32 - Friday. October 30. 1998 — North Shore News

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Greg

‘Wilson

THE Infiniti G20, last
seen here from 1991 to
1996, was a well-built,
fun-to-drive compact
sports sedan.

‘The problem way, few peo-
ph knew n existed. Entinin,
Nissan's luxury division, has a
lower profile than many ofits
competitors, such as
Miercedes-Renz, BMW and
Lexus,

an, the fine G20
had rather plain, uninspired
— a problem when

dure competing with cars
like the BMW 318i, Mercedes:
Benz C220 and Lexus £8300,
Also, it was nota

ine while most of in.

competitors were.

For 1999, the G20 sedan
has returned: to Endiniti’s line-
up with all-new stvling and
mocee interior room — but the
design formula appears to be
the same.

It has a similar but retined
140 horsepower 2.0-litre four-
eviinder engine and rather

ive three-box sedari

‘o be fair, the sporty

201 Touring model has a

front air dam, rear spoiler,
snappy BBS style alloy wheels,
and bright paintwork which
will certainly get same buyers”
attention

Like the previous G20, the
new model is based on the
Nissan Primera which is sold
in Europe and Japan
he G20 uses the

2.0-litre C16 valve four-
evlinder engine and semi-ind

THE 1999 Infiniti G20 has returned with new styling, more interior room, side airbags, a 140 horsepower 2.0 liter four cylinder engine, and

a new rear suspension.

pendent “multi- fink beain™
suspension found in the Nissan
Sentra SE. The multi-link
beain suspensio: F
independent (strut/parallel
Jink) suspension in the old

Technicai Data

Base price: $29,995

Type: four-door, five-passen-
ger sedan

Layout: transver:

engine /front-wheel-drive
Engine: 2.0-litre four-cylin-
der. DOHC, 16 valves
Horsepower: 140 @ 6400
p.m.

Torque: 132 @ 4800 r.p.m.
Transmission: five-speed
franual (four-speed automat-
ic)

Curb weight: 1332 kg

2937 Ib.)

ires: 195 /60R-15
Wheelbase: 2600 mm (102.4
in.)
Length: 4509 mm (177.5
in.)
Width: 1694 mm (66.7 in.)
Height: 1400 mm (55.1 in.)
Fuel consumption: City —
10.5 1/100 km (27 m.p.g.);
Hwy — 7.6 1/100 km (2
Mp3)
Warranty: four
years/100,000 kms

“IT’S NOT FREE”

But It But Its Reasonable! Reasonable!

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G20,

During a four hour drive
through the Okanagan last
summer, [found the G20
handles and rides well over di
ferent suTtaces, and has a high

understeer occurs at its
Standard 195/60R-15 inch
radials (up trom [4-inch) pro-
vide excellent traction. For
additional traction on wet
roads, G20r models have a vi
cous limited slip front differen-
tial which apportions power to
the front wheel with more
traction. New, larger standard
dise brakes with ABS at all
tour corners do a great job of
hauling it to a stop.

But my overall impressic
is thar the new G26 is more

Sedan or Wagon

142 HP. 2.2L engine

All wineel drive
Four channel ABS
Air conditioning

Power locks & windows

Split rear seat
80 watt am/fm
cassette

15" alloy wheels

Heated power mirrors

Plus much more

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divorced tram the read than it
used to be — it’s quieter,
smoother and a little fess
responsive —- more of a tuxu-
ty/sporr sedan than a

sport /luxury scan. Personally,
1 prefer the fully independent
rear suspension “and the quick-
er steering of the previous
G20,

Since it weighs 72 kz (158
Ib.) more than ‘the previous
model and has the si
amount of horsepoy
eration is down slightly.
Accordingly, the 2.0-litre

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