced considerably fower than the four-door model, it has the same level of standard equipment. Standard features include: a fuel-efficient 110-horsepower four-cylinder overhead cam engine; power siecring; tilt steering wheel: cloth-covered seats; dual outside mirrors; and Nissan's ex. cellent chree-year/80,000- kilometre basic warranty, six- year/100,000-kilometre major- components warranty, and 24- hour roadside assistance program, the four-door model, it has the same level of standard equipment. However, there are some features which are available on the four-door mode! that are not of- fered on the Coupe. For example, a driver's-side airbag, anti-lock brakes, four-wheel dise brakes, tachometer, and power windows and door locks. In addition, the rear side win- dows of the coupe don’t wind down or flip out. If you want these features, you must go with the four-door Sentra. Sentra Coupes come in wo trim lev DIX and XE. The base price of the DLN is $10,990 which includes the standard equipment mentioned above as well as rear defroster, wheel covers, cup holder, map pockets, and a five-speed manual transmission. See Sentra page 29 t price $10,990 Type four-door, passenger coupe Layout transverse front- engine/lront-wheel-drive Engine 1.4-litre four- cylinder, DOHC, 16. valves, variable valve timing, multi- port fuel injection Harsepower 110 @ 6,000 rpm Torque 108 ft-lbs @ 4,000 rpm Transmission five-speed manual/four-speed automatic Curb Weight 1,054 ke/2.324 five- Wheetbase 2,431 mm/95,.7 in. Length 4,326 mm/170.3 in. Width 1,666 mim/65.6 in, Heipht 1.369 mm/53.9 in, Yires 175/70R-13 Trunk capacity 11.7 cu. ft. Fuel consumption City: 8.1 1/100 km (35 mpy); Hwy: 5.6 1/100 kin (50 mpg) Warranty three years/80,000 km; Major components: six years/ 100,000 km (inquire about the Nissan Sen- tra Coupe at) Northshore Nissan, 1160 Marine De., Narth Vancotver.