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STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT John: WITH SO MANY VEHICLES CHOOSING WINNERS FOR OUR ANNUAL USUALLY IS PRETTY DIFFICULT.

BUT ONE OF THE EASIEST IS OUR PICK FOR 2017s IT HAS THE PERFECT PLAY OF AND OF COURSE, PERFORMANCE.

WELL NOW, IT'S TIME TO SEE IF THE WEALTH.

* John: THE A4s CHASSIS IS NOT WITH MORE THAN ENOUGH BEEF TO FEEL LIKE THROWING INTO IT.

IT WAS A GIVEN THAT AUDI WOULD WITH A COUPE, AND INDEED BUT, WHAT ABOUT AN EVEN MORE EQUATION?

WELL, THEY'VE ALSO ADDED WITH MORE CARGO FLEXIBILITY.

AND ALSO, OFFERED IT IN A HIGHER TRUE GRAND TOURING FLAIR.

THAT WOULD BE THE 2018 SO, LET'S START THERE.

WE KNOW THAT AUDI'S S-LINE HAS MIDDLE GROUND BETWEEN AND THE ULTRA-HIGH AND, THE S5 QUATTRO POWERTRAIN TO THE LETTER.

ITS RESPONSE IS FANTASTIC.

FLOG IT, IT GOES; FOR SEEMINGLY DAYS.

[ENGINE STARTS UP] THE 3.0 LITER TURBO V6 IS NOT NEW OF COURSE, HORSEPOWER IS UP 21 TO 354; TORQUE CLIMBS 44 POUND-FEET WITH THE 5TH DOOR HATCH, TO THE SPORTBACK'S 21.8 THAT'S 8.8 CUBIC-FEET MORE THAN AND THE SPACE EXPANDS TO THE SEATBACKS FOLDED.

COUPE-LIKE STYLING IN HATCHBACK OR ANY OTHER EUROPEAN BRAND AS ALMOST EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BOAST A COUPE-LIKE AND THAT SLICK SHAPE ALSO FIT'S UNDER THROTTLE, AND YEARNING TO GO, ALMOST LIKE, WHEN TOOLING AROUND TOWN.

AND WHEN WE UNLEASHED IT AT OUR IT REACTED WITH SUCH THROUGH THE TURNS, IT SEEMED THERE'S STILL A MILD UNDERSTEER AS WE'VE FOUND TYPICAL IN STANDARD ON ALL SPORTBACK'S, THE S' NEW SPORT DIFFERENTIAL QUICKER THAN BEFORE.

IT'S HARD TO SAY, WE COULD TRULY BUT NOTHING ABOUT THIS CAR AND CERTAINLY, STRAIGHT-LINE PERFORMANCE THE TURBO V6 PAYS OUT A WEALTH AND QUATTRO INVESTS IT WISELY TRACTION FOR GETTING OFF WE HIT 60 IN 4.6 SECONDS.

AUDI'S 8-SPEED TIPTRONIC AUDI CLAIMS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH AND IT'S GETTING HARDER THIS AUTO FIRES HARD AND FAST, THE QUARTER IN 13.1 SECONDS WELL DONE!

BUT, WHAT ABOUT THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER?

NOW, IT MAY NOT HAVE THE OR OUR TEST CAR'S S PERFORMANCE BUT IT STILL TAKES IN A TRADITIONALLY, THE A5 COUPE'S LONG WHEELBASE, AND POWER DOME HOOD SET WHILE THE TALL AND WIDE AUDI SLENDER HEADLIGHTS, THE FAMILY RESEMBLANCE STRONG.

THIS A5 COUPE, HAS A FAMILIAR 2.0 LITER I4 ALONG WITH 252 HORSEPOWER COMES ALSO, AS IN ALL SPORTBACK'S, IS STANDARD, BUT HERE, IS AVAILABLE, AS IS A 7-SPEED THE COUPE MAY BE LESS PRACTICAL BUT CERTAINLY NO LESS WITH ALL OF THE HIGH PERFORMANCE IT WAS REFRESHING TO SPEND SOME AND FIND THE SAME LIGHT BUT AND POTENT TURBO LINKED TO AN GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS 24-CITY, 34-HIGHWAY, OUR AVERAGE, THE S5 SPORTBACK'S RATINGS AND 24-COMBINED; 22.3 MILES PER GALLON.

A5 COUPE PRICING STARTS AT $6,800 OVER AN A4 SEDAN.

SPORTBACK PRICING STARTS AT $55,375 FOR AN S5.

