HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US AS WE SLIP INTO OF THE BUICK ENCORE... PAT GOSS HAS THE TOOLS TO KEEP OF CAR CARE... ZACH MASKELL GETS HIS TOTAL THEN, IT'S MORE OF EVERY KIND THE PORSCHE 911 GTS...

SO COME DRIVE WITH US, NEXT!

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STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT John: THE BUICK ENCORE WAS WHAT HAS BECOME A CROWDED AND LUXURY CROSSOVER SEGMENT.

SO IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS IT GETS A FEW UPDATES, BUICK'S NUMBER ONE SELLING AS WELL AS KEEP COMPETITORS * WE'VE BEEN ADMIRERS OF SINCE IT FIRST ARRIVED FOR 2013.

GM WAS CLEARLY AHEAD OF THE BUT WITH SO MANY OTHER BRANDS IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR ENCORE THIS 2017 EDITION IS MORE THAN WITH SIGNIFICANT UPDATES THAT CALLING FOR ANOTHER ENCORE.

BUT, STARTING WITH EVERYTHING FORWARD OF MOST PROMINENT IS SPORTING BUICK'S NEW BOTH HOOD AND FENDERS ARE THIS MORE MODERN DESIGN IS BUT WE HAVE TO SAY IT IS ALSO INSIDE, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN UPDATED.

THE DASH LAYOUT IS ENHANCED, GETTING A MORE COCKPIT STYLE AND BETTER FITMENT FOR THE NEW SOME BUILT TO PRICE AND IT'S STILL NOWHERE NEAR AS COMPETITORS LIKE BUT ALL-IN-ALL IT'S KEYLESS ENTRY WITH PUSH-BUTTON AS ARE THE 4.2 INCH COLOR INFO AND AVAILABLE APPLE CARPLAY REAR SEAT ROOM CONTINUES BUT ADULT SPACE IS MORE THAN CARGO SPACE REMAINS MERELY 48.4 WITH SEATBACKS FOLDED; THE FEW REMAINING VEHICLES THAT FRONT PASSENGER SEAT FOR TOTING [ENGINE STARTS UP] FOR 2016, SPORT TOURING TRIM MORE POWER FOR THE 1.4 LITER IT NOW OUTPUTS 153 HORSEPOWER THE 138 HORSEPOWER VERSION AS DOES A 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC ACTIVE ON-DEMAND ALL-WHEEL WHILE, WE DIDN'T FIND THAT BASE THE SPORT'S ADDED PEP IS MUCH ESPECIALLY FOR HIGHWAY MERGING.

YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE OVER YOUR SITUATION.

NOW ENCORE IS STILL NOT AS AS ITS LARGER BUICK CROSSOVER BUT IT IS NOTICEABLY QUIETER CHEVROLET TRAX.

[ENGINE REVVING] PUT IT TO THE TEST AT THE TRACK, WELL OVER A SECOND QUICKER THAN THERE'S ENOUGH TORQUE FOR BUT THINGS TAPER OFF PRETTY FACTOR IN SLOW, FROM THE TRANSMISSION TAKE A LOT LONGER THAN THE AT 83 MILES PER HOUR.

NOT EXACTLY THRILLING; THAN BEFORE.

NOTHING CHANGES IN THE CHASSIS SO THE SURPRISINGLY FUN WE PRAISED IS STILL IN EFFECT.

HERE IS WHERE YOU NOTICE ROOTS THE MOST.

PUSH TOO HARD, HOWEVER, TO SHUT THE PARTY DOWN.

STEERING IS QUICK, AND EVEN DECENT FEEL.

BODY ROLL IS RELATIVELY MINOR, 115-FEET WAS OUR AVERAGE WITH GOOD STABILITY AND ONLY GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS ALL-WHEEL DRIVE ARE 26-CITY, SO, OUR 27.8 MILES PER GALLON SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN AVERAGE FOR USING 11.8 BARRELS OF OIL WITH ANNUAL CO2 EMISSIONS PRICING STARTS AT JUST $23,915, FRONT-WHEEL DRIVE ONLY.

