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ROCKAUTO HAS AUTO PARTS FROM OFFERING A VARIETY OF BRANDS, ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR WEATHERTECH OFFER LASER MEASURED, CUSTOM FIT IN THE FRONT, BACK, WEATHERTECH.

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STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT John: THE KIA BRAND HAS COME BOTH IN DESIGN AND QUALITY.

BUT, AS GOOD AS THEIR VEHICLES THEIR LONG RANGE GOAL SEEMS A TRUE ASIAN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT'S A TALL ORDER, AND FOR IT, AN ALL-NEW REAR-WHEEL DRIVE SO, LET'S SEE IF RIVALS SHOULD * KIA HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARDS AND DYNAMIC CARS FOR A FEW YEARS BUT THIS 2018 KIA STINGER IS WHILE CALLED A SEDAN, 5-DOOR HATCHBACK.

BUT, UNDER ITS FASTBACK SKIN A FINELY-BALANCED, THE FORTHCOMING GENESIS G70, IN THE FRONT, UNDER THE LONG HOOD IS BASE TURBO CHARGED 2.0 LITER I4 AND 260 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

BUT, OUR TEST STINGER GT GOOD FOR 365 HORSEPOWER BOTH HOOK UP TO 8-SPEED THERE'S NO MANUAL, BUT BOTH WHILE THE 2.0 IS NO SLOUCH, REALLY IMPRESSED US WITH ITS EVEN THE PADDLE SHIFTERS WORK WE DIDN'T EXPECT.

SIZE WISE, BEING BIGGER THAN A 3-SERIES, APART FROM ITS TIGER NOSE, ANYTHING ELSE IN THE KIA STABLE.

IT NAILS THE LUXURIOUSLY ATTRACTING THE KIND OF ATTENTION WE'LL ADMIT THERE ARE SOME BUT HEY, YOU SHOULD MAKE IT ONE OF WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE, WITH FENDER AND NON-FUNCTIONAL BUT THEY CERTAINLY DIDN'T GO WITH MICHELIN PILOT SPORTS AND BREMBO BRAKES ALL AROUND.

QUAD EXHAUST TIPS LOOK GREAT [SOUND OF QUAD EXHAUST] ESPECIALLY, WHEN STREAKING THE 3.3 LITER AT FULL BOIL.

IT DOESN'T SNARL, AND BARK LIKE AS ITS SMOOTH, FEELS PURELY EUROPEAN.

ALL-WHEEL DRIVE GRIP MAKE FOR SIMPLE, THERE'S HARDLY ANY SENSE OF IT'S ONE SECOND YOU'RE AND THE NEXT YOU'RE AT WE HIT 60 IN JUST 4.5 OF THOSE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THROW YOU BACK IN YOUR SEAT, YOU WON'T FIND THEM HERE EITHER.

THE GEARS ARE INDEED CHANGING, IS JUST CALM UNRELENTING THRUST.

THE CAR FEELS VERY STABLE AT AS WE REACHED 108 MILES PER HOUR COMPLETED IN 13.1 SECONDS.

WHILE, THERE'S NOTHING EXOTIC IT'S ALL IN THE TUNING, WHICH WAS OVERSEEN BY ALBERT BIERMANN AND THE RESULTS FEEL TOTALLY THERE WAS MASSIVE GRIP THROUGH STAYING NICE AND STABLE WITH STEERING IS IMPRESSIVELY QUICK PLUS, INCLUDING A CUSTOM SETTING, WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET THIS GT THOSE BREMBO'S BROUGHT THIS IN JUST 105 FEET; MINIMAL FADE AND SPORTY FEEL.

BUT OF COURSE, A QUARTER MILE AT A TIME, THE STINGER IS JUST AS IT NEVER FEELS LIKE TO RUN FREE; WITH TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM IN V6 GT TRIM COMES WITH A NICE REAR VIEW CAMERA, STEPPING UP TO GT1 WILL AND 720 WATTS OF HARMON KARDON FINALLY, GT2 ADDS NAPPA LEATHER AND A HOST OF ADVANCED AND JUST FOR FUN AND QUIRKINESS, RESEMBLES SOME KIND OF JUST GIVES YOU A HINT OF WHAT WHEN GET BEHIND THE WHEEL.

THERE IS A PRACTICAL SIDE HATCHBACK VERSATILITY MEANS 23.3 CUBIC-FEET OF CARGO SPACE, 40.9 WITH REAR SEAT BACKS GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS 19-CITY, 25-HIGHWAY, PRICING STARTS AT $39,250 FOR BUT PRO TIP, BASE MODELS LOOK ARE ALMOST AS FAST, A 3-SERIES AT $32,800.