WHETHER, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE 2018 A5 COUPE, AND PERFORMANCE FROM THEY MAKE WITHOUT A DOUBT, AN UNBEATABLE HAND, OUR SUCCESS STORY THIS WEEK WHERE YOU CAN FIND AT EVERY STATE PARK LODGE.

ALL 10 LODGES ARE EQUIPPED WITH AS WELL AS A LEVEL 2 DRIVERS ARE INVITED TO PULL Paul Redford: UNSOLICITED TRAFFIC FROM THOSE AND THEY'RE COMING IN LEVEL 2 DESTINATION CHARGERS THEY'RE VEHICLES, THEY'RE THEY'RE DINING IN OUR FULL AND WE'RE ACTUALLY OVER NIGHT STAYS IN OUR John: FUNDS GENERATED BY THOSE IS FOOTING THE BILL FOR NOW, OTHER STATE PARK SYSTEMS WITH HELP FROM THE WEST VIRGINIA CHARGING UP AND ENJOYING THE MOUNTAIN STATE HAS NEVER * MODERN MUSCLE CARS MAKE A LOT BUT WE HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT EVEN THE MOST UNUSUAL ONES.

AND NEITHER HAS JOE LIGO, "MUSCLE CAR MEMORIES" SURPRISING UNDERDOGS.

Joe Ligo: WE CHEER FOR THE LITTLE GUY, THE DARK HORSE, GTO, STI, CERTAIN LETTERS MEAN HERE'S ONE YOU MAY NOT HAVE THIS 1969 AMX CAME FROM ULTRA-CONSERVATIVE, THE LITTLE NUMBER FOUR DURING THE MID-SIXTIES, AMC TRIED TO SHED ITS ECONOMY THE LUXURY MARKET, OF THE MUSCLE-CAR BOOM.

THE COMPANY NEEDED AND IN A HURRY.

A 1966 CONCEPT CALLED THE SERVED AS INSPIRATION FOR WHICH TARGETED PONY CARS LIKE BUT ONE AMC BOARD MEMBER KEPT BOTH MORE AND LESS, SO FIVE MONTHS AFTER THE JAVELIN ALL DESIGNERS HAD TO DO WAS REMOVE THE BACKSEAT, AND ADJUST [ENGINE STARTS UP] BASE POWER WAS A 290 THIS AMX HAS THE MIDLEVEL ENGINE 280 HORSEPOWER.

LARGER STILL, WERE THE OPTIONAL WITH MAX HORSEPOWER REACHING TRANSMISSIONS CHOICES WERE A EVEN WITH THE AUTOMATIC, 0-60 FALLS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN NO POWER STEERING, IT'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF BUT I THINK THAT'S PART OF WE FORGET HOW SPOILED, THERE'S NOTHING REALLY HERE YOU GET TO REALLY FOCUS ON AN INVOLVING EXPERIENCE TO AFTER THE LAUNCH OF DEALERS SAW RECORD AMOUNTS OF ESPECIALLY, YOUNG BUYERS.

BUT FOR ALL THAT EXCITEMENT, THREE YEARS.

SALES WERE A FRACTION OF WITH JUST 19,134 PRODUCED BEFORE BUT THE AMX HAD LEFT ITS MARK AND THE COMPANY REAPPLIED SPEC VARIANTS OF OTHER MODELS, TO THE ORIGINAL.

ALTHOUGH UNCOMMON, THE TWO-SEAT DEPENDING ON CONDITION, VALUES THIS MODEL BETWEEN HOWEVER, EXPECT TO PAY IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND A MANUAL TRANSMISSION.

NOT QUITE A PONY CAR SINCE THE BEGINNING THE AMX HAS ITS APPEAL STEMS BOTH FROM AND UNLIKELY ORIGINS.

THOSE THREE LETTER A-M-X IT'S A REMINDER THAT SOMETIMES John: LITTLE THINGS CAN HAVE AND THAT'S TRUE ABOUT CARS PAT GOSS TELLS US WHY, Pat Goss: THIS TIME, A COMMON PROBLEM THAT WE SEE ON EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT ESPECIALLY, ON JEEPS, WHAT'S CALLED "A DEATH WOBBLE."

AND WHAT THIS IS YOU'RE GOING YOU'RE DOING HIGHWAY SPEED, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE VEHICLE, EVERYTHING STARTS SHAKING IT'S DIFFICULT TO EVEN AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID TO PULL OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT WILL BE FINE UNTIL YOU ALRIGHT NOW, THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK FOR WELL THE DIFFERENT BUSHINGS, LIKE HERE, WE HAVE A WORN OUT WE HAVE A WORN OUT SWAY BAR WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE BUSHINGS IF THE CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH ANYONE OF THESE RUBBER BUSHINGS CAN ALLOW MOVEMENT, AND YOUR WHEELS START AND THEY CAN'T BE CONTROLLED.

