i CLASSIFIEDS/ C-2 c Section The Salt Lake Tribune AUTOMOTIVE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1998 Advertising supplement produced by the Newspaper Agency Corporation New Buick LeSabre has truck-like features D EVANOFF Rupper NEWSPAPERS By AL Haas Knuctrr-Rupper NEWSPAPERS Designers of recent-vintage trucks have paid attentionto the car market to make sure their vehicles ride and handle a lot more like guess comfortable cars. But now, the car engineers are taking lessons from the truck makers’ stylebook. General Motors Corp. recently LeSabre, a new sedan designedin pant for drivers weary of trucks but not ready to give up some truck- Jaconi says model. GM also will feature the car vers out of sport-utility vehicles and at the North American Intemational into sedans is still only a trickle, The new car looks sleeker and bolder than the current version, which has been aroundsince 1992, of full-size sedan sales. What the re-engineered LeSabre 1s bold as the longer Chrysler Concorde and DodgeIntrepid, The Buick designers didn’t want to scare off cross-over buyers if the in good condition. | checked in nance. Since you have always rec- are comingout of old LeSabres. Joe Fitzsimmons,LeSabre brand manag- V6 engine commonin the current The2000 LeSabre has morehip er, saidthis loyalty makes the car model. New features include electronic shock absorbers for a the current model at 201 inches butis Buick’s best seller and a model that outsells its full-size competitors: the smootherride, more precise steering, a couple of inches wider (62.3 inchConcorde, Intrepid, Ford Crown Vic- more braking power and side air es) and has a correspondingincrease in hip room. toria, Mercury Grand Marquis and bags The trunkhas beenexpanded, too, The new car is the same length as Toyota Avalon. he classified parts listings for * cars in Hemmings Motor News, and found a place called ommendedfollowing the owner's House of Hubcaps in Washing- manual on maintenance, 1 didn't OKthe flush. Please adviseif this is necessary, especially since I ton state that has those caps at $65 each. Cali them at 1-800825-9715. They said they will change the oil andfilter every 3,000miles satisfied, but you would have to refund your moneyif you aren’t A. Pumping a cleaningsolution pay the st pping to send the ack. through the engine underpres: a forecasts sales of 140,000 to 150,000. LeSabres next year, a volume similar to this ‘The new LeSabre uses the 3.8-liter anyone who can replace those prongsfor me? A. 1 think yourbestbetis to get another set of original hubcaps The owner's manual does notlist becomes a torrent. Officially, GM should go well beyond 100,000 miles before theystart using an excessive amountofoil. plus $26.95 for the oil change. anengine flush aspart of mainte- trickle ever if properly maintained, they also the Bilstein should have Engine Flushat a cost of $89.95, gives Buick is a premiumcar that can thoughthe new modeldoes not look appeal to a wide number of those tained? A. The answeris that virtually all the cars in that price range are prettyreliable transportation. And every 3,000 miles. When I was getting the oil change at 15,000 car accounting for 5 percent to 6 percent Q. What 1999 passenger cars in very reliable and least likely to burn motoroil if driven 100,000 miles or more andproperly main- Q.I'm trying to keep my 1962 ChryslerImperialin nice, original miles, the assistant service manager tried to convincemethat the That’s becausethe migrationof dri- you've been giving it. condition. I notice some of the prongs onthe hubcaps are badly rusted and very weak. Is there Q. 1 purchased a 1997 Buick Forall thehope placed by Buick in n’t need anything beyond the TLC Park Avenue a year ago. The car gets anoil change andnew filter the trucklike amenities, Buick officially expects to generate only a few more LeSabre sales. Morethan half of LeSabre buyers a shot of com: doesn’t, you may haveto have the motor removed and cleanedout. production model of the 2000. abre in the Detroit Opera House, LeSabre owners. the $20,000to $25,000 range are pressedair in thedi shboard vents may dislodge the leaves. If it baby boomers that Auto Show, in January in Detroit there are leaves in the blower motor. He said leaves oftencollect inside the car would support this diagnosis. but there definitely is a growing first public unveiling of the new maintained Buick V6 really does- disintegrate, then migrate to the motor, Particles of leaves found console and deep cup holders thekindof amenitieslong associated with pickups, minivans and port-utility vehicles. There’s noavalancheof sport-utility buyers coming intothe car mar- stta took the wrapsoffa pre- item. That's hard to believe. What do you think around the under-hood air intake, cabin features. Buick’s new full-size sedan has big side mirrors, a spacious center iG for this type oftreatment if you 4, MikeJaconi, service manager at Philadelphia Honda,suspects showed off its 2000 model Buick wants something else,” said Robert Coletta, Buick Motor Division gen you could make a case Q. I own a 1998 Honda Pass- port. Whenever I use theair con- had a high-mileage, questionably ditioner, it emits an annoyinghum. maintained engine. But I wot My dealer says it’s an unfixable think your low-mileage, well- Hemmings’ ‘parts listings also room than the current model. and then flushing it sounds like a by one cubic foot, to 18 cubic feet, actually contributes to engine factory replacement parts called or frames to absorb more energy in You'll notice the manufacturer's brochure says it “may improve fits might have a set ofhubcaps for your car. This was accomplishedby slimmi the front bumper andbuilding interi goodidea. But whether or notit longevity is apparently unproven. include dae whosell original “new old stock.” Oneofthese out- collisions. Be: Nlhatid ! ce MHC (ie em EY) aC OTL i Accounae a at(801) 237-2Rei