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STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT John: JUST THREE YEARS AGO, LINEUP BY REPLACING BOTH THE TL REVIEWS CERTAINLY WEREN'T BAD, TECHNOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE, HOWEVER, MOST WOULD SAY IT WAS AND EVEN ACURA AGREED WITH THAT.

SO LET'S SEE IF A REVISED * ADDING A NEW DOSE OF EXCITEMENT STARTS WITH AN UPDATED LOOK.

FRONT FASCIA, FENDERS, AND THE JEWEL EYE HEADLIGHTS BUT BEST OF ALL, SHIELD LIKE GRILLE WITH DIAMOND PENTAGON, FIRST SEEN V6 MODELS TAKE IT A SMALLER REAR FASCIA AND NEW EXHAUST ALL IN ALL, TAKE ON WHAT WAS ALREADY THERE.

NO RADICAL CHANGES TO OTHER THAN UPDATED SOFTWARE FOR THE TWIN-SCREEN INFOTAINMENT WHICH WE WERE HAPPY TO SEE.

WE'RE STILL NOT FANS OF BUT IT'S MUCH MORE RESPONSIVE ANDROID AUTO AND APPLE CARPLAY BUT WE FOUND IT ODD THAT THE UPPER SCREEN WHICH USES NOT THE LOWER TOUCHSCREEN.

A CARRYOVER 206 HORSEPOWER IS STILL STANDARD, WITH AN 8-SPEED DUAL-CLUTCH UPGRADE TO THE 3.5 LITER V6, AND IN ADDITION TO 267 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE, AND A REVISED 9-SPEED AUTOMATIC YOU CAN GET MECHANICAL THOSE WITHOUT ALL-WHEEL DRIVE ADJUSTING PRECISION OUR EARLY DRIVE TIME AROUND LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY; THE 9-SPEED TRANSMISSION AND WITH BOTH DRIVE SYSTEMS, RIDE QUALITY IS EQUALLY PUTTING THE INTEGRATED DYNAMICS STEERING FEEL AND THROTTLE ADDS SOME ENGINE NOISE, PROGRAMMING FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND EVEN CUTS THE HVAC SYSTEM AT FULL THROTTLE.

IT CERTAINLY WAKES THINGS UP BUT NOT TO FULL-ALERT STATUS.

SO, WHERE'S THE REAL WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE NEW AVAILABLE WITH V6 ONLY, ELECTRIC POWER STEERING; ADDS STIFFER SPRINGS AS WELL AS KEEPS THINGS MUCH FLATTER AND SH-AWD WORKED AS GREAT AS TORQUE VECTORING US AROUND AND WHILE, WE STILL DON'T THINK THE LUXURY SPORT SEDAN CATEGORY THE TLX HAS CERTAINLY MOVED UP AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, ACURA'S LUXURY FEEL.

AND SPEAKING OF FEEL, WE LOVE THAT COMES WITH THE A-SPEC.

OTHER INTERIOR HIGHLIGHTS ARE RED TRIM FOR THE GAUGES, A-SPEC EXTERIORS ARE ALSO, UNIQUE BLACKED-OUT FRONT FASCIA, PRONOUNCED SILL EXTENSIONS, HIGH PERFORMANCE MICHELIN REAR DIFFUSER WITH ROUND AS WELL AS GLOSS BLACK A HOST OF ACURAWATCH SAFETY BUT COLLISION MITIGATION BRAKING GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS 23-CITY, 33-HIGHWAY, TO THE 3.5 LITER SH-AWD A-SPEC'S AND 23-COMBINED.

SOME SHUFFLING OF PRICES RESULTS IN A SLIGHT INCREASE IN STEPPING UP TO ALL-WHEEL DRIVE AROUND $40,000, OPT FOR TECHNOLOGY OR ADVANCE THEY SAY COMPETITION BRINGS OUT AND SURELY THAT SENTIMENT THE 2018 ACURA TLX IS CERTAINLY BUT ALSO, STILL UNIQUE IN THAT RATHER A WHOLE LOT MORE EXCITING AND THAT'S GOOD NEWS OUR SUCCESS STORY NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, FROM COOKING OIL.

NEWPORT BIODIESEL PRODUCED THEIR AND HAS BEEN COOKING ON HIGH THE COMPANY COLLECTS USED RESTAURANTS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND, FACILITY TO BE PURIFIED DISTRIBUTORS THEN COME IN FOR USE AROUND THE REGION.

WORKING WITH THE OCEAN STATE NEWPORT BIODIESEL HAS BEEN ABLE ACROSS THE STATE.

Robert Morton: IT'S BEEN WE ACTUALLY, WORKED WITH TO HAVE A BLANKET ORDERING BIODIESEL IN THE DIESEL THAT John: THE COMPANY PRODUCED THEIR AT THE START OF 2017, ON THEIR MENU!

