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Chevrolet's Uplander minivan receives some significant equipment revisions for 2007. The Uplander's previously optional 240-horsepower, 3.9-liter V-6 is now standard ? a much-needed provision, considering most competitors outgunned the Uplander's previous 200-hp V-6. An electronic stability system is now also standard, but the Uplander's previous all-wheel-drive option has been discontinued. Like other General Motors vans that debuted in 2005, Chevrolet bills the Uplander as a crossover sport van. Though it has sport utility vehicle styling cues ? with a seven-passenger seating capacity, a low step-in height and sliding side doors ? the Uplander isn't far removed from the minivans that GM has offered for years, but the company hopes to avoid the minivan's tame image. The Uplander is related to the Buick Terraza, Pontiac Montana SV6 and Saturn Relay. A cargo van is also offered. Chevrolet offers an optional backseat entertainment system. Known as Mobile Digital Media Powered by PhatNoise, the system can store hours of music or movies on a wallet-size 40-gigabyte hard-drive cartridge. Dealers can install a Sit-N-Lift power seat that rotates and extends outward, operating via a hand-held remote control.