HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US AS HONDA FINALLY BRINGS TO AMERICA, AND US... PAT GOSS HAS SOUND ADVICE ON ZACK MASKELL GOES OVER THE EDGE AT A MONSTER OF A DRIVING AND WE MAKE FAST TRACKS JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE TRACKHAWK...

SO COME DRIVE WITH US, NEXT!

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WEATHERTECH DIGITAL FIT FLOOR CUSTOM FIT VEHICLE FLOOR AND UP THE SIDES.

WEATHERTECH.

MADE IN AMERICA.

STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT John: WE RECENTLY TESTED AND ITS NEW TURBO ENGINE.

AND WE KNEW GOING IN THAT WOULDN'T QUITE LIVE UP TO BUT WE ALSO KNEW THAT THE FULL BORE CIVIC TYPE R WHAT DOES THIS REALLY MEAN?

ONLY THE FASTEST AND MOST * THE PERCEPTION THAT AND MOSTLY BORING CARS IS BUT THAT PERCEPTION DOESN'T AS THE BRAND HAS FIELDED OVER THE YEARS.

UNFORTUNATELY, MOST OF THEM THE MOST GLARING EXAMPLE OF THAT WELL, THAT ALL CHANGES FOR 2017 THE BEST STREET PERFORMANCE [ENGINE RUNNING] AND IT'S A LOT!

OVER 300 HORSES FROM ITS UNIQUE 306 TO BE EXACT, ALONG WITH IT FEELS LIKE IT REVS FOREVER; CLASSIC SIs OF THE PAST, A LITTLE V-TEC FLAVOR TRANSMISSION IS A 6-SPEED NO AUTOMATIC IS AVAILABLE.

IT COMES WITH AUTOMATIC WHICH WE FOUND QUICK UNLIKE, OBVIOUS ALL-WHEEL DRIVE AND VOLKSWAGEN GOLF R, FRONT-WHEEL DRIVE ONLY; LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL IS ON THE OTHER HAND, IS NOT SO MUCH TWEAKED AS ALMOST UP FRONT IS A NEW DUAL AXIS AND ADAPTIVE DAMPERS ARE ADDED ADDITIONAL STRUCTURAL ADHESIVES TO INCREASE STIFFNESS AND THEN, THERE'S THE EXTERIOR.

YES, ALL THOSE AERO-ELEMENTS BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, NOT JUST TACKED ON FOR STYLING WITH THE BIGGER ENGINE AND ALL THOUGH IT STILL COMES IN AND IT REMAINS A PRETTY COMES AS A HATCHBACK ONLY.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY SPORTY WITH WELL-BOLSTERED SEATS THAT FROM AN ITALIAN EXOTIC.

OTHER TYPE R SPECIFIC ELEMENTS INCLUDE A RED AND BLACK THEME, AND TYPE R LOGOS.

OVERALL, THE INTERIOR APPEARS A NICE THICK WHEEL FOR GRIPPING, AND YOU'LL FIND ALL THE EXPECTED INCLUDING A SIMPLE TO OPERATE OFF THE LINE, THERE'S NO LAG; AND DESPITE BEING ONE OF THE CARS YOU CAN BUY, WE FOUND HONDA MAKES NO CLAIMS BUT OUR SEAT OF THE PANTS METER THE RIDE IS COMPLIANT, ALMOST TYPICAL HONDA; THE +R DRIVE MODE WHICH REALLY BY STIFFENING THE DAMPERS, SETTING STABILITY CONTROL AS WELL AS HEAVYING UP IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BUY BY ALL MEANS, OR AT LEAST AUTOCROSS THE HECK IT FEELS WELL-PLANTED IN AND TURNS IN BEAUTIFULLY.

THE TYPE R HAS A SELECTIVE PERFORMANCE ENHANCER THAT CAN BUT IN THEIR TRADITIONAL ROLE, CAN STILL DO SOME SERIOUS THEY'RE GREAT!

Zach Maskell: THERE'S THREE REMEMBER WHEN YOU'RE COMING FIRST OF ALL, AND YOU WANT TO FINISH YOUR TURN.