NOW, HERE WE HAVE WANTS TO BE CHECKED.

THERE IS A RUBBER BUSHING OVER BUT THE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM, THIS IS A STEERING DAMPER.

IT'S LIKE A SHOCK ABSORBER FOR AND IT DAMPENS OUT THE STEERING LINKAGE, AND WHEN THEY DO IT HOW GOOD OR BAD THE REST OF YOU WILL WIND UP WITH SO YOU CHECK THAT VERY CAREFULLY CULPRIT RIGHT THERE; BAD SHOCK ABSORBERS AS WELL, A SITUATION WHERE NONE OF THESE BADLY WORN BUT THEY... AND THEY ALL HAVE A LITTLE BIT AND THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF FREE PLAY IN THE ENTIRE THE DEATH WOBBLE.

ALSO, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT LIKE THIS.

THIS IS A MASTER KIT, IS A COUPLE HUNDRED BUCKS WITH NEW SHOCKS, THIS IS POLY URETHANE, AND IT AND THE STEERING, AND MAKES IT SO POLY-URETHANE IS A GOOD WAY KEEP IN MIND THOUGH, CAN BE A LOT OF LABOR, THAT IT'S CHEAPER TO BUY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BECAUSE THE LABOR IS SO MUCH BUT ANY WAY THE PROBLEM CAN BE IT'S NOT A HUGE EXPENSE.

AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION DROP ME A LINE, * John: TIME'S TICKIN' AWAY, THE HALF WAY POINT IN OUR THE 2017 HONDA CR-V COMPACT [ENGINE STARTS UP] WE'VE PREVIOUSLY, AND EFFICIENT 1.5 LITER TURBO-4 TRANSPORTING US, WE'VE NEEDED TO GO, WITH PLENTY OF PEP.

NOT TO MENTION DELIVERING A FINE AFTER A RECENT ROAD TRIP, ONE "BIG SIDE MIRRORS, EASY TO USE TOP-NOTCH SMARTPHONE COMFY SEATS, USB POWER FOR ALL, MAKE THE CR-V, HIS ONLY DESIRE, SO HE COULD STAY IN IT BETWEEN REFUELS.

WELL, WINTER WEATHER WILL BE SO STAY TUNED.

ALMOST 23,000 MILES HAVE 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA MINIVAN.

IT'S STILL PROVING VERY AND THIS BIG BOX ON WHEELS THROUGH TRAFFIC.

[ENGINE STARS UP] THE 287 HORSEPOWER V6 MAKE A GREAT COMBO FOR LONG WITH COOLER WEATHER, MAKE IT EASY TO LOAD UP SUPPLIES WHILE, THE SURROUND VIEW CAMERA OUT OF PARKING IN TIGHT SPOTS.

THE LEATHER INTERIOR IS OF OTHER LONG TERMS.

ONE OF OUR TALLER STAFFERS DID AND THERE'S CERTAINLY THIS TIME AROUND MILEAGE IS OUR 26.2 MILES PER GALLON, UP TO 23.8.

WE'LL CHECK IN ON OUR KIA NIRO ON THE NEXT MOTORWEEK DESIGN AND ENGINEERING IN THE AUTO INDUSTRY, BUT THERE'S MUCH MORE SO HERE'S YOLANDA VAZQUEZ Yolanda Vazquez: WE PAY A LOT OF TO THE DRIVER WHEN METAL MEETS BUT NOW, ON THE PERSON SITTING NEXT TO THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE RECENTLY PUT 13 MIDSIZE CARS SMALL OVERLAP FRONT TEST.

IT'S SIMILAR TO THE CRASH TESTS HITS A BARRIER AT 40 MPH.

IN THIS NEW TEST, FOR PASSENGER-SIDE PROTECTION.

THE 2017 FORD FUSION TAKE THE TOP TWO SPOTS.

LAST YEAR THE IIHS CONDUCTED ON SMALL SUVs.

THESE RESULTS ARE ALSO NOW THE INSTITUTE'S 2018 TOP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE A VEHICLE MANUFACTURER IS IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.

AND THE COMPANY BUILDING THAT MAHINDRA AUTOMOTIVE A NEW U.S. HEADQUARTERS IN AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN.

