The Sport 2WD ($14,425) and 4WD ($16,175) comes standard with a 172-hp, 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine and a five-speed manual transmission, vinyl seats, AM/FM/CD/MP3 with four speakers, halogen headlamps, rear wiper, roof rails, fold-flat 60/40 rear seats, and 16-inch steel wheels with all-season tires. Air conditioning and cruise control do not come standard, and the windows, mirrors and door locks are manual.

Air conditioning is optional ($850). Power windows, mirrors and door locks with remote entry are part of a Power Equipment Group ($995). Another package has cruise control. A more complete package includes all those things plus tinted windows, map and dome lights, driver seat height adjustment, fold-flat front passenger seat, reclining rear seats, 115-volt outlet, foglamps and roofrail crossbars.

The Limited 2WD ($19,985) and 4WD ($21,785) adds most if not all of the options in the groups, as well as 17-inch aluminum wheels, foglamps, passenger grab handles, chrome roofrails and other trim, and leather-trimmed seats.

A Continuously Variable Transaxle is available for the 2.4-liter engine as well as a 2.0-liter engine.

The off-road package is called Freedom Drive II, and uses the CVT with lower ratios; it adds skid plates, tow hooks, foglamps, all-terrain tires and a full-size spare tire. The Freedom II package is available for Sport 4WD ($19,175) and Limited 4WD ($23,130).

Options include a Trailer Tow Prep Group with engine oil cooler and wiring harness ($130); a 458-watt Boston Acoustic premium sound system with nine speakers and steering wheel controls ($495); six-disc CD ($320); 6CD with navigation ($1395); Yes Essentials seating material ($250); heated seats ($250); sunroof ($800); and 17-inch all-terrain tires ($140).

Safety features include frontal airbags, curtain airbags; electronic stability control, ABS, electronic brake-force distribution.

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