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STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT John: WHETHER, SHELBY MUSTANG, OR FOCUS RS; FORD SEEMS ALL ABOUT PERFORMANCE AND THEY'RE NOT LEAVING THE EQUATION EITHER, NOW, THE FIRST GEN RAPTOR WAS THAT CAUGHT EVERYONE BY SURPRISE SO, LET'S FIND OUT HOW MORE RAPTOR 2.0.

[ENGINE REVVING] John: MUCH LIKE THE FIRST THIS 2017 FORD F-150 RAPTOR, IS PACKED FULL OF OFF-ROAD TO TURN AMERICA'S #1 SELLING INTO A DESERT-RULING ROCK HOPPER ANY OTHER SHOWROOM STOCK RIG.

UNDER THE HOOD IS THE FORD IF IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR LEMANS, WHERE, IT WHIPS UP AND 510 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE, MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS THE JURY'S STILL OUT ON HOW THIS A V8 CRAZED MACHO TRUCK WORLD, THE STAGE WITH WIDE ACCEPTANCE THE 10-SPEED AUTO TRANNY A CASE NOT MUCH BIGGER THAN YOU CAN SHIFT IT WITH OR LET IT MAKE UP ITS OWN MIND.

IN SPORT MODE, FEELING MORE LIKE A SERIOUS THIS IS THE FIRST RAPTOR SINCE AND IT IS INDEED 500 POUNDS THOUGH STILL WEIGHING IN THE STILL STEEL FRAME IS STIFFER IN TOTAL GIVING THIS RAPTOR IT FEELS MUCH MORE SOPHISTICATED TOGETHER BRUTE.

THE COMPREHENSIVE TERRAIN HAS A WIDE VARIETY OF SETTINGS, EVERYTHING UP AND ROLL THROUGH, FORD ACTUALLY, OR AS MUCH CONTROL AS YOU WANT.

STEERING MODES DO MORE THAN JUST YOU DO TRULY GET MORE FEEL NEW, LARGER DIAMETER FOX SHOCKS TRAVEL FRONT AND REAR TO AID IN AS WELL AS KEEP FROM BOTTOMING OFF-ROAD STUFF.

THAT CARRIES OVER ON-ROAD WITH YET, MORE COMPLIANT RIDE ALL-DAY LONG HIGHWAY USE.

THAT'S HELPED BY NO LACK FOR THIS METROSEXUAL, SPORT STEERING WHEEL, BUT, SOME MAY LAMENT THE FACT TO THE INTERIOR ARE FEW.

THE SYNC3 INFOTAINMENT IS BUT MAYBE, ACTUALLY HAVE TO USE IT, ADDED BACK IN, AND INDEED AND SWITCHES ON THE DASH.

WE THINK, THE EXTERIOR IS MUCH AS FORD SEEMS TO BE TRYING TO IT'S STILL A BIG CLIMB UP NOW, IT MAY NOT SOUND AS BUT LAUNCHING OFF IT, COMES IN LIKE A WRECKING BALL.

EVEN ON A SUPER HOT AND HUMID ALMOST 3.0 SECONDS FASTER THAN BURNING DOWN THE TRACK, AS YOU'D EXPECT.

THERE IS A BIT MORE SHIFTING, KEEPING THE ENGINE ON THE BOIL THE 14.5 SECOND QUARTER MILE GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS THE V6, COMING IN AT 15-CITY, OUR AVERAGE?

16.5 MILES PER GALLON OF IT'S HARD TO SAY, THAT THE RAPTOR'S BASE PRICE OF STILL IN A MARKET WHERE HALF-TON AND MORE, IT'S A HECK OF A LOT THE RAPTOR IS STILL AS NEITHER CHEVY NOR RAM OFFER TO THIS OFF-ROAD TAKE ON BUT PERHAPS WHAT'S MOST AMAZING, TRANSITIONED INTO ONE VEHICLE AND THAT INCLUDES COMFORT, AND SOLITUDE THAT JEEP WRANGLERS WE MAY NOT BE AS SURPRISED BUT THIS 2017 FORD F-150 RAPTOR * NOTHING QUITE COMPARES TO FROM THE '60s AND '70s, BUT AS MUCH AS THE STYLING TODAY'S MUSCLE OFFERS MORE AND INCREASED SAFETY MEASURES.

BUT WHAT IF YOU COULD HAVE WELL, OUR FYI REPORTER REVOLOGY CARS IN ORLANDO, WHERE THEIR MUSTANG THE NEAR PERFECT BLEND.