* THE IDEA OF INTERNET BASED, HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE ALTHOUGH OFTEN, STATE LAWS STILL, MOST NEW CAR DEALERS WILL BUT, WHEN IT COMES TO BUYING THE LAWS ARE A LOT LOOSER.

AND ONE COMPANY HAS TAKEN DISPENSING CARS FROM WHAT LOOKS SO, OUR FYI REPORTER SPARE CHANGE IN HER POCKET, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE TO SEE HOW * Lauren Morrison: SURE, BUT SOMETHING MUCH BETTER, COMES OUT OF THIS VENDING * Jonathan Greer: HAS NEVER BEEN BEFORE, IT IS NOW IS AN EXPERIENCE.

Lauren: ONLINE USED CAR DEALER, HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2013.

BUT WITH THIS GLASS TOWER NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY; THEY'RE CHANGING THE CAR BUYING Jonathan: AND AH, ARE REALLY DRAWN TO THAT AN EXPERIENCE THAT'S FUN, EASY, Lauren: OR PUSHY SALES PERSON... BUSINESS BEGINS HERE ON Jonathan: WE HAVE OVER AND THEY SEARCH LIKE THEY AND THEY CAN TAKE A 360-DEGREE WE HIGHLIGHT THE TOP WE WANT TO MAKE SURE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OUR USED CARS HAVE.

Lauren: THE COMPANY HAS FOUND HAVE EMBRACED THE "DITCH LIKE LISA HOGAN, A 2014 HONDA CIVIC USING Lisa Hogan: THE GREAT THING WE PHYSICALLY BOUGHT THIS CAR I WAS IN MY PAJAMAS.

Lauren: WELL, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO RIGHT TO YOUR HOME, YOU MISS OUT ON ALL Jonathan: WE HAVE PEOPLE "WHAT IS THIS?

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.

WHAT DO YOU DO?"

AND AH, THOSE ARE FUN.

WE LOVE INTERACTING WITH AND TELLING THEM ABOUT AND IT GETS THEM EXCITED.

Lauren: THIS 5-STORY TALL 18 CARS AND INSIDE, EVERY MAKE AND MODEL.

Lauren: AFTER BUYING YOUR CAR IT'S STORED IN THE VENDING CARVANA WILL EVEN THROW IN TO GET YOU HERE, AND CUSTOMERS COME FROM FAR, Jonathan: SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, SOMEBODY FLEW ALL THE WAY A TOYOTA PRIUS.

Lauren: JUST LIKE DROPPING TO SNAG A SNICKERS...

THIS VENDING MACHINE TAKES COINS THE CLINK OF THE COIN THE AUTOMATED ROBOTIC SYSTEM THE CAR FROM THE TOWER...

SENDS IT DOWN THE MACHINE, AND INTO A BAY FOR A WAITING WHILE THE CARVANA CONCEPT IS YOU'D NEVER BUY A USED CAR AND A ONCE OVER BY YOUR CAR WELL HERE, RATHER THAN JUST YOU HAVE A FULL 7-DAYS TO NOT HAPPY?

BACK IN THE VENDING MACHINE Jonathan: WE FEEL LIKE, IF YOU WANT A CAR AH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU CAN GO YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR CAR SEATS AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE Lauren: THE COMPANY CLAIMS AN COMPARED TO KELLY BLUE BOOK Jonathan: OUR BUSINESS MODEL FOR THE CUSTOMERS AND WE PASS OF THE VEHICLES.

Lauren: ANY WAY YOU SPIN IT, IS SHAKING UP THE USED CAR BUT YOU CAN'T SHAKE A FREE CAR TRUST ME, I TRIED.

John: WITH CROSSOVER UTILITY YOU SHOULDN'T BE SURPRISED CHEVROLET'S BEST SELLING VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH IT HASN'T REALLY SINCE ITS GEN 2 REDESIGN WELL, AN ALL-NEW 3RD GENERATION SO LET'S FIND OUT IF FOUR SEASON SUCCESS FOR * WHEN THE CHEVROLET EQUINOX FIRST IT WAS GM'S ANSWER TO WHAT IN THE LATE '90s WITH THE CR-V AND WHAT HAS BECOME ONE OF OF ALL VEHICLE SEGMENTS, AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG RIGHT IN THE MIX FOR SALES, EVEN BEATING BOTH RIVALS BUT THAT SEGMENT IS MUCH WITH MORE MODERN RIDES, SO, THE ALL-NEW 2018 EQUINOX GETTING ON BOARD WITH MEANS IT'S ABOUT 400 POUNDS AND YOU DO FEEL IT.

IT LOOKS SMALLER TOO, BY ABOUT 5-INCHES IN LENGTH; WITH MORE EFFICIENT PACKAGING, IS ACTUALLY UP, THERE'S 29.9 CUBIC-FEET OF SPACE WITH A MAX OF 63.5.

