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Any parent can tell you, despite the old saying, that getting there is not half the fun. In fact, if you're traveling with battling siblings, it's no fun at all.
For 1999, Oldsmobile has taken a page from the van converters' book and come up with a factory-installed entertainment system that includes a color video monitor that flips down from the ceiling, a video cassette player and controls that allow passengers in different seats to listen to the radio or a CD or watch a movie or play video games.
What could be better than going on a summer vacation while watching the Griswald's "National Lampoon's Vacation" movies to remind yourself that your yearly outing isn't such a disaster? You get all this, plus you get to ride around in the "Cadillac of minivans" with all the leather and luxury accessories found on other high-end minivans.
The General Motors trio of minivans—Chevrolet Venture, Pontiac Montana (formerly the Trans Sport) and Olds Silhouette—all share basically the same mechanicals. These front-wheel-drive, comfortable and spacious minivans don't have to take a back seat—or a middle seat —to any on the market. The Silhouette occupies the high end of the price spectrum for GM and comes equipped to match.
A 3.4-liter V-6 engine produces power for the Silhouette. For 1999, General Motors engineered a slight power increase to 185 horsepower and a robust 210 ft-lbs. of torque, which gives the van excellent acceleration.
Dual sliding doors are standard equipment on all Silhouettes, with the handy power-operated passenger-side sliding door standard on the Premiere. It can be operated from the keyless remote, as well as inside buttons.
Comfortable center-row captain's chairs are also standard equipment (excellent for watching the Titanic go down). For large families or those who have to haul most of the baseball team ("Field of Dreams," anyone?), you can buy the Silhouette with three captain's chairs in the middle for a total of eight seats.
The rear seat, which seats three, is split into halves for easy removal. The van comes with a full complement of cupholders, cubbyholes, and storage nets.
The Premiere video and audio system consists of:
a video cassette player (with wireless remote control) mounted on the floor console with storage for four tapes
a 5-inch LCD monitor that folds down from the overhead console (The picture quality is good, although the screen is small.)
overhead controls that permit switching between CD, cassette tape, AM/FM stereo and videocassette sources
a CD player mounted in the lower console
headphones for up to six middle-row and rear-seat passengers, each with a volume control (middle row jacks and controls are overhead while third-row gear is in the right-side armrest
a universal video input for a camcorder or video game such as Nintendo or Play Station.
The Silhouette Premiere Edition also includes as standard equipment a touring suspension, a rear-mounted air inflator and controls for the rear-seat heating and air conditioning system.
Safety equipment includes both front and side airbags for the driver and front-seat passenger.
It's all available at a price only about $1,500 above the top-of-the-line Silhouette GLS. And while that certainly isn't inexpensive, it could quickly prove its worth by providing a diversion on those trips kids hate.