* Lauren Morrison: IT'S GOT AMERICAN MUSCLE, 1966 FORD MUSTANG GT CONVERTIBLE [ENGINE STARTING UP] Tom Scarpello: SO, AND KIND OF UPDATING IT, AND SO YOU GET ALL THE GREAT STYLE, AND EVERYTHING THAT MADE THOSE BUT IN A MODERN...WITH A MODERN Lauren: A REVOLOGY MUSTANG IS BUILT FROM THE GROUND UP.

SIDE BY SIDE, TO PICK OUT THE REVOLOGY CARS' THE ORIGINAL, I CERTAINLY COULD TELL STARTING WITH PERFORMANCE.

Tom: THEY'RE MODERN, THESE ARE THE SAME ENGINES IN CURRENT MODEL MUSTANG GTs Lauren: THE 21ST CENTURY PACKS A PUNCH, Tom: IT'S BE LIKE THIS BIG.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT AN ENGINE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMANCE IN 1966.

AND SO, IT NEEDS ABOUT Lauren: IT'S BEHIND THE WHEEL WHERE DIFFERENCES QUICKLY FOR COMPARISONS SAKE, 1966 FORD MUSTANG GT, AND THE RIDE IS COMPLETELY FROM STIFF STEERING THAT AS A WORKOUT, STOP ON A DIME...

THE ORIGINAL JUST ISN'T AS Tom: YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DON'T OR THE RELIABILITY, OR CERTAINLY NOT Lauren: THE DRIVABILITY OF THIS REVOLOGY 1966 FORD MUSTANG FROM THE STEERING TO EVERYTHING IS NICE AND SMOOTH.

I FEEL LIKE, I COULD DRIVE THIS MODERN LUXURIES THAT WE NOW, LIKE KEYLESS ENTRY, ALSO COME INTO PLAY IN THIS THERE ARE LITTLE THINGS YOU'LL TO LIGHTS THAT ARE 10 TIMES INCANDESCENT BULBS.

THINGS ALSO "PONY" UP TO PAR Tom: WE HAVE A 16 GAUGE STEEL WHERE THERE WAS NONE BEFORE.

AND THAT HELPS TO SEPARATE THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT A REAR END COLLISION.

SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN AND WE'VE TRIED TO INCORPORATE UM, THAT WE CAN, IMPACTING THE ESSENTIAL DESIGN OF THE CAR WHICH IS REALLY Lauren: THE COMPANY CURRENTLY AT THEIR ORLANDO HEADQUARTERS, ALL OVER THE WORLD, OF THE RIDE THEY REMEMBER.

Tom: THIS VEHICLE IS GOING TO AND THIS ONE IS GOING TO SPAIN.

[SPEAKS SPANISH] Lauren: [LAUGHS]'NO ESPANOL.'

Tom: THIS ONE WAS BUILT FOR Lauren: WITH PRICES STARTING AND GOING UPWARDS OF $200,000, WHY NOT BUY AN ORIGINAL?

BUT THE REVOLOGY RIDE ANSWERED Tom: WHY WOULD YOU BUY THIS FOR THE SAME AMOUNT BECAUSE THIS DOES EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, IT'S RELIABLE, Lauren: OKAY, WE KNOW THAT WILL NEVER BE BEAT, LETS US LOOK LIKE THE PAST, AND BEYOND.

John: TIME NOW, TO HEAD DOWN HOW TO KEEP OUR COOL.

Pat Goss: EVEN THE BASIC HAVE BECOME VERY COMPLEX.

TAKE COOLANT FOR INSTANCE.

VARIOUS CARS HAVE DIFFERENT AND YOU HAVE TO USE COOLANT FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAR.

NOW HERE, WE HAVE AN ASSORTMENT THEY FIT SEVERAL DIFFERENT AND THEY'LL PROBABLY WORK BUT IF YOU'RE A STICKLER FOR WELL, GO TO THE DEALER AND BUY FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAR, ABSOLUTELY THE BEST PERFORMING BUT OTHERWISE, WELL, YOU CAN BUY A 50/50 MIX WITH YOU CAN BUY ALL OF THESE AND THEY WILL DO THE JOB.

ALRIGHT, NOW ANOTHER THING.

USED TO BE YOU COULD TAKE FLUSH THE COOLING SYSTEM ON WELL, YOU CAN STILL DO THAT BUT WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO DO A FLUSH CHEMICAL.

