LOOKING FOR MR. GOODVAN.(News)

Byline: WILLIAM JEANES The 2004 Quest is aptly named. Just as King Arthur's knights sought the Holy Grail and Don Quixote set out to subdue threatening windmills, Nissan expects the Quest to do nothing less than change public perception of minivans. This modest task, no more difficult than hypnotizing your cat, may well suffer the same failure as the other two examples.

That said, Nissan has nicely improved the breed. The Quest appears in three trim levels: 3.5 S, 3.5 SL and 3.5 SE. Each has the Nissan 3.5-liter dohc V6, which is more than equal to its assignment. The S and SL ...

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