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$48,825; E ngine: 3.5 L iter
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Seven years ago M ercedes-
B enz p o p u la riz e d the luxury
sport-utility class with its ML 320,
its first product built in the U.S.
since the early 1900’s. M Class
SU V s from M ercedes score a
m akeover due in the 2006. C om
pared to previous M Class w ag
ons, the new generation is alm ost
six inches longer and sw itches
from body-on-fram e construction
to a rigid unibody platform .
The ML 350 is d e sig n e d to
h o ld fiv e p a s s e n g e r s .
T he
unibody c o n stru c tio n w ith iso
lated front and rear sub fram es,
a te c h n iq u e that e m p h a siz e s
high stren g th and low w eight,
w h ic h r e d u c e s th e o v e r a ll
height. T he re-p ro p o rtio n ed de-
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sign im prove accom m odation of
those larg er than the average
A m erican in d iv id u al or fam ily
and the height m akes it e a sie r
to get in and out of.
Standard equipment includes the
7G-tronic shifter, full-time four-
wheel drive (4WD) and four-wheel
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traction control with Hill Start As
sist (HSA). A new 3.5-liter V6 for
ML35O nets 268 hp. while ML500
with a 5.0-liter V8 runs at 302 hp.
Mercedes Benz made sure that its
standard package was full of power,
luxury and entertainment equip
ment, in the past customers were
unsatisfied by the design of the
first ML.
The ML 350 offered plenty of
passenger room and com fortably
while driving. It has outstanding
safety features for it passengers
which M ercedes Benz has a re
nowned com m itm ent to occupant
safety. It m aneuvers well and
provides a sense o f stability while
driving. The base price starts at
$39,750, but d o n 't stop there. The
ML 350 com es with several op
tion packages to add like: C om
fort Package ($ 1,450). AMG Sport-
Package ($4,500), Premium Pack
age which includes trim package
(6,150), and many more options.
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Dream Seasons
J e s u it beats
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4 A title
(A P )— Jesuit quarterback Aus
tin Pearce scored on a three-yard
run with less than three minutes to
play and the Crusaders held on to
win the OS A A Class 4 A state foot
ball championship with a 14-10 vic
tory against Lincoln Saturday at
Autzen Stadium in Eugene.
P e a rc e 's run w as set up when
J e s u it's C ollin Q uade blocked a
punt sen d in g the ball back to
w ard the C a rd in a ls' end zone
w here Je su it to o k p o ssessio n
w ith 2:59 on the clo ck and tra il
ing 10-7. O ne play later, Pearce
w ent up the m iddle for the score.
Paul W eatheroy led Jesuit with
133 yards rushing and one touch
down, w hile Lincoln was led by
quarterback C onnor K avanaugh,
who com pleted 29-of-45 passes
for 290 yards. He also threw two
interceptions.
The Cardinals, who were playing
in their first championshipgame ever,
went on top 10-7 with 2:30,ogo in the
third quarter on a two-yard touch
down run by Kavanaugh, a score set
up by a 36-yard catch-and-nin by
Jordan Polk.
That was the firs, score of the
second half for either team, as Jesuit
led 7-3 a, the break thanks to
W eatheroy's eight-yard touchdown
run with 3:43 left in the first half.
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scoring an average o f 46 points in
its las, eight gam es.
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missing three field-goal tries and
going I-fo r-10 on third down con
version attem pts.
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Lincoln 297-290.
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