WHILE, IT WAS EASY TO BE AT BUILDING A TRUE FROM KIA, THE 2018 STINGER IF HAD COME IT'S THAT SPECTACULAR.

BUT IT'S WHAT'S COMING NEXT AS A WHOLE NEW ADRENALINE-PACKED * YOU MIGHT NOT THINK MUCH ABOUT THAT IS UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN.

BUT IF YOUR VEHICLE DOESN'T HAVE YOU'LL BE SURE TO NOTICE, OUR FYI REPORTER LAUREN MORRISON HEADLIGHT TESTING AT THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE AND HOW THEY ARE PUSHING DOWN THE ROAD.

* Lauren Morrison: YOU CHECK OUT A LOT OF THINGS, TO THE COMFORT OF THE SEATS, MANY PEOPLE TEST DRIVE VEHICLES SO THEY'RE LEFT IN THE DARK AS WILL PERFORM UNTIL IT'S David Aylor: WE SAW THAT THERE IN HEADLIGHTS.

THERE WERE STATIC HEADLIGHTS, EVEN WITH SIMILAR TYPES OF THERE WAS A VARIABILITY OF Lauren: THIS IS RELATIVELY THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE OF RUCKERSVILLE, VIRGINIA BEGAN TESTING AT THE TRACK BEGINS AS BUT WORK BEGINS WELL BEFORE IN ORDER TO EVALUATE THESE SENSORS ARE PLACED MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT AS Lauren: THE SENSORS ARE SO THAT BOTH LOW AND HIGH BEAMS DIFFERENT APPROACHES, OR CURVE.

Testing Employee: WE CAN BEGIN TESTING.

Lauren: NOT ALL HEADLIGHTS THEY CAN VARY GREATLY, DIFFERENT BULBS, TECHNOLOGY, ARE AIMED AT THE FACTORY, David: WHEN THE VEHICLES THE FACTORY LINE, YOU KNOW, THE FACTORY SPECS.

AND IF THAT'S OFF, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO IF THE HEADLIGHTS ARE IT COULD CAUSE TOO MUCH GLARE.

Lauren: IN RECENT YEARS, AND LED LAMPS HAVE STARTED TO AND WE'VE SEEN CURVE-ADAPTIVE PREVALENT.

BUT THE INSTITUTE SAYS, "WHILE ALL OF THESE NEW SYSTEMS A GOOD PERFORMANCE, ONE LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY OVER David: WE'VE SEEN THAT MANUFACTURERS ARE MAKING Lauren: TONIGHT, EIGHT WITH RESULTS COMING IN LIVE David: WHAT KIND OF HEADLIGHT WHETHER IT'S A HIGH BEAM OR WHAT CURVE THEY'RE ON.

Lauren: BASED ON TESTING DONE VEHICLES HEADLIGHT SYSTEMS FOUR CATEGORIES, David: IF YOU GO TO OUR YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE THE CARS YOU CAN LOOK AT THE VARIOUS VEHICLES AND DETERMINE WHICH HEADLIGHTS ARE BETTER THAN Lauren: HEADLIGHT SYSTEMS ARE HOW WELL THEY ILLUMINATE BUT ALSO, ON THE GLARE FOR David: YOU WANT TO ILLUMINATE BUT LIMITING GLARE TO Lauren: MORE WEIGHT IS PUT ON SINCE THEY'RE USED MORE OFTEN AND ADDITIONAL CREDIT IS GIVEN HIGH BEAM ASSIST.

David: AND THOSE ARE SYSTEMS WILL TURN ON YOUR HIGH BEAMS IF AROUND YOUR VEHICLE.

Lauren: TO QUALIFY FOR TOP THE INSTITUTE'S HIGHEST AWARD, GOOD OR ACCEPTABLE HEADLIGHTS.

David: WE STILL HAVE ALMOST WE'VE TESTED, ARE RATED POOR.

SO WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY WE'D LIKE TO GET ALL THOSE Lauren: WITH NEARLY 50% OF HAPPENING IN THE DARK, TO SHINE A LIGHT ON A SAFETY John: KEEPING YOUR COOL IS ESPECIALLY, WHEN IT COMES TO PAT SHOWS HOW, Pat Goss: OUR ONLINE PARTS EXPERT TOM WELCOME BACK TO Tom Taylor: Pat: ABSOLUTELY.

