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WHITBY FREE PRESS, NEW CAR SUPPLEMENT, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1978, PAGE 11 PLYMOUTH CARVELLE Plymouth Caravelle -- Chrysler's exclusively Canadian new-generation intermediate -- broadens its appeal with the addition of a handsome station wagon model for 1979. The four-door, two-seat station wagon joins the sporty Plymouth Caravelle two-door pillared hardtop and four-door sedan intro- duced to the Canadian market last year. Caravelle for 1979 also get a medium price class hardtop and sedan, and highline "Salon" editions of each. Plymouth Caravelle for 1979 has a refined grille and taillight treatment. All three Caravelles mm wheelbase. 1979 Plymouth ride on a 2863 (112.7-inch) The totally-new Caravelle station wagon has a marine teakwood- grain applique extending the full length of the vehicle's sides and extending across the rear liftgate. The counter- balanced liftgate provides easy access to the wagon's spacious cargo compart- ment. A cargo compart- ment light actuated by the liftgate is available as an option. Standard seat In the new Caravelle station wagon is a vinyl front bench seat with folding en centre armrest. A velour- upholstered 60/40 split bench seat is optionally available. Lockable storage compartments in the cargo area trim panels are standard. Carpeting and stainless steel skid strips on the cargo floor and the back of the second seat form a continuous floor when the seat is folded down for extra carrying capacity. The spare tire and jack are stored under the cargo floor. The vinyl roof on the salon model Plymouth Caravelle two-door pillared hardtop has a new rectangular quarter window design fitted with tinted glass. Plymouth Caravelle customers may choose from two optional roofs: a power-operated glass sun roof is available on the two-door hardtop and four- door sedan and a T-bar roof with removeable panels is offered on the two-door. In addition, an elegant vinyl roof is standard on the Caravelle Salon four-door sedan. Standard engine in all three 1979 Plymouth Caravelles is a 3.7 litre (225 cuþic inch) slant six with single-barrel carburetion. Optionally available engines include a 5.2 litre (318 cubic inch) V-8 and a 5.9 litre (360 cubic inch) eight, the latter engine available in a version for leaded fuel operation. All 1979 Caravelle engines have a redesigned electric choke heater for improved cold stàrting. Chrysle'r's Electruic Spark Control System. Increased corrosion protection is afforded through the expanded use of galvanized steel for body panels. New galvanized steel components include rear quarter panels, rear outer wheel housings and floor pan extensions. Except for station wagons, 1979 Plymouth Caravells are equipped with "compact" spare" wheels and tires. This high pressure compact spare is smaller, thinner, and about 30 per cent lights than a conventional spare tire, and allows more useable trunk space. A sporty new wire wheel cover is optionally available for all Caravelle models, and forged aluminum road wheels are also available. Caravelle Salon models have comfortable cloth and vinyl centre armrest front seats and carpeted door panels. Cloth and vinyl bucket seats with centre armrest are optional on Salon two and four-door models, as is an all-vinyl bench type seat with centre armrest. Buyers of 1979 Plymouth Caravelles may choose from a long list of comfort and convenience options including air conditioning, power windows, automatic cruise control, automatic transmissions, digital clocks and AM, AM/FM, AM/FM stereo, AM/FM/CB stereo and electronic search tune radios. Plymouth Sapporo & Dodge Challenger Sporty Models Chrysler Canada's two sporty subcompacts -- Plymouth Sapporo and Dodge Challenger -- enter their second model year for 1979. Plymouth Sapporo reflects a revised exterior appearance for 1979, while Dodge Challenger retains its sleek good looks, with new two-tone paint availability. Built for Chrysler by Mitsubishi in Japan, Sapporo and Challenger are built on nimble 2515 mm (99-inch) wheel bases. Both feature their own distinctive exterior styling touches, and both are designed to comfortably accommodate four adults. Plymouth Sapporo' for 1979 has been given a new "Eurocoupe" image. The wide, bright exterior trim used last year, including the wide roof applique with opera lights and vinyl roof, have been discontinued. North American-type wheel covers have been replaced with cast aluminum road wheels. Radial tires with black sidewalls replace the white sidewall tires used last year. Window moldings are accented in black and the rear applique is color- keyed to the exterior color. All eight-cylinder Caravelle gingigf extends to the interior, where upholsteries are in pleated soft vinyl or pleated cloth. Dodge Challenger's exterior styling is accentuated by a wrap- around rear window and taillights, louvred rear roof pillar and split horizontal grille housing four rectangular headlamps. Grille bars have a bright finish for 1979. A 2.6-litre "Silent Shaft" four-cylinder engine is standard in both Sapporo and Challenger for 1979. A five-speed manual trans- mission is standard, and an automatic transmission and power steering are optionally available. A new convenience option for Challenger and Sapporo is an automatic speed control. Air con- ditioning is also available as an extra-cost option, as well as AM/FM eight-track stereo. Inside, all instruments and gauges are arranged in cockpit style, within easy reach of the driver. An overhead console contains a digital clock and swivel reading lamp. A tilt steering column is standard, as is an electrically-heated backl- ight. Chimes serve as seat- belt and ignition warnings, and a "walk-in" adjuster passengers manually move the passenger seat forward for easier entry and exit. The seat, on a track, may be then moved back to its original position, which it "finds" automatically. Standard Sapporo/ Challenger equipment also includes an intermittent windshiled wiper system, sports-type steering wheel, power ventilation, inside deck lid release and AM/FM radio. Dual color- keyed racing type mirrors electrically controlled from the inside console are also standard. The unique "Silent Shaft" engine features two counterbalancing shafts located at different heights on either side of the crank- shaft. These shafts rotate in opposite directions at twice the speed of the crankshaft, creating rotational forces which greatly reduce vibration and passenger compart- ment noise usually associ- ated with four cylinder engines. Sapporo and Challenger have front coil strut suspension and four-link coil suspension at the rear. Ir- âb Ap