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STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT John: WITH THE EXPANDING JEEP THE SUBCOMPACT RENEGADE, THAT THE AGED COMPASS' WELL NOT SO FAST, AN ALL-NEW COMPACT COMPASS, SMALL SUV ATTACK FROM THE BRAND.

PLUS, SHED ITS "NEAR JEEP" REPUTATION.

SO IS THE NEW COMPASS FOR REAL?

WELL, LET'S ALL BE THE JUDGE * IF YOU THOUGHT THERE WASN'T FOR ANOTHER CROSSOVER BETWEEN WELL YOU'RE WRONG, THE REBORN 2017 JEEP COMPASS.

AND WHILE THAT MIGHT NOT AROUND YOUR WORKPLACE OR OURS, SOME BUZZ IN PLENTY OF THAT IT WILL BE SOLD IN.

THE COMPASS STILL RIDES ON A THOUGH, RATHER, THE FIAT DERIVED THERE'S A CHOICE OF TWO ACTIVE DRIVE AND ACTIVE DRIVE TRAILHAWK EDITIONS COME WITH WHICH ADDS LOW RANGE AND ROCK TO THE STANDARD SELEC-TERRAIN.

THE COMPASS' EXTERIOR DESIGN IS SUVISH IN APPEARANCE THAN DRAWING MORE CUES FROM THAN CHASSIS-MATE RENEGADE.

THE FRONT END IS STILL TALL WITH THE SHORTENED 7-SLOT GRILLE THE BLACK-TRIMMED HEADLIGHTS.

A BLACK-PAINTED ROOF IS AS ARE LED TAIL LIGHTS.

AND, FOR THOSE JEEP EASTER EGGS FULLY UNDERSTAND, THERE'S AND A LOCH NESS MONSTER ON [ENGINE STARTS UP] WE DO UNDERSTAND FCA'S OUR ONLY ENGINE CHOICE FOR NOW.

HERE IT PRODUCES 180 HORSEPOWER WALKING UP THE TRIM LEVELS WILL TO 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC, THE INTERIOR APPEARS ALMOST MORE SO IN LIMITED TRIM, TO BE FOUND.

FRONT SEAT SPACE IS AMPLE, CONSOLE FOR AN ALMOST AIRY FEEL.

SEAT CUSHIONS FELT FIRM BUT AFTER A LONG DAY IN THEY PROVED TO BE VERY REAR SEAT SPACE IS GOOD ON BUT THE CUSHIONS ARE HARDER EVEN BASE MODELS FEATURE A UCONNECT TOUCHSCREEN BUT UPGRADING TO NAVIGATION 8.5 INCH VERSION.

A HANDY POWER LIFT GATE BEHIND IT IS A GOOD SPLIT, NEARLY FLAT FOLDING A RESPECTABLE 59.8 CUBIC-FEET.

AS FOR DRIVING; WELL, FEELS OVERPOWERED, AND THAT 9-SPEED STILL SEEMS IT SELDOM FELT LIKE AT THE RIGHT TIME, ANY CHANGES.

WE FOUND THE RIDE TO BE, VERY SMOOTH, EVEN WITH INTERIOR NOISE LEVELS SUFFERED THE WINDOWS.

THE KIND THAT MAKES YOU THEY'RE ALL THE WAY UP.

ALWAYS WANTING TO PROVE JEEP ARRANGED FOR BACKWOODS WE HIT SOME REAL TRAILS, OBSTACLES AS MANY CARMAKERS LIKE WE'RE NOT TALKIN' HARDCORE STUFF BUT THIS LITTLE COMPASS CAPABLE THAN ANYTHING ELSE BUT OUR ADVICE IS THAT OFF-ROADING, AND STICK WITH STILL-CAPABLE AND SAVE SOME MONEY.

OR, SPEND ABOUT THE SAME AND GO IT WILL TAKE ADDING A FEW BUT COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS INCLUDING FULL-SPEED WITH ADVANCED BRAKE ASSIST.