THE SEAT-FOLDING DESIGN IS IT'S EASIER TO USE AND ALLOWS UP FRONT, THE DRIVER ENJOYS WITH GOOD VISIBILITY, THE BACK AND LOWER CUSHIONS.

REAR SEAT ROOM IS PLENTIFUL AND SEAT COMFORT IS EQUALLY ALL TECHNO GOODIES YOU MIGHT A 7 OR 8-INCH MYLINK AVAILABLE SAFETY INCLUDES, BUT, YOU'D BETTER LIKE SMALL AS THAT'S ALL THAT NOW POWERS [ENGINE STARTS UP] THIS 1.5 LITER I4 IS STANDARD, AND 203 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE; CONNECTED TO A 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC A 252 HORSEPOWER 2.0 LITER I4 IS THE UPGRADE, AND KEEPS BUT, MOST INTERESTING, IS A 137 HORSEPOWER 1.6 LITER I4 ARRIVING SHORTLY AFTER LAUNCH; FRONT DRIVE IS STANDARD, ALL-WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM THAT FULLY DISCONNECTS TO BOOST EFFICIENCY.

GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS 1.5 LITER ARE 24-CITY, WE AVERAGED A VERY GOOD FOR AN AVERAGE ENERGY IMPACT OF YEARLY OIL USE, DESPITE THE LOWER WEIGHT THE EQUINOX STILL DRIVES STABLE AND EVERYTHING FEELS A BIT MORE EVEN AT THE HIGHER SPEEDS OF IT DIDN'T FEEL CUMBERSOME DISPLAYING ONLY MODERATE HINTS WITH MINIMAL COMPUTER THINGS WEREN'T QUITE AS HOWEVER.

THERE'S NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF TAKING US 8.7 SECONDS TO HIT 60, OR MORE THAN A SECOND SLOWER ENGINE NOISE IS, HOWEVER, WELL-SUBDUED FOR A 1.5 LITER THE LACK OF URGENCY IS THE QUARTER, ACCOMPANIED BY THE 6-SPEED AUTO.

EVENTUALLY, THE QUARTER MILE AT 84 MILES PER HOUR.

NOTE, AN EQUINOX WITH THE 2.0T THE PLAYING FIELD.

A SLIGHT INCREASE IN BASE PRICE AT $24,525.

TOP LEVEL PREMIER STARTS LEANER, THE 2018 CHEVROLET EQUINOX FIGHTING SHAPE, READY TO BATTLE IN THE COMPACT CROSSOVER FULLY MODERNIZED WITH ALL-TURBO MORE FUNCTIONAL INTERIOR, AND UP TO THE MINUTE THIS EQUINOX DOES INDEED SIGNAL FOR CHEVROLET.

John: GREAT PERFORMANCES ON YOU GET THERE.

SO HERE'S, PAT GOSS Pat Goss: LOTS OF FOLKS LIKE AND EXPERIENCE A TRACK DAY, WELL, HERE TO GIVE US SOME BE DOING TO PREP IT, FROM AMERICAN HIGH PERFORMANCE RICK, WELCOME BACK TO Rick Robinson: THANK YOU, PAT.

Pat: ALRIGHT, WHAT ARE SOME OF IF WE WANT TO EXPERIENCE Rick: WELL, THE FIRST YOU DON'T WANT ALL THE KID'S IN THE BACK SEAT WHILE YOU'RE IF WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL AN OFF THEY BECOME MISSILES FLYING Pat: GOOD POINT.

Rick: YOU WANT A FIRE THAT YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A FIRE.

SO THINK ABOUT SAFETY, IN ROAD RACING IS SUSPENSION POWER IS NICE TO HAVE, IS WHAT'S GONNA REALLY WIN AND ALLOW YOU TO GET THROUGH THE STOCK SUSPENSION THAT THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WAS IT'S A COIL-OVER STYLE OF BUT IT'S FIXED GEOMETRY.

AND IT'S OPTIMIZED FOR DRIVING NOT FOR A TRACK.

UM, AN ADJUSTABLE COIL-OVER CAR ALLOWS YOU TO ADJUST, BY COMPRESSING THE SPRING BUT ALSO RAISE AND LOWER CENTER OF GRAVITY IS IMPORTANT GET IT A LOW AS YOU CAN.

BUT THEN, THE COIL-OVER ALLOWS FOR DRIVING AROUND ON Pat: OKAY, WHAT ABOUT SWAY BARS?

Rick: SWAY BARS HELP STIFFEN YOU'VE SEEN CARS, OLDER CARS THEY'RE LEANING WAY OVER.

THAT'S NOT ADVANTAGEOUS YOU WANNA KEEP THAT WEIGHT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

AND A BIG HEAVY ROLL BAR LIKE THE CAR LEVEL.