THE COST FOR ADDING AS YOU ESCALATE THE TRIM IF YOU WANT HEATED SEATS, TO ESSENCE TRIM PUTTING YOU WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE BUICK SO MAKING IT MORE APPEALING TO A NO BRAINER.

THAT'S WHAT GM HAS DONE, THE BAND PLAYING ON.

OUR SUCCESS STORY THIS WEEK NORTH CAROLINA, WHERE BRIGHTFIELD TRANSPORTATION OVER 100 EV CHARGING STATIONS IN SOME ARE STAND ALONE'S, LIKE THIS ONE AT EARTH FARE, INTEGRATE SOLAR POWER.

THE 8 SOLAR PANELS CAN PROVIDE ZERO EMISSIONS, SOLAR POWERED Stan Cross: IF YOU DRIVE AN THE AVERAGE GRID MIX IN AMERICA, A 60% REDUCTION IN YOUR IF YOU GO TO DRIVING ON IT'S 100% REDUCTION.

John: RETAILERS, UNIVERSITIES, BRIGHTFIELD'S TO ATTRACT EV'S, CLEAN ENERGY COMMITMENT WITH HELP FROM THE LAND OF MORE STAKEHOLDERS ARE INVESTING TO KEEP THE TAR HEEL STATE'S * JUST FOLLOW THE AMERICAN AND LIKE OUR OVER THE EDGE YOU'LL WIND UP AT THE WORLD'S SO, LET'S TAG ALONE WITH ZACH AS AND THE JUDGE'S HEADS... TO GET AN INSIDE LOOK... AT WHAT IT TAKES TO DRIVE AWAY "PLASTIC FANTASTIC."

* Zach Maskell: FROM THIS 1953 TO THE MINTY FRESH, THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY INCLUDES BURNOUT COMPETITIONS, AND SPECIAL GUESTS, AROUND 60,000 FANS FROM AROUND CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

THERE'S OVER 5,000 CORVETTE'S BEING REPRESENTED.

[ENGINE STARTS UP] Mike Garland: PEOPLE COME THEY COME FROM AUSTRALIA.

THEY COME FROM NEW ZEALAND.

THEY COME FROM EUROPE AND THE MID-ATLANTIC AND POINTS AND THEY ALL WANT TO COME TO Zach: ALTHOUGH, ONE MILLION THE HOLY GRAIL IN 1967, GM WANTED TO BUILD TO COMPETE AGAINST PORSCHE THEY CAME UP WITH THIS, THE L88; 20 WERE MADE THAT YEAR, AND 8 ARE RIGHT HERE.

AND I FOUND A COMMON THEME NO ONE WOULD EVEN CONSIDER Kevin Mackay: AS LONG AS I GOT WITH ME FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

BECAUSE I'M JUST BLESSED TO HAVE Zach: WITH THESE FEW WORTH EVEN IF I HAD THE DOUGH, Judge: "RAGS DOWN!

RAGS DOWN MEANS OR YOU WILL BE DISQUALIFIED."

Zach: WE'RE WALKING AROUND Judges Luke & Jeff: FIT AND FINISH, DIRT, DUST, Zach: ...TASKED WITH DETERMINING PRESERVED ORIGINALS, AND THIS MODIFIED CAR.

Luke Simpson: AGAIN, WE'RE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH SO WE CAN ONLY SEE WHAT WE CAN Jeff Walker: GLASS LOOKS GOOD, Zach: THIS OWNER BOUGHT THEN REGRETTABLY SOLD IT.

Sally Bistline: MY SON FOUND AND HE SAID, CALL THIS NUMBER.

SO, I CALLED THE NUMBER SO, I PAID SALES TAX ON IT SO, THE GOVERNOR LOVES ME.

Zach: ALRIGHT...SO, WHAT'RE WE GOING TO BE LOOKING Jeff Walker: WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING BASIC CLEANLINESS.