REGARDLESS OF DRIVETRAIN, ARE ALL VERY CLOSE TO 23-CITY, 32-HIGHWAY, OUR MILEAGE LOOP WAS RIGHT ON THE ENERGY IMPACT SCORE ANNUAL OIL CONSUMPTION WITH COMPASS BASE PRICING RANGES FROM TO LIMITED AT $30,090.

BUT BE ADVISED, THERE ARE FROM LAST GENERATION TRUST US, WITH CROSSOVER AND SUV SALES FCA'S JEEP BRAND COULD PROBABLY OUT THERE AND BE SUCCESSFUL THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY DID WITH THE GENUINELY ALL-NEW 2017 IT'S MILES BETTER THAN ITS AND, WITH JEEP MORE AND MORE THIS SMALL AND CAPABLE FAMILY LOADS OF APPEAL BOTH HOME * TESTING PERFORMANCE CARS, IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT TO BRING YOU OUR PERSPECTIVE TO THEIR LIMITS.

NOW, OUR NEWEST STAFF WRITER, IS NOT ONE OF OUR REGULAR BUT HE STILL NEEDED TO PUTTING THE HAMMER ALL [ENGINE REVS/TIRES SCREECH] Garick Zikan: WOW, THAT CAMARO HOW DO YOU GUYS DRIVE SO CLOSE AND IN SO MANY DIFFERENT CARS?

Dave Scrivener: WELL, YOU GAIN AFTER 30 YEARS, I'M RARELY YOU DO NEED GOOD REFLEXES, AND WILLING TO PUSH THE CAR TO GET A GOOD FEEL FOR IT.

YOU NEED TO EXPERIENCE IT FOR AND KNOW JUST WHERE TO GO.

[ENGINE REVS] Garick: RUNS A FULL SCHEDULE OF CLUB ROAD RACING AND DRIFTING IT'S ALSO ONE OF MOTORWEEK'S AND FOR DRIVING ENTHUSIASTS OF SUMMIT'S DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOL AND POLISH THE SKILLS OF AND TODAY, THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER NOT AS RACERS, HEY CHRIS, COOL CARS FOR OUR DAY OF Chris White: WELL, THOSE ARE REALLY COOL, THESE CARS TODAY.

Garick: REALLY?

Chris: REALLY.

Garick: NOT QUITE THE HOT RIDE BUT DON'T LET THE PLAIN WHITE THESE CROWN VIC'S ARE AND BOY CAN THEY TAKE A BEATING!

Chris: WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO VEHICLE DYNAMICS, HOW TO HOW IT'S TALKING TO YOU BUT ALSO HOW TO RECOGNIZE SO THAT YOU CAN GET MORE OUT OF FOR THE MANUFACTURERS TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WATCHING Garick: I WAS READY TO PUT BUT FIRST CAME A LESSON ON Chris: THAT ONE WE NEEDED AND WHERE WERE YOU LOOKING, STRAIGHT AHEAD WE WANT TO LOOK Garick: BEFORE YOU CAN GO FAST, Ben Pettis: YOU WANT TO PIVOT, YOU WANNA JUST USE TO BRAKE.

STOP!

RELEASE...

OKAY... Garick: IT'S AMAZING HOW CLOSELY WORK TOGETHER, WHICH I QUICKLY Chris: I'M GONNA RELAX THE GAS.

TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF LOOK AT THAT, BY STEERING OUT, AND YOUR NATURAL INSTINCT GO RIGHT.

Garick: RIGHT.

EXACTLY.

Chris: AND YOU WERE ADDING MORE I CALL THAT STUPID CAR SYNDROME.

Garick: [LAUGHS] Chris: STUPID CAR!

AND YOU STEER MORE AND MORE...

BUT IT AIN'T THE CAR BEING Garick: SURE.

Chris: LITTLE BIT BETTER.

LITTLE BIT BETTER.

I WANT YOU TO RELAX ON YOU'RE DEATH-GRIPPING THAT I WANT YOU TO RELAX A LITTLE THE MORE RELAXED YOU ARE, ARE GONNA BE.