THEN YOU COAST A BIT, AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.

I LOVE THE TYPE R EVERY TURN THAT I COME INTO, IT LETS ME GET ON THE GAS John: WHILE CERTAINLY NOT YOUR GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS 28-HIGHWAY, AND 25-COMBINED.

FOR AN AMAZINGLY AVERAGE ENERGY BURNING 13.2 BARRELS WHILE EMITTING 6.0 TONS OF CO2.

BASE PRICING IS $34,775.

SOME MAY HAVE A PROBLEM SPENDING BUT THIS IS NO ORDINARY CIVIC.

AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IT'S NOT LOT OF MONEY AT ALL FOR EQUALLY BENIGN OR NASTY.

WE'VE WAITED 20 YEARS FOR THIS AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THE 2017 HONDA CIVIC TYPE R IT FEELS LIKE A BRILLIANT, PERFORMANCE MACHINE THAT A HONDA BADGE ON IT.

THOSE THAT FELT THE CIVIC SI WILL FIND EXACTLY WHAT THEY WE SURE DID.

* IT WAS 1970 SOMETHING AND TRACTOR PULLING TRUCKS TIRE SIZES GREW, AND SO DID IN 1981, AND THE FIRST MONSTER TRUCK BIGGER AND BADDER THAN EVER, TO GET HIGH WITH ZACH MASKELL WITH A DRIVING EXPERIENCE * Don Royalty: IT'S ALL GOING TO FOR YOU I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

AS SOON AS YOU RUN OVER A CAR, AS SOON AS YOU GET OUT OF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING ELSE YOU'VE GOT 1300 HORSE RATTLING YOUR CAGE ON TOP SO IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY Zach: I'VE ALWAYS WANTED SO, HERE WE ARE IN FRANKLIN, AT THE ONLY MONSTER TRUCK BUT HERE THERE'S NO CLASS TIME, JUST 15 ACRES WITH THE OWNERS HAD OVER 60 DRIVERS FROM ACROSS THE WORLD, SO YOU'VE BEEN SURROUNDED BY QUITE SOME TIME NOW... YOU WERE BUILDING THE JUMPS WHAT MADE YOU ACTUALLY Don: UM, I THOUGHT, AND JUST HAVE ONE.

AND THEN AFTER BUYING IT, IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE SO I STARTED THE SCHOOL TO FIND Zach: BUT THAT'S A FEAT EASIER Don: IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO A MONSTER TRUCK FOR YOU.

THEY'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE THEY'VE GOT TO BE A MECHANIC AND THEN, THEY'VE GOT TO BE ABLE Zach: AND TRUST ME WHEN I SAY, Don: TO ME IT'S ALL ABOUT MAKING YOU KNOW, BUT NOW, PEOPLE COME UP "THAT WAS REALLY A RIDE..." "ALRIGHT..." SO THAT'S ALL IT'S ABOUT TO ME Zach: A LOT OF THE PARTS, IT'S BUILT ON A TUBE CHASSIS, WITH A FIBERGLASS BODY.

Don: WE'VE GOT A 502 BIG BLOCK IT'S GOT AN 871 BLOWER ON IT.

IT'S RUNNING ON PURE METHANOL.

WE'VE GOT 4-LINK SUSPENSION... NITROGEN FILLED SHOCKS..." Zach: WHAT DOES IT COST FOR AND DO THIS?

Don: IT'S $250 A RUN Zach: COMPETITIVE TRUCKS CAN TO RUN EACH YEAR.

[SMASH TRANSITION] LETTING OUT YOUR ANGER ON IS FREE.

INSIDE THE DESTROYER, WHAT YOU'RE USED TO, AND REAR WHEELS.

UHHHHHHHH.

Don: I'LL KILL IT IF I SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN...

IF YOU WERE TO GET UPSIDE DOWN YOU KILL THAT.

Zach: AND THAT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT Don: EVERYBODY...EXACTLY.

SAME MOTOR, SAME EVERYTHING AS Zach: HMMM, MAYBE I'LL JUST, Don: I WANT YOU TO STAY RADICAL.

EVERYBODY SAYS, AND HURT THE TRUCK."