Ashley Spangler: I HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX CORVETTES.

THREE OLDER ONES AND THREE OF Jeff: A LITTLE BIT OF WATER OTHER THAN THAT IT LOOKS Zach: I'VE GOT TO SAY, [LAUGHS] FOR THIS STUFF BECAUSE I'M NOT ITS JUST, SO EASY TO OVERLOOK IT YOU ARE SO USE TO SEEING IT Jeff: YEAH!

OH, YEAH.

YEAH, AND WHAT TO LOOK FOR ONCE SO, IT COMES SECOND NATURE Zach: WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT Jeff: WE DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT, YOU REALLY...IT DOESN'T TAKE Zach: IN MANY OF THESE CLASSES, OR DAMAGED AND PIECES THAT PAINTED SHOULDN'T BE CHROME.

Luke & Jeff: HALF A POINT, WE CAN TAKE OFF.

RIGHT, HALF A POINT OFF IN THE GAS CAP AREA.

VERY CLEAN CAR.

Zach: MY BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM MAKE SURE YOUR PARTS ARE RIGHT, SO MANY SIMILAR CARS LIKE PAY ATTENTION TO THE SMALLEST AND YOU TOO MAY JUST DRIVE John: IT TAKES CUTTING EDGE HERE'S PAT GOSS WITH SOME Pat Goss: I OFTEN GET CUSTOMERS HOW WE DO CERTAIN THINGS.

AND ONE THING THAT THEY'RE HOW WE MANAGE TO CUT VARIOUS WELL, THE FIRST THING WE DON'T A HACKSAW.

YOU SEE, WE USE HACKSAWS BUT WHEN IT COMES TO STUFF LIKE BRAKE LINES, SPOT WELDS, WE HAVE SPECIALIZED TOOLS EXHAUST SYSTEMS, WE USE THE ADVANTAGE TO THIS OVER YOU HAVE SEVERAL OF THESE YOU WRAP IT AROUND THE PIPE, ALL THE WAY AROUND THE PIPE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SWING ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GO BACK AND BECAUSE YOU HAVE CUTTERS IT CUTS THE WHOLE THINGS OFF, JUST AS SLICK AS ANYTHING THAT'S HOW WE DO THAT.

BRAKE LINES, FUEL LINES, NORMALLY, BUT IN MANY CASES YOU WON'T HAVE THE TYPICAL TUBING CUTTER.

SO, WE USE THESE SPECIALIZED THESE HAVE RATCHETS IN THEM.

WHAT YOU DO IS TIGHTEN THEM DOWN AND THEN, IF I WAS TRYING TO CUT THIS, THE CENTER WOULD RATCHET AROUND AND IT CUTS IT OFF, YOU DON'T THEY COME IN DIFFERENT SIZES.

THE RED ONE WOULD BE FOR BRAKE THE BLUE ONE PROBABLY AND IT'S GREAT AROUND THE HOUSE.

AND ANOTHER THING OF COURSE HOW IN THE WORLD DO WE BRAKE THE METAL AROUND THEM.

WELL, WE USE ONE OF THESE, AS FLY CUTTERS.

THEY'RE OFTEN REFERRED THEY HAVE SHARP TEETH WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE AND WE MAKE A CENTER PUNCH THE CUT MADE.

RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF IT.

THEN THE POINTER ON THIS TOOL THAT WE JUST MADE IT PUSHES IN.

WE PUSH THE DRILL DOWN, RIGHT AROUND THE SPOT WELD, ANY OF THE METAL OR ANYTHING IT DOES A GREAT JOB.

SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THAT WE USE IN THE SHOP EFFICIENT CUTTING OF VARIOUS AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, DROP ME A LINE, RIGHT HERE, John: WITH SUMMER NOW IN OUR 2017 HONDA CR-V IS HEADING AND FALL COLORS.