Garick: AFTER A WHIRLWIND OF THRESHOLD BRAKING, SKID CORRECTION, IT WAS TIME TO PUT IT FULL LAPS AROUND THE CHALLENGING FINALLY, AS A SPECIAL TREAT WE GOT TO RIDE ALONG AS WAS ALL-TOO-HAPPY TO DEMONSTRATE Dan Savage: YEAH!

Garick: [LAUGHS] WHOO.

Dan: THERE'S A BUNCH OF SMOKE.

THIS CAR IS AWESOME!

Garick: I THINK, FOR NEXT TIME, Garick: WE'VE HAD A GREAT DAY SOME REALLY GOOD INSTRUCTION, BRING ON THE MCLAREN!

John: DON'T WORRY, YOU KNOW, THEIR CAR AT SOME TIME SO, PAT GOSS IS HERE TO SHOW US BIG TROUBLE.

Pat Goss: A COMMON COMPLAINT IS THAT MY ENGINE VIBRATES WHEN WHAT CAN I DO?

WELL, WE START TALKING TO THEY TELL US, AND THEY DID A TUNE UP AND THAT WELL, FIRST THE WORD TUNE-UP HEY, SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT DON'T EXIST ANYMORE.

ANYWAY, ALRIGHT, ENGINE MOUNTS ARE AND HOW WOULD YOU GO ABOUT WELL, YOU POWER BRAKE THE CAR, TO DO IT.

AND WHAT MEANS IS THAT YOU AND YOU PUT IT IN DRIVE, THE CAR DOESN'T MOVE, WITH THE HOOD OPEN, IT LIFTS UP.

THEN, YOU DO THE SAME THING IN IF THE ENGINE LIFTS UP WELL, YOU PROBABLY HAVE BAD THING OF IT IS, WHATSOEVER ABOUT POWER BRAKING, MAKE SURE YOU TAKE IT TO DON'T TRY IT YOURSELF BECAUSE ANOTHER THING YOU CAN DO IS OF THE HOOD.

IF YOU SEE MARKS WHERE IT'S OF THE HOOD, ENGINE MOUNTS, AND HITTING THE UNDERSIDE OF NOW, ANOTHER ONE THAT WE USE, WE TAKE A FLOOR JACK AND A 2X6, OF THE CAR, AN INCH AT A TIME; WHILE THIS VIBRATION IS GOING THE CAR.

SO, IF THE VIBRATION GOES AWAY, INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE MOUNTS ONE OR MORE BAD MOUNTS.

ALRIGHT, YOU SEE, LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR.

THIS ONE OF COURSE, AGE AND USE ON IT, LOOKING PRETTY RAGGED AROUND THIS ONE ON THE OTHER HAND NOW, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THIS WAS PURCHASED OFF OF CHEAPEST GUY IN TOWN AND IT NOW, THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS, WORN OUT ONE BECAUSE THE RUBBER IT'S HARD AS A ROCK.

IT'S JUST LIKE BOLTING THE CAR, AND THAT MEANS THE NORMAL VIBRATIONS OF THE AND THAT'S WHAT ENGINE MOUNTS SO, IF YOU HAVE TO BUY MAKE SURE THEY'RE GOOD QUALITY.

MAKE SURE THE DIAGNOSIS IS BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAVE VACUUM SOME OF THEM HAVE ELECTRIC SOME OF THEM ARE OIL FILLED, AND SOME OF THEM ARE VERY SO YOU WANT TO BE RIGHT AND IF YOU HAVE DROP ME A LINE RIGHT HERE John: WE'RE ALWAYS READY TO AND FOR THIS WEEK'S QUICKSPIN TWO WHEEL'IN GUY BRIAN ROBINSON.

* THE SUN IS SHINNING, * IN PARADISE ... Brian Robinson: AROUND HERE, JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.

AND YES, THAT INCLUDES SCOOTERS.