NOW, A FLUSH CHEMICAL, IS GOING TO LOWER THE PH OF THAT'S GONNA MAKE IT ACIDIC AND TO SOFTEN HARD DEPOSITS IN THEN, YOU'RE GOING TO OH, AND REMEMBER, FLUSHING BECAUSE TODAY MOST RADIATORS ON THE BOTTOM OF THEM, THE LOWER RADIATOR HOSE AND IF YOU HAVE TO DILUTE WELL, YOU HAVE TO USE DISTILLED ALRIGHT NOW, BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THERE ARE BLACK BULB THAT'S FOR THE GREEN BULB THAT'S FOR AND DOESN'T GIVE YOU AN ACCURATE OR VICE VERSA.

SO YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE TYPE OF AND GET THE APPROPRIATE TESTER.

ANOTHER THING YOU CAN DO, A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU REALLY NOW CLAMPS, THIS IS SOMETHING WHEN YOU REPLACE HOSES SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF YOU LIKE WHICH APPLIES PRESSURE EVENLY THROW IT AWAY, THAT HAS A PRESSURE POINT RIGHT PUT THAT ON A MODERN PLASTIC AND CONTRACTION OVER TIME IT'LL CRACK THE NECK OF AND YOU HAVE TO REPLACE YOUR SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WITH COOLANT.

AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, DROP ME A LINE, RIGHT HERE, John: THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THE HOOD GO FOR A GOOD RUN.

SO LET'S DO IT IN THIS [ENGINE REVVING] WHEN WE FIRST TESTED THE 2010 WE CALLED IT "A FASTBACK LUXURY ALL ROLLED INTO ONE."

STILL, WE WONDERED IF THIS WOULD EVER CATCH ON.

WELL, DID IT EVER!

SO MUCH SO THAT THE BARELY 2ND GENERATION PANAMERA IS [ENGINE REVS] STARTING WITH THEIR MOST THIS 2018 PORSCHE PANAMERA THE ALREADY OFFERED 4.0 LITER AN ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR A TOTAL AND AN EV-ONLY RANGE OF BEHIND THE WHEEL NEAR VANCOUVER, SHIFTED SMOOTHLY AND QUICKLY.

PORSCHE FLAT IN CORNERS, PROVIDES A LUXURIOUS RIDE.

Zach Maskell: THE CABIN IS VERY AND THE RIDE IS SO SOFT, THIS CAR COULD BE SO AGILE.

John: BUT, IF YOU THINK A PHEV GET A LOAD OF THE 2018 THIS TIME THE 5-DOOR PANAMERA INTO... DARE WE SAY IT... STATION WAGON... NO "SHOOTING BRAKE" FORM... THAT NOT ONLY ADDS BOTH STYLE THE CHANGED LINES ALLOW CARGO SPACE, MORE REAR HEADROOM, AND EVEN A THIRD REAR SEATING BUT, IT IS A PORSCHE AFTER ALL, SO THERE IS STILL AN ADAPTIVE ON SALE HERE BY YEAR'S END, STARTS AT ABOUT $96,000, WHILE THE 2018 PANAMERA TURBO S $184,000.

John: PORSCHE PARENT LAUNCHING NOT ONE, BUT TWO 3-ROW CROSSOVER WE RECENTLY TESTED THE NEARLY NOW, IT'S OUR FIRST TURN IN 2018 TIGUAN.

WHILE, THE FIRST GEN TIGUAN FOR REAR PASSENGER AND CARGO THIS MEXICAN BUILT GEN TWO MODEL 10.6 INCHES TO BE EXACT, MOST NOTICEABLE IN THE REAR DOOR NOW LONGER THAN ITS MAJOR THE STRETCH DELIVERS NOT ONLY AND MORE CARGO ROOM, AN OPTIONAL CHILD-SIZE [ENGINE STARTS UP] TIGUAN'S 2.0 LITER 4-CYLINDER NOW RATES AT 184 HORSEPOWER; OUTSIDE OF DENVER, 6,450 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL THE TSI NEVER TIRED; WHILE THE RIDE REMAINED REFINED, SOMEWHAT FROM THE ADDED LENGTH THE 2018 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN IS STARTING AT JUST OVER $25,000.

WE ALSO HEADED FOR HIGHER GROUND THE 2018 HYUNDAI SONATA.

THE 7TH GEN SONATA GETS A MORE STRIKING FRONT FASCIA MECHANICALLY, THE ONLY MAJOR WHERE THE 2.0 LITER TURBO TRADES A SHIFT ABLE 6-SPEED AUTO BUT EVEN THE BASE NON-TURBO ON THE HILLS EAST OF LA JOLLA.