HURTING THE TRUCK IS GOING THE TRUCKS GOING TO HURT YOU HURT THE TRUCK, I PROMISE YOU.

BUT THEY DON'T LET THAT Zach: STARTING OUT, FOCUSING ON THE FACT, A FULL-SIZE CAR.

THE KEY IS TO STAY ON THE GAS...

OTHERWISE, YOU'LL LAND FRONT IT'S GOING TO HURT.

WELL, OF COURSE, I LET OFF AND THIS WAS MY FIRST LANDING.

OUCH!

AS FAR AS THAT REAR STEERING AND CRAB WALKING OVER JUMPS, BUT IT REALLY STARTED TO CLICK WHOOOO, HOO, HOO, HOO... MY HEART IS THROBBING, THIS THING'S VIOLENT MAN...

THERE'S SO MUCH TO KEEP IN MIND.

BUT IT IS A BLAST.

Zach: DON AND REGINA...

THANKS FOR LETTING ME TAKE AND I'M SORRY ABOUT THE CONES.

WELL, I'M GONNA GO * [CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS] Lauren Morrison: A PICKUP TRUCK FROM JEEP, AND THERE ARE MORE REASONS OUR SPY PHOTOGRAPHER RECENTLY JEEP WRANGLER PICKUP TRUCK.

WHILE, HEAVILY CAMOUFLAGED, JEEP'S SIGNATURE SLOTTED GRILLE.

THIS 4-DOOR PROTOTYPE MIMICS THE CAB OF THE WRANGLER THERE'S NO OUTSIDE SPARE TIRE, FOR IT.

THE BED ALSO LOOKS LONGER THAN CONCEPT TRUCK SEEN WITH IT.

JEEP'S LAST PICKUP WAS THE HINT OF A NEW PICKUP BEGAN NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE JEEP'S NEW FOR REAL IN 2018.

John: IF YOU HOLD ON TO A CAR THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT PAT GOSS HAS ADVICE ON Pat Goss: THERE ARE MILLIONS OF THAT HAVE A LOT OF BUT MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE THAT YOU WOULD REALLY LIKE.

IN THIS CASE, WHEN IT WAS NEW, AND YOU HAD TO PAY EXTRA FOR IT.

TODAY, IT'S OBSOLETE AND IT IS SO WHAT CAN YOU DO TO BRING WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF YOU CAN MODIFY THE SOUND SYSTEM.

YOU CAN ADD FEATURES LIKE THIS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE TAKING THIS CAR TO SUPPLYING ITEMS THAT YOU CAN LET'S SEE WHAT THEY HAVE FOR US.

Stephen Davis: SO LET'S START VERY EASY TO PUTT OUT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT A NEW THAT'S GONNA GIVE US CARPLAY SO NO MATTER WHAT SMART PHONE THE BEST POSSIBLE EXPERIENCE FOR AND NAVIGATION.

IT'S ALSO GOT HD RADIO, LISTENING EXPERIENCE FOR AND REALLY GREAT SOUND TOOLS, THE SOUND, AND GET THE BEST NEXT UP, WE HAVE SPEAKERS.

WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE BOTH THE VOLKSWAGEN GOLF.

THE SPEAKERS ARE RELATIVELY EASY THE DOORS IN THE VOLKSWAGEN AND WE HAVE ALL OF THE PIECES WITHOUT TOO MUCH TROUBLE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO A COMPONENT WHICH MEANS THE TWEET AND WOOFER BETTER IMAGING AND SOUND STAGE AND THEN JUST A TYPICAL 2-WAY FOR SOME BACKFILL.

AND I ALWAYS TOO...WE NEED SO WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE STORAGE AREA.

WHAT'S REALLY NICE ABOUT THIS IS THE RADIO TO THE POWERED SUB AND ALSO, WHEN WE NEED SOME WE CAN EASILY PULL IT OUT.

SO EVEN THOUGH, WE DO HAVE DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T GET SOME AS WELL.

WE'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLING ALONGSIDE THE KENWOOD THIS WILL ADD SOME SAFETY WE CAN MAKE SURE CAN HAPPEN WE PUT IN WITH A TOUCH SCREEN.