SO, THIS WEEK WE'RE TOURING THIS 2017 BMW C650 GT.

AND WHAT A GRAND TOURING MACHINE PUT ASIDE ANY PRECONCEPTIONS YOU THIS 647CC POWERED MAXI-SCOOTER, IS A 60 HORSEPOWER FUN-MACHINE.

WE FIRST SAMPLED THE C650 GT SINCE THEN, IMPROVED FOR MUCH BETTER AND THE SUSPENSION FINE-TUNED WITHOUT SACRIFICING PERFORMANCE.

STABILITY CONTROL IS NOW AND THERE'S A NEW MUFFLER THAT THERE ARE SOME STYLING TWEAKS WITH A NEW INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, ALL OF THAT JUST ADDS TO SO MUCH FUN IN THE FIRST PLACE.

WEIGHT IS UP THERE, BUT BECAUSE ALL OF THAT ONCE YOU GET THIS THING ROLLING, COMFORT IS ON PAR WITH TOURING OF PLACES TO PLACE YOUR FEET IT'S HARD TO BEAT A SCOOTER WHEN JUST ABOUT ANYONE CAN HOP ON IT'S HARD TO MATCH THEIR WITH STORAGE OPTIONS GALORE; UNDER THE SEAT, WHICH FOLDS UP YOU HAVE TO REALLY WANT AS THERE ARE PLENTY OF GREAT FOR MUCH LESS THAN THE C650 GT'S SO, WHO KNOWS WHAT WE'LL John: SUMMER MAY BE JUST GETTING BUT OUR 2016 KIA OPTIMA HAS BEEN QUITE A LOT ALREADY.

WE ADDED CLOSE TO 2,000 MILES TO BRING OUR 10 MONTH TOTAL TO PRAISES CONTINUE TO MOUNT UP FOR SIMPLE TO MASTER MEDIA AND THE OPTIMA'S OVERALL EASE NOT TO MENTION INTERIOR LUXURY CARS THAN IT IS TO ITS 2.0 LITER TURBO MILEAGE IS TO A STILL GOOD 28.0 MILES HOWEVER, COMPLAINTS ABOUT FROM THE 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC ON AS WELL.

OUR TIME WITH THE KIA OPTIMA BUT WE'VE STILL GOT SOME SUMMER BEFORE WE WRAP UP OUR TIME AS FOR OUR ALL-WHEEL DRIVE WE'RE APPROACHING 7,000 MILES FIRST 4-MONTHS OF DUTY.

AND RECENT ENTRIES HAVE NOTED FLAT-4'S "JUST RIGHT" AMOUNT OF FROM THE CVT, AS WELL AS YES, IT IS A BETTER DRIVING BUT THE SEATING POSITION IN THE SUBCOMPACT CROSSOVER DUE TO THE CROSSTREK STICKING IMPREZA HATCHBACK ROOTS, YEARNING FOR A LITTLE MORE LEG BUT THE INTERIOR LOOKS RUGGED, VERY WELL.

MILEAGE IS UP OVER LAST REPORT, NOW SITTING AT 30.4 MILES PER AND WITH WINTER WEATHER NOW IN HOPEFULLY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADVENTURES WITH THE CROSSTREK IT'LL BE A BIGGER PAIR OF AS WE CHECK IN ON THE BMW X1 ON OUR MOTORWEEK John: TWO-DOOR COUPES HAVE LONG COMPARED TO THE SEDANS BUT, IF GERMAN BRANDS HAVE THEY'RE NOT LIKELY TO GO AWAY OVER THE YEARS, THE LUXURY SPORT COUPE.

AND NOW, MERCEDES-BENZ WITH THE NEW C300 COUPE.

* WHILE, THE COMPACT CHASSIS THAT MERCEDES-BENZ C300 COUPE NOW THIS 2-DOOR IS BY FAR THE MOST CERTAINLY, THAN ITS SEDATELY APPEARING THE COUPE'S HOOD AND GRILLWORK BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS UNIQUE, MAKES ALMOST ONE COMPLETE ARCH THOSE HINDQUARTERS HAVE MUCH S-CLASS COUPE THAN THE C-CLASS AND DUE TO SPORTIER TUNING, IT IT'S A GREAT-LOOKING SCULPTURE, A TRUE COUPE FROM THE BEGINNING A 4-DOOR SALOON.

