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THE 1999 Nissan Quest is longer and wider with a new 170 horsepower 3.3-litre V6 engine, standard anti-lock brakes, a standard driver’s-side sliding rear door, and
seven passenger seating. Test drive the new Quest in North Vancouver at Regency Nissan.

igger Quest atids

REDESIGNED for
1999, the Nissan
Quest is now about
the size of a Toyota
Sienna. ;

Updates include a new
driver’s-side sliding rear

- door as standard equipment,
a roomier seven passenger
interior, a new 170 horsc-
power 3.3-litre V6 engine,
new standard anti-lock
brakes, and an innovative
adjustable rear parcel shelf.

The new Quests range in
price between $27,798 and
$36,298, an increase of nine
percent over 1998.

Both the Nissan Quest
and Mercury Villager were
introduced in 1992, prod-
ucts of a joint venture
between Nissan and Ford,
and built in a Ford plant in
Avon Lake, Ohio.

The Quest was the more
expensive of the two, and
was marketed as an upscale
Mini-van. For this reason, it
didn’t appeal to the majority
of family buyers who had

test
drive

limited budgets. At a time
when the popular Dodge
Caravan came with a stan-
dard four-cylinder cngine,
manual transmission and
five-passenger seating, the

Base price: $27,798
Price as tested: $36,298

Type: four-door, seven-passenger mini-van
Layout: transverse front engine /front-

wheel-drive
Engine: 3.3-litre V6, SOHC

Horsepower: 170 @ 4,800 r.p.an.
Transmission: four-speed automatic
Wheelbase: 2,850 mm (112.2 in.)

Quest had a standard V6

engine, automatic rransmis-

sion, air conditioning,
seven-passenger seating, and
a premium price tag.

However, over the past
seven years, many of the
Quest’s competitors have
moved upmarket.

Just about every mini-van
on the market now has a
standard V6 engine, auto-
Matic transmission, air con-
ditioning and seven-passen-
ger seating — just fike the
Quest.

And now that the Quest
has a new fourth sliding rear

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f and a doo

door, it’s comparable with
most popular mini-vans,
such as the Sienna,
Windstar, Odyssey, and well-
equipped versions of the
Caravan, Voyager, Venture
and Trans Sport.

The new Quest and
Villager continue to be built
at a Ford plant in Ohio, but
for 1999 the Villager won't
be sold in Canada — appar-
ently, Ford thinks it’s too
similar to the Windstar.

If you want the latest
version of this new mini-van,
the Quest is now your only
choice.

+ 4,948 mm (194.8 in.)

Width: 1,903 mm (74.9 in.)

cu. ft)

Height: 1,531 mm (64.2 in.)
Cargo volume (max): 3,551 litres (125.4

Towing capacity: 1,588 kg (3,500 Ibs.)

m.p.z.)

The payments shown here are based on the MSRPs for our brand-spankin’ - new 1999
Saturn SW1, They include transportation, retailer prep and even a full tank of gas so you
won't have to walk co the station with one of those red containers. But some things are
extra, like taxes (sorry), license and insurance. These lease payments are based cn a low
km lease of 60,000 km — which is pretty far - over 3 vears, with a charge of 12¢ per km
over that amount. This offer applies co customers with approved credit. If you decide you

Fuel consumption: City
(20 m.p.g.); Hwy — 8.9 1/100 km (32

We

— 13.81/100 km

wanted
So we starte

The new Quest is 125
mm longer and 30 mm
wider but has the same
wheelbase and a slightly
lower neight (with no loss
of headroon:).

Its curvy, ‘vell-finished
new interior is 10% larger.
Standard seven-passenger
seating includes two front
captain's chairs, a two-per-
son second bench, and a
three-person rear bench,
while centre-row Captain’s
chairs are standard on uplev-
cl SE and GLE madels.

The Quest’s unique third
row bench seat can move all
the way to the front seat-
backs when the second row
seats are removed, It can
also now be used in a “lim-
ousine” position at the rear
with the second seats
removed,

Both sliding rear doors
are large and easy to open
and have extra-large door
handles and interior locking
buttons.

Significantly, rear step-in
height has been lowered by

d with the price.

want to purchase your Saturn at the end of he lease (ana who could blame you?), and
you've made a $2,000 downpayment, you're welcome co. And with that same downpay-
ment, the maximum lease obligation of an SW3 is $11,360. As always, retaiters are free to

set individual selling and lease prices. Oh, and by the way, the vehicle is muci larger shan

shown.

wwew.saturncanada.com

$260, mo
*15,998

70 mm while front step-in
height has been lowered by
30 mm.

However, unlike some of
its competitors, the Quest
doesn’t offer the option of
power-operated sliding rear
doors.

The Quest’s new bustle-
back design provides addi-
tional cargo space behind »-.
the third seat, and a new
adjustable rear parcel shelf
in the cargo area has three
vertical positions which
aliow greater versatility for
storing cargo on different
levels. :

Curiously this shelf is
available only on SE and
GLE models but not on
base GXE models.

For 1999, a new 170
horsepower 3.3-litre V6
engine (borrowed trom the
Pathfinder) replaces a 151
horsepower 3.0-litre V6
engine.

The 3.3-litre engine pres,
vides a noticeable improve-

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you to feel safe in a Saturn.

ZERO DOWN. |

36 mo. lease

price includes @
freight & padi.

1999 Saturn SW1
Complete with: AMIFM stereo cassette

» adjustable steering column © split-falding rear seat

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