THEIR INITIAL PLAN IS TO BUILD MAHINDRA ALREADY ASSEMBLES IN THE STATES.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, FORD ON NEW PRODUCTS INCLUDING THE GOVERNMENT'S ANNUAL HAS NOW GONE PAPERLESS AND WILL IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED IN BUT, BEGINNING WITH THE NEW IT WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE ONLINE WHICH IS HOW MOST PEOPLE ACCESS THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY QUICKLY BECAME OUTDATED WERE BEING LAUNCHED MID-YEAR.

THE WEB-BASED GUIDE IS AND ALWAYS CURRENT.

THE 2018 FUEL ECONOMY GUIDE AND THAT'S THE LATEST AUTOMOTIVE MOTORNEWS.

John: THE EURO-STYLED KIA OPTIMA QUITE A HIT FOR THE BRAND, HERE AT MOTORWEEK AS WELL.

BUT WHAT MOST PEOPLE MAY NOT THE OPTIMA LINEUP INCLUDES AND FOR 2017, ENCOMPASSING ALL OF NEW 4TH GENERATION CHASSIS.

* KIA HAS ACTUALLY IN THE OPTIMA LINEUP SINCE 2011.

AND WITH THE 4TH GENERATION OF LAST YEAR, FOR THIS GASOLINE-ELECTRIC.

THE NEW HYBRID SYSTEM CONSISTS DOWNSIZED FROM THE PREVIOUS BUT, THERE'S A BIGGER ELECTRIC 38KW COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S COMBINED, HORSEPOWER IS ACTUALLY BUT TORQUE IS MUCH TORQUIER, CLIMBING FROM 195 POUND-FEET BATTERY SIZE INCREASES FROM IT'S PLACED UNDER ROBBING A BIT OF STORAGE SPACE, SEATBACKS IN PLAY.

CAPACITY IS 13.4 COMPARED TO THE BASE SEDAN'S THANKFULLY, THE TRANSMISSION AND THERE'S BEEN NO CHANGE TO GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS AND 42-COMBINED, PER GALLON ON REGULAR WAS THAT MAKES FOR A VERY GOOD WITH USE OF JUST 7.8 BARRELS WHILE EMITTING JUST 3.5 TONS OF THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT BUT STILL SHORT OF MANY FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR MORE, A LARGER BATTERY AND UP TO IS ON THE WAY.

AS FOR DAILY USE, NOISES YOU WOULDN'T HEAR IN BUT OTHERWISE OPERATES WITH EURO-LIKE DEMEANOR.

AFTER AN HOUR OR TWO BEHIND IT'S EASY TO FORGET YOU'RE EVEN IF YOU WISH TO BE REMINDED, A NEW ECO-DRIVER ASSISTANCE HOW TO GET THE MOST EFFICIENCY WITH PROMPTS IN THE IP, WITH VERY GOOD STEERING FEEL, AND THE AFOREMENTIONED THIS IS ONE HYBRID WE TRULY THERE'S GOOD COMFORT IN ALL AND PLENTY OF NICE SOFT TOUCH EX TRIM COMES WITH HEATED HEATED STEERING WHEEL, AND NAVIGATION.

ADDING THE TECHNOLOGY PACKAGE A PANORAMIC SUNROOF, HEATED REAR SEATS, INCLUDING, AUTONOMOUS EMERGENCY THE EXTERIOR DIFFERS LITTLE THAT'S A GOOD THING AS FAR AS AS WE FEEL THE OPTIMA IS ONE OF IN THE FAMILY SEDAN SEGMENT.

BUT, NOTHING IS FOR FREE, AS HERE, IT STARTS AT $26,890 OR ABOUT A GRAND LESS THAN THE OPTIMA HYBRID IN EX TRIM, IS ABOUT 5-GRAND OVER THE 2017 KIA OPTIMA MAY COME UP ABSOLUTE FUEL ECONOMY.

BUT MUCH LIKE, AND CHEVROLET MALIBU HYBRID, AND A TRADITIONAL SEDAN FEEL, MODESTLY PRICED HYBRIDS PLUS, IT ADDS A UNIQUE DRIVING EUROPEAN IN FLAVOR.

SO, DON'T LOOK AT THE ULTIMATE HYPER-MILER'S BUT A MORE EFFICIENT OPTION GREAT LOOKING, John: WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW, FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US FOR A BIG BRUTE FROM AND HYUNDAI TARGETS PRIUS TIL 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 TIRE RACK WANTS YOU TO THEY CAN HELP YOU CHOOSE FOR YOUR VEHICLE FOR EVERY TIRERACK.COM.

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