Pat: SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN AND MOST OF THEM YOU CAN DO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR DROP ME A LINE RIGHT HERE AT John: SO LITTLE TIME, SO LET'S GO FOR A QUICKSPIN.

* THE ALL-NEW 2018 LEXUS LS 500 ITS NEW GENERATION WITH HOW TO MAINTAIN ITS ROLE WHEN CROSSOVERS AND SUV'S ARE MOST CUSTOMERS, ESPECIALLY BUT, THE LS DOES HAVE A LONG THIS LARGE LUXURY SEDAN LAUNCHED INITIALLY, IT WAS PLAYING GERMAN RIVALS, IT HAS SOLIDLY EARNED ITS PLACE IT'S NOW, LONGER AND LOWER THAN BUILT ON A NEW GLOBAL THE LS 500 FOLLOWS THE SPORTIER OF LATE, WITH A CLEARLY AT LEAST INITIALLY, UNDER THESE AND FIRST TIME FOR THE LS V6, 416 HORSEPOWER.

MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS V8.

IT'S PAIRED WITH A NEW 10-SPEED WHICH DEBUTED IN THE LC 500 WITH ALL-WHEEL DRIVE WE CHOSE THE REAR DRIVE WITH ALL WHEEL STEERING, NEAR SKYWALKER RANCH IN Ben Davis: THERE'S NO MORE V8s SHOULDN'T BE TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT'S A TWIN TURBO V6, EVERYTHING IS GOING THESE DAYS.

IT STILL PUTS OUT OVER AND ALL THAT TORQUE'S THERE IN SO THERE'S PLENTY OF GRUNT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A V8, John: UPSHIFTS ARE QUICK PRETTY SPIRITED TOO.

THE SUSPENSION IS FIRM OVER MOST ROAD SURFACES.

INSIDE, THE LS HAS A UNIQUELY, A WIDE RANGE OF MATERIAL, LEXUS HAS PULLED OUT MAINTAINING THEIR FOCUS THAT THE 2018 LEXUS LS 500 STARTING AROUND $75,000.

THE TWEAKED 2018 KIA SOUL TO MORE OF ITS FAITHFUL FANS.

NOT LONG AFTER ARRIVING HERE FOR ITS QUIRKY DESIGN, LOW PRICE, RODENT TELEVISION SPOTS THE BRAND'S TOP SELLERS.

FOR 2018, THE UVO3 INFOTAINMENT THE BASE MODEL'S CONVENIENCE SMART CRUISE CONTROL AND ARE NOW ADDED TO THE SOUL THIS CITY DWELLING CROSSOVER THE 1.6 LITER SOUL COMES WITH BUT A 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC IS [ENGINE STARTS UP] THE ONE THAT'S THE MOST IS THE 1.6 LITER TURBO IT GENERATES 201 HORSEPOWER, OVER TIME, RIDE QUALITY CREATING A SOLID, ON SALE NOW, THE 2018 KIA SOUL WE'LL HAVE MORE * IN THE AUTOMOBILE'S INFANCY, THE BURGEONING INDUSTRY WASN'T AND BUILDING CARS, THUS BEGAN, THE ART OF THE MANUFACTURERS THAT HAVE REALIZED EARLY ON THAT THE KEY ABOUT THE PRODUCT YOU BUILD, YOU CAN CREATE AROUND IT.

THOSE EARLY ADS AND BROCHURES AUTOMOBILE DESIGN GRAPHICS, ASSEMBLED BY JIM HEINMANN, UNLIKE, THE PHOTOGRAPHY-BASED THESE WERE TRUE WORKS OF ART; HERE IN THIS HIGH QUALITY BY JUST ABOUT ANY MEASURE, ONE OF THE MOST CAPABLE BUT THERE'S NEVER BEEN QUITE LIKE THE TRACKHAWK.

THINK OF IT AS THE CHALLENGER YOU KNOW, THE ONE WITH EVERYONE'S A LITTLE BIT GET THE PICTURE?

WELL MAYBE, THIS WILL HELP.

