THE Siihoustte is new from Oldsmobile for 1998. Simiiar to the Chevy Venture and Pontiac Trans Sport, it offers standard duai sliding rear doors, a 180 horsepower

3.4-litre V6 engine, fotir-speed automatic transmission, and seven passen:

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ger seating. Silhouettes start at $29,125. Test drive the new Oldsmobile mini-van in North

Silhouette adds fourth

THE Oldsmobile vee
Silhouette mini-van is

new for 1998 — the

third and newest ver-

sion of General

centre bench with the simple
push of a burton. [f some-
one gets caught in the door
while it’s closing, the door
automaticall, retracts. | have

row is a three-person bench
seat with split 50/50 folding
backrests and outboard head
restraints,

Both rear bench seats can

be removed from the van for

dard on GL and GS
Silhouettes while leather
upholstery is standard on
GLS models.

Acditional star Jard fea-
tares on all Silhouettes

NOTING, power steering, six-
way power driver and pas-
senger seats, variable inter-
mittent wipers, power mir-
rors, cruise control, tilt
wheel, air filtration system,

Motors mini-vans
which were redesigned
in 1996,

The Sithouette is a linthe
more upscale than its sib-
lings, the Chevrolet Venture
and Pontiac Trans Sport. It
has more standard equip-
ment including a fourth,
driver’s side sliding rear
door, and a higher base
price, but in most other
respects it is the same mini-
van.

Like the Venture and
Trans Sport, the Silhouette
is available in regular and
extended Jength versions

ha standard 180 hor:
power 3.4-litre V6 engine
and four-speed automatic

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mission, New this year
standard side airbags
mounted in the front doors,
as Well as driver and passen-
ger front airbags.

S regular length models
start at $29,415, GI.
extended length models are
$29,125, and top-of-the-line
GLS extended length mod-

$33,840.
Sithoucties inchide a
ted right-side
ing rear door. Tt can be
ned or closed front the
rat or from the

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personally tried this by

(bravely) sticking my arm
between the closing door
and the pillgr — it works.

GS regular length and
GL. extended tength models
have standard seven passen-
ger searing.

In front are two front
bucket seats with folding
inboard armrests and hunbar
adjusement.

The second row is a two-
person bench seat with split
60/40 folding backrests and
head restraints. The third

extra cargo-carrving capaci-
ty, although they are casier
ro get out than they are to
get back in.

Optional on GL. and
standard on GELS extended
Jength Silhouettes are two
second row ©

senger arrange-
three second re
seats, dnd a three-person
third row bench seat

Cloth upholstery is stan-

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power windows with driver's
express: down, power door
locks and remote kevless
entry, anti-theft alarm,
power swing-out rear wi
dows, compass

include front dise/rear drum
brakes with ABS,
P205/70R-15 inch all-sea-
sop ures, roof rack, fog
lights, rear wiper and detog-
ger, and tinted glass,
Confort and convenience

features include air condi- Sev Silhouette page 33

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