Pat: NOW, HERE WE HAVE A TOWER BENEFICIAL?

Rick: ABSOLUTELY.

STIFFNESS IN THE BODY OF A CAR IF THE BODY'S TWISTING, IT'S CHANGING THE GEOMETRY OF SO, WE WANNA STOP THAT THIS TIES THE TWO STRUT TOWERS THE FRONT END UP A LOT.

Pat: ALRIGHT NOW, MUCH OF THIS THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT... Rick: WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL.

PEOPLE LIKE TO COME ASK US IF AND THE ANSWER IS NO.

A DRAG RACE CAR IS ALL ABOUT SO, I NEED WEIGHT TRANSFER SO, A VERY LOW SHOCK RATE ON A VERY LOW EXTENSION RATE SO, I CAN GET THE FRONT END TO THE BACK.

WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION IN A CAR IS AGAIN TRYING TO GET WEIGHT DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE CAR.

Pat: OKAY, RICK THANK YOU, AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION HOW ABOUT DROPPING ME A LINE John: IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ON AMERICAN STREETS AND TRACKS BUT THE GT-R IS NOT SLOWING DOWN IN FACT, FOR '17 IT ARRIVES AND MORE PERFORMANCE.

AND THAT'S REASON ENOUGH FOR US ONCE AGAIN.

* THOUGH, THE NISSAN GT-R HAS BEEN IMPROVEMENT SINCE IT ARRIVED FOR 2017 IT GETS ITS MOST THE GT-R HAS ALWAYS BEEN KIND AND GENTLER SUPERCAR REALM EXHIBITING DRIVETRAIN CLUNKS, AND A HOST OF UNIQUE SOUNDS "GODZILLA" ON THE PAVEMENT.

WHETHER, YOU LOOK AT THEM OR VALUE ADDED CHARACTER, FOR MECHANICAL THINGS.

BUT NOW, THE GT-R IS SOMEWHAT STARTING OUTSIDE, IN WHICH NISSAN INSISTED A V-MOTION THEME.

THANKFULLY, IT'S FAIRLY SUBDUED STILL MOSTLY INTACT.

CHANGES ARE A LITTLE MORE OVERT WITH THE TALL CHUNKY REAL ESTATE MORE DRASTICALLY WITH SHARPER A FEW MORE CREASES, AND NEW AIR VENTS NESTLED [ENGINE STARTS UP] THE 3.8 LITER TWIN-TURBO V6, UP 20, UP 4, TRANSMISSION DUTIES ARE STILL BUT THE PROGRAMMING HAS BEEN GREAT I GUESS, IF YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY TO FURTHER, ARE COMFIER SEATS, A NEW AND AN UPDATED DASH THAT THE SWITCHES FOUND ON AIDED BY A LARGER 8-INCH ANYTHING OVER 4,000 RPM, THAT MUST BE EXPERIENCED WE'RE TALKING 3.0 SECOND 0-60s AT 125 MILES PER HOUR.

LIKE AN EXTREME ROLLER-COASTER, YOU EXHILARATED, AND WHEN IT'S ALL OVER WANTING ONE BAD MOVE AS FAR AS WE'RE THE SHIFTER PADDLES FROM BEFORE YOU ALWAYS KNEW BUT, ALL IS FORGIVEN ONCE OUT WHERE DESPITE THE SOFTER IMAGE, SERIOUS HANDS OF PERFORMANCE; AND STICKING TO CORNERS WITH BLASTING OUT OF THEM LIKE AND YOU CAN STILL HEAR PLENTY AND TURBO SPINNING HERE.

THIS YEAR ALSO BRINGS ABOUT, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY NISMO THE NISMO ENGINE UPGRADE.

SO IT HANDLES BETTER, HERE, THROUGH THE NINE GEORGIA'S ROEBLING ROAD RACEWAY, FOR THE TIRES TO FULLY WARM UP, THERE IS LOTS OF GRIP FOR THANKFULLY, ALL IN ALL, STILL FEELS LIKE SOME KIND OF OF AMERICAN MUSCLE CAR, AND EUROPEAN EXOTIC.

BUT IS IT STILL, A LITTLE CLUNKY YEP, BUT TRUTH BE TOLD, WE WOULDN'T HAVE IT ANY IT'S A CHARACTER THING!

THE TRACK EDITION SLIDES NICELY AND NISMO GT-Rs AT $129,585.

THE 2017 NISSAN GT-R HAS AND PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE BUT HAPPILY, IT'S STILL THE BRUTISH TRACK AND STILL, ONE OF THE MOST AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL STAY WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW, FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; AS WELL AS COMPLETE EPISODES AT AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US WHEN WE CRUISE IN A NEW RANGE AND TAKE LAMBO'S LATEST AROUND THE TRACK.

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