A STIFFER REAR SUSPENSION TO THE SMOOTH AND MORE SOLID Garick Zikan: THE NEW 3-SPOKE STEERING WHEEL THIS IS WHERE WE'RE REALLY THE ENGINEERS HAVE INCREASED WITHIN THE STEERING SYSTEM.

THEY ALSO CHANGED, THE RESULT IS SOLID ESPECIALLY, John: THE OPTIONAL SMART THE STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC MAKING THIS A CAPABLE THAT'S ALSO READY FOR FUN.

THE 2018 HYUNDAI SONATA IS STARTING AROUND $22,000.

AND, WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE SAY HYBRID, COMES TO MOST MINDS IS PRIUS.

IN TRUTH, TOYOTA'S ORIGINAL HAS NOT HAD A COMPETITOR, DESIGN SPECIFICALLY TO BE ENTER, THE KIA NIRO.

A SMALL, DEDICATED HYBRID THAT POPULARITY OF CROSSOVER SO, LET'S SEE IF NIRO HITS * THIS IS THE 2017 KIA NIRO.

AND ACCORDING TO KIA, AN URBAN CROSSOVER HYBRID WHATEVER YOU CALL IT, A GREAT LOOKING VEHICLE THAT HAS AN IMPORTANT NOTE SINCE MANY ABOUT SHOW THAN PRACTICALITY.

[ENGINE STARTS UP] THE HYBRID POWERTRAIN SANDWICHED BETWEEN A 1.6 LITER AND A REAL 6-SPEED DUAL-CLUTCH ENERGY IS STORED IN A SMALL THE REAR SEAT.

TOTAL OUTPUT IS 139 HORSEPOWER A PLUG-IN VERSION SHOULD WHILE, A DEDICATED HYBRID, PLATFORM WITH THE HYUNDAI IONIQ, FRONT-WHEEL DRIVE CAST MORE BUT THEN, SO DOES THE VERY SO HATCHBACK, WAGON, NIRO DELIVERS GOOD PICKUP WITH THE DCT OPERATES SMOOTHLY, PRONOUNCED AT TIMES.

POWERTRAIN TRANSITIONS ARE THE ONLY FAULT WE FOUND WAS CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED.

HERE, THE NIRO SEEMS TO BOTH POWER SOURCES AS WELL AS SO, THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE IS THE INTERIOR HOWEVER, NOT IN A FLASHY WAY, ALMOST CLASSY QUALITY.

A POWER GAUGE REPLACES THE TACH, THE CLEAR TFT INFO DISPLAY.

AS FOR LUGGAGE SPACE, QUITE EASILY, FOR 54.5 CUBIC-FEET; 60.1 CUBIC-FEET.

OUTSIDE, THE NIRO LOOKS MOST YET, SPORTY STATION WAGON; OF IT BEING A HYBRID.

IT ALSO, HAS MORE STYLE THAN GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY OUR NIRO TOURING RATES 46-CITY, WE FOUND THOSE NUMBERS A TAD 47.2 MILES PER GALLON OF REGULAR KIA ALSO OFFERS, A STRIPPED DOWN JUST SHY OF THE LEAST EXPENSIVE OUR TOURING'S ENERGY IMPACT BURNING JUST 7.7 BARRELS OF OF CO2 EMISSIONS.

[TIRES SCREECHING] WE BECAME VERY AWARE THAT AT OUR TEST TRACK.

IT TOOK US 10.1 SECONDS WITH PLENTY LAG TIME BEFORE IT WAS NICE HOWEVER, EVEN IF THEY WERE A TAD SLOW; OVER CONSTANT CVT DRONING.

WE FINISHED THE QUARTER MILE PER HOUR.

NIRO HANDLED ITSELF QUITE WELL THERE WAS JUST THE SLIGHTEST BIT GOT SPIRITED, IT GOES WHERE YOU AIM IT STEERING RESPONSE IS BRISK, BUT NOT OVER-BOOSTED FEEL.

BRAKING FROM 60 AVERAGED JUST AS WAS OVERALL STABILITY PEDAL FEEL WAS A BIT AS IT GOES RIGHT TOWARDS THE FOUR TRIM LEVELS ARE AVAILABLE, TOP LEVEL TOURING STICKERS THE 2017 KIA NIRO IS TRULY PART UTILITY, PART HATCHBACK, ALL WITH A STRONG EMPHASIS IT'S ANOTHER ALL-AROUND AND IF WE WERE PAYING OVER $4.00 A FEW YEARS AGO, AS IT IS NOW, IT WILL PROBABLY IT JUST MIGHT TAKE A WHILE WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW, FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL FOR OUR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION IN HONDA ADDS A MORE HIGH TECH 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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