* HIGH PERFORMANCE GRAND CHEROKEES AND EVEN HIGH PERFORMANCE SUV'S THESE DAYS.

BUT THERE'S NEVER BEEN THIS 2018 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE IT'S THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, A HELLCAT ENGINE INTO ONE OF OF ALL TIME."

[ENGINE STARTS UP] AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT ALLOW US TO INTRODUCE YOU TO 707 HORSEPOWER OF FROM A 6.2 LITER SUPERCHARGED V8 645 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

YES, THAT'S A LOT OF POWER, IT DOES MOVE THIS GC AROUND LIKE SUBJECTED TO EARTH'S NORMAL LAWS INDEED, STRAIGHT-LINE IS WHERE AFTER DIALING THE LAUNCH CONTROL WE JUST LET THE GC MONITOR AS WE JUST FLOORED IT, AND HELD ON; HITTING 60 IN 3.5 SECONDS THERE'S PLENTY OF TRACTION FOR PLANTING YOU FIRMLY INTO AND WITH TORQUE RESERVE MORE AND MORE POWER IN; UNTIL YOU BACK OFF THE THROTTLE.

ON THE ROAD, THERE'S PLENTY OF BUT WITH PLEASANT SOUNDS OF THOUGH SUPERCHARGER WHINE SEEMS THAN IN THE CHALLENGER PLUS, IT CAN TRAILER TOW IT'S NOT THE SOFTEST OF AS THE SUSPENSION HAS BEEN OF COURSE, THE TRANSMISSION, AS WELL AS ALL DRIVELINE TO HANDLE THE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT THAT MUCH POWER TO THE PAVEMENT.

WITH DISTINCTIVE YELLOW THE BREMBO BRAKES ARE BIGGER AND DO A TREMENDOUS JOB OF ALL-WHEEL DRIVE MANAGEMENT WHETHER YOU'RE ACCELERATING IN EVEN DEFAULTING TO REAR BIAS IN AND YES, YOU CAN HAUL THIS THING WHICH WE DID AT NEW HAMPSHIRE'S CLICKING THE STEERING WHEEL RESULTS IN IMMEDIATE AND ALL OF THAT POWER BASICALLY, NEGATED ALL OF THIS IT DOES TAKE A WHILE TO FEEL STUFFING A HEAVY SUV INTO BUT ONCE YOU GET USED TO IT, NOT QUITE A PORSCHE CAYENNE, MORE STEERING FEEL, FROM A VEHICLE THAT IN ITS HEART MORE THAN CLINGING TO IT THERE'S VERY LITTLE ROLL; TO INPUTS, INPUTS SMOOTH WILL GIVE YOU AS STABILITY CONTROL WILL STILL UPDATES TO THE FRONT END ALLOW AND THERE'S MORE GOING OUT Greg Carloss: THERE'S ALSO, AND AGAIN, THERE'S A BIT IT'S NOT AS BRUTAL, AND CHALLENGER, YOU GET A LOT OF SOUND THERE.

BANG THE THROTTLE.

I MEAN, IT'S EVERYTHING YOU WANT MORE REFINED THAN THOSE OTHER John: BUT IT'S NOT AS IF BUILD QUALITY THERE'S A NICE, AND GREAT SEATS.

BEARING THE DOUBLE BURDEN OF AND A PERFORMANCE MACHINE, ARE PRETTY DISMAL AT 11-CITY, AND ONLY 13-COMBINED.

STILL, NO MATTER HOW AT THE END OF THE DAY, AND A PRICY ONE AT THAT; HOWEVER, SOMETHING COMPARABLE A SIX FIGURE INVESTMENT.

SO WHETHER, YOU LOOK AT THE 2018 AS A FAMILY TRUCKSTER BUILT FOR OR A PERFORMANCE CAR THAT YOU IT'S A FAR-OUT PIECE OF MADE WITH A FORMULA THAT TO HAVE PERFECTED.

John: WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW, FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US WHEN WE GET MORE THAN JUST AND A TRULY UNIQUE SPORT UTE, PAT GOSS WITH TIPS FOR LAUREN MORRISON WITH THE DANGERS PLUS, A BRAND NEW QUICKSPIN.

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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