[ENGINE STARTS UP] POWERING THE LEAF PEEPING, THE CR-V TOURING'S SMALL SO FAR, OUR POWER-HUNGRY STAFF SATIATED; THOUGH, WE MUST BE AS MILEAGE HAS SLIPPED A BIT WE DID HAVE ONE RECALL TO WHICH REQUIRED A FEW HOUR'S STAY REPLACEMENT OF A REAR FUEL FEED OTHER THAN THAT, A SHIFTER THAT FINDS NEUTRAL AND WHAT ONE DRIVER FEELS IS THE POWER LIFT-GATE.

YOU'LL FIND PLENTY OF SPACE AND A MUCH LOWER LOAD FLOOR THAN BOTH MAKE THE CR-V, AND USER-FRIENDLY VEHICLE SO, IT'S 7-MONTHS DOWN, THERE'S A NEW ADDITION THIS 2017 KIA NIRO.

DRESSED IN TOURING TRIM, LOOKS SHARP; AND SHOULD NEXT TIME, ON THE CHRYSLER PACIFICA ON OUR NEXT MOTORWEEK THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING SO, HERE'S YOLANDA VASQUEZ Yolanda Vasquez: INTERNAL THE ROAD, BUT AT THE 2017 ELECTRICS ARE GETTING READY FOR THE SHOW'S STAR WAS THIS PLUG-IN HYBRID HYPER-CAR WITH NO LESS THAN FOR OVER 1,000 HORSEPOWER.

MORE PRACTICAL IS A SECOND MEMBER FOR THEIR OR HOW ABOUT THIS MERCEDES-BENZ HYDROGEN FUEL-CELL FRANKFURT WAS THE WORLD PREMIERE THIS 4-DOOR GRAN COUPE, HAS A 373 MILE ALL-ELECTRIC FOR SUV FANS, CHECK OUT A 3-ROW PLUG-IN HYBRID THAT EVEN MINI'S ICONIC 2-BOX WITH ELECTRIC POWER.

VOLKSWAGEN I.D.

ELECTRIC THE I.D CROZZ CROSSOVER FOLLOWED BY THE SURE-TO-BE BUZZ MICROVAN IN 2022.

AUDI IS PREDICTING ELECTRIC THE AUDI AICON.

USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, IT HAS THE ABILITY TO DRIVE ON A SINGLE CHARGE.

AUDI'S ALL-NEW PETROL ALREADY OFFERS LEVEL 3 AND A 48 VOLT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.

PORSCHE'S 2019 CAYENNE WAS BUT A SURPRISE TURBO VERSION WITH 550 HP AND A 0-60 JAGUAR ANNOUNCED THEIR RACING SERIES, THE CONVENTIONALLY POWERED THE EXTREME SVX ALL-TERRAIN NOT TO BE LEFT OUT, ASIAN BRANDS HONDA WITH ITS CUTE AND TINY WITH A HYBRID CONCEPT SO CLEARLY THE WAY IN WHICH IN THE NOT SO DISTANT FUTURE.

AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS John: THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT HAS BEEN A MAJOR KEY TO THEIR ANOTHER IS GIVING PEOPLE ENTRY LEVEL 911 CARRERA, NEED A LITTLE MORE, MORE STILL...WELL, THAT'S WHERE * YOU COULD THINK OF THE 2017 AS A BETTER VERSION OF SOMETHING OR YOU COULD ALSO THINK OF IT AS THE CARRERA S AND 911 TURBO.

YOU'D BE RIGHT ON BOTH COUNTS.

AS WITH MOST PORSCHE UPGRADES, WITH THE 911s 3.0 LITER HORSEPOWER IS UP 30 OVER TORQUE GAIN IS EVEN MORE CLIMBING 37 POUND-FEET TO 405.

THE RESULTS ARE NOT A HUGE BUT ENOUGH TO BE NOTICED TRANSMISSION CHOICES REMAIN OR OPTIONAL 7-SPEED PDK.