THE AVAILABLE SPORT PACKAGE FOR BOTH THE INTERIOR AND 19-INCH AMG WHEELS CAN THE UBIQUITOUS GERMAN 2.0 LITER SENDING 241 HORSEPOWER TO THE REAR WHEELS, THE 4MATIC ROUTE.

IT'S EASILY, ONE OF THE BETTER FEELING MORE POWERFUL THAN BENZ'S 7G-TRONIC 7-SPEED ONLY ROUTE BUT IT'S A GOOD ONE.

BASE SUSPENSION IS EQUIVALENT AND RIDE QUALITY IS ON NOT HARSH, TO KEEP IT FROM FEELING LIKE STILL SMOOTH, MORE THAN QUICK AND DEADLY.

UPGRADE TO AIRMATIC SUSPENSION FOR EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE ANYTHING MORE, THE AMG VERSIONS WHICH ARE MOST EVERYTHING IN THE FRONT C-CLASS SEDAN, THERE'S A GREAT LOOKING TWIN AND LOTS OF REAL KNOBS, AND A TACKED ON-STYLE TABLET THE SCREEN DOES LOOK AWKWARD, THE COMAND CONTROLLER.

THERE ARE MINOR TRIM UPDATES, LARGER DOOR PANELS.

FRONT SPORT SEATS ARE UNIQUE AND ARE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH REAR SEAT SPACE AND ACCESS ARE ITS TIGHT GETTING IN, TWO MODERATELY-SIZED PHYSIQUES.

SO, YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST FOLD A VERY TIGHT 10.5 CUBIC-FEET IN TRACK TESTS, THE C300 COUPE PROVED EASY TO THE CONES.

UNDERSTEER BECAME A PROBLEM AS BUT THE REAR DIDN'T SO MUCH AS THERE ALWAYS SEEMS TO FEEL ELECTRONIC INTERVENTION PRESENT.

STEERING WAS SUPER-QUICK, STILL, BOTH THAT STEERING SPORTIER THAN THE LAST THERE'S ALSO PLENTY OF POWER GOOD THRUST DOWN LOW, DOWN THE WHOLE TRACK.

WE HIT 60 IN 6.4 SECONDS.

SHIFTS HAPPEN VERY QUICKLY BUT BETTER ENJOY IT WHILE BENZ'S 9-SPEED WILL PROBABLY ALL-IN-ALL THE CAR FEELS QUICKER FEELING THAN OUR AT 94 MILES PER HOUR.

A 120 FOOT AVERAGE STOPPING ACCEPTABLE.

PEDAL FEEL WAS NICE AND FIRM, GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS 23-CITY, 29-HIGHWAY, SO, OUR 27.2 MILES PER GALLON WAS PRETTY GOOD.

BUT IT ONLY RATES AN AVERAGE 13.2 BARRELS OF YEARLY OIL USE C300 COUPE PRICES START AT ONLY A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND WE THINK WELL WORTH IT.

ADD 2-GRAND MORE FOR ALL-WHEEL IN THE PAST, OWNING A C-CLASS CLEARLY FELT LIKE YOU WERE BEST.

NOT ANYMORE.

THE 2017 MERCEDES-BENZ C300 SPORTY COUPE; THAT, NOW STANDS READY TO TAKE ON ALL WELL THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW, FOR MORE MOTORWEEK; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL WHEN OUR HEART GOES RACING AND THEN, CALM DOWN IN THE LAP UNTIL THEN, I'M JOHN DAVIS, WE'LL SEE YOU RIGHT HERE Announcer: TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TELEVISION'S ORIGINAL AUTOMOTIVE PBS.ORG/MOTORWEEK.

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