WE WERE THRILLED TO HAVE OUR EVEN THOUGH, WE ARE WELL AWARE ARE A TAD QUICKER.

PORSCHE CLAIMS 3.4 SECONDS SO A 3.9 SECOND RUN TO 60 IS NOT THAT BAD AT ALL.

THE CAR DOES PROVIDE SOME BY HOLDING THE REVS AT 4-GRAND YOU JUST CAN'T LAUNCH AS HARD BUT FROM THERE, LIKE IT'S ON A MISSION.

AS GREAT AS THE SHIFTER FEELS HERE AT THE TRACK, SUCH A SMALL SPACE, A TOUCH OF PATIENCE; WHEN YOU'RE AIMING FOR 3RD.

DO EVERYTHING JUST RIGHT THE QUARTER MILE IN 12.2 SECONDS BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT THE KIND OF THE MOST ARE ONES WITH LOTS OF SO, IT'S OFF TO SUMMIT POINT AROUND THEIR SHENANDOAH CIRCUIT.

THROUGH ITS MIX OF HIGH SPEED THIS GTS STAYED VERY FLAT.

AND IF YOU CAN AVOID THE SLIGHT IT FLIES OUT OF CORNERS WITH REAR-AXLE STEERING IS NOT BUT IT WAS ADDED TO OUR TEST AND REALLY HELPS THE CAR ROTATE THOUGH YOU CAN STILL FIND IN TIGHT BENDS.

AS ALWAYS, PORSCHE'S STABILITY SEAMLESSLY BEHIND THE SCENES, WITHOUT EVER BEING HEAVY-HANDED NO UPGRADES TO THE BRAKES, THOUGH THE PEDAL DID GET A FULL DAY OF TRACK WORK.

AWAY FROM THE TRACK, LIKE YOU THINK A 911 SHOULD; WITH A GREAT ENGINE GROWL.

VISUALLY, THE GTS IS NOT ITS ENHANCED CREDENTIALS.

IT STARTS WITH THE CARRERA 4s AND ADDS A SPORT DESIGN TINTED TAIL LIGHTS, A REAR SPOILER THAT EXTENDS THE CARRERA S, INDEED, ALL-WHEEL DRIVE IS CONVERTIBLE, AND TARGA BODIES.

WE'RE PARTICULARLY FOND OF AND IT'S A GOOD CALL ON TO REPLACE THE SILVER ROOF THERE'S NO SACRIFICE IN COMFORT THOUGH, THINGS INSIDE HAVE TAKEN APPROACH WITH LESS LUXURY THAN THE USUAL AMOUNTS OF ALCANTARA AND PORSCHE ACTUALLY TOOK OUT SO YOU CAN HEAR A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY.

GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS AND 21-COMBINED.

OUR AVERAGE WAS ON THE LOW END, AT 18.4 MILES PER GALLON THAT'S ONLY SLIGHTLY THE ENERGY IMPACT SCORE, OIL YEARLY, GTS PRICING IS ABOUT 15K OVER PUTTING IT AT $120,050 TO START.

PERHAPS NO ONE STRADDLES REFINEMENT FENCE BETTER THAN THIS 2017 911 CARRERA GTS, DELIVERED WITH OLD STYLE FEEL, SURE THERE ARE FASTER PORSCHES, CHEAPER ONES AS WELL.

YOU COULD MAKE AN ARGUMENT THE BEST OVERALL 911 PACKAGE.

AND YOU'D GET NO ARGUMENT WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW, FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL WHEN WE PUT THE LATEST COMPACT AND IT'S A CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1, UNTIL THEN, I'M JOHN DAVIS, WE'LL SEE YOU RIGHT HERE ON Announcer: TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TELEVISION'S ORIGINAL AUTOMOTIVE MOTORWEEK HAS BEEN BROUGHT Man: "IT'S GOT 430 FOOT UNITS Announcer: TIRERACK WANTS YOU THEY CAN HELP YOU CHOOSE THE Man: OOPS!

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