NOW, EVERY TIME YOU COME IN INTERESTING PARTS AND SHOW US YOU GOT A RADIATOR, Tom: I BROUGHT A RADIATOR, ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION OFTEN, WHEN YOU HAVE THE SHOP WILL RECOMMEND TO AND THE REASON IS IS PART OF THE RADIATOR YOU CAN SEE THE TRANSMISSION COMES OUT ANOTHER, AND THE ENGINE COOLANT COOLS IT SO THE TRANSMISSION FLUIDS UP TO Pat: YEAH, AND A LOT OF THE BUSINESS OF WARMING IT UP AS COOLING IT.

Tom: THAT'S RIGHT, AND ESPECIALLY ON TODAY'S NEWER TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION WARM Pat: OKAY, Tom: YEAH, THIS COOLER IS RADIATOR, AND YOU LOOK AT IT, AND YOU THINK, HEY, LOTS OF TRANSMISSION FLUID MAYBE TO CLEAN IT WE BUT LOOKS ARE DECEIVING WHEN YOU A COUPLE OF HOLLOW TUBES, ONLY FLOWS BETWEEN THE INNER, AND THERE'S SOME TO FACILITATE COOLING, DOESN'T LEAVE MUCH ROOM IF OR OLD TRANSMISSION FLUID WILL Pat: YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY, CLUTCH MATERIAL AND STUFF WE'VE CUT A LOT OF THESE APART JUST HOPELESSLY CLOGGED.

Tom: RIGHT, YOU DON'T WANT THE NEW TRANSMISSION, CLEAN TRANSMISSION FLUID SO YOU GET THE COOLING, Pat: YEAH, SOME OF THEIR TRANSMISSIONS, THE COOLER, OR THE RADIATOR OR THERE'S NO WARRANTY.

Tom: YEAH, THE TRANSMISSION COOLER EVEN MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN Pat: YEAH, FOR SURE.

TOM, THANK YOU.

AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, RIGHT HERE, AT MOTORWEEK .

John: LIKE MOST MOTORING TRENDS, MOTORCYCLISTS IN THE '60s, BEGAN ADAPTING THEIR SCRAMBLING ACROSS THE DESERT, NOW, THAT TREND IS MAKING IF MOSTLY FOR ITS NOSTALGIC AND NO BRAND SEEMS IMMUNE, [ENGINE REVS] * Brian Robinson: YES, A NEW SCRAMBLER MODEL INTO BUT NO BRAND SEEMS TO HAVE TO THE EXTREME LIKE DUCATI; WITH 11 TO CHOOSE FROM.

BUT IT'S THIS DESERT SLED THAT ORIGINAL FORMULA THE MOST I WAS DEFINITELY CALIFORNIA AND IT WASN'T JUST THE DESIGN OF DESERT SLED THAT WAS MAKING ME IT WAS THE 33-DEGREE ON MY FIRST RIDE THAT WERE MALIBU TO MIND.

BUT EVEN A COLD DAY RIDING A WARM AND COZY DAY RIDING SINCE BRINGING THE SCRAMBLER DUCATI HAS CONTINUED TO ROLL OUT INCLUDING LARGER 1,100CC AS WELL AS A SMALLER 400CC.

THIS DESERT SLED STICKS WITH THE FROM DUCATI'S MONSTER, AND 49 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

IT LOOKS GREAT HANGING FROM AND IF YOU AGREE WITH ME A WORK OF ART, YOU'LL LOVE DESPITE POSSESSING ALL OF THAT GO INTO MAKING A SCRAMBLER; [19 IN FRONT, 17 IN REAR] TALLER SUSPENSION WITH MORE ENGINE PROTECTION, HIGH-MOUNTED AND THERE'S EVEN A HEADLIGHT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE AN MORE LIKE A TALLER MONSTER.

WHICH IS NOT A BAD THING, WHILE THE ENGINE DELIVERS YET, DOESN'T PROTEST WHEN YOU THERE'S A NICE-SOUNDING RUMBLE BUT IT NEVER GETS BUZZY; THE SINGLE CIRCULAR GAUGE THIS SCRAMBLER ALSO FEELS FAST WITH PLENTY OF GRIP IN CORNERS, AS THE TIRES AREN'T TRUE GEARS IN THE 6-SPEED BUT YOU DO HAVE TO GET FORCEFUL TO FIND THE NEXT ONE.

DUE TO THE TALLER SUSPENSION TALLER RIDERS WILL BE MORE AS SEAT HEIGHT IS 33.9 INCHES.

THE 46MM FORK, AND KAYABA AND THE STANDARD ABS CAN BE THERE'S A TRUE SHORTAGE OF DESERTS HERE IN SO I KEPT MOST OF MY SLEDDING SAVE FOR A QUICK TRIP DOWN IF THERE'S ANY COMPLAINT, ON THE TANK; IT OBVIOUSLY, AS BOTH SIDES HAD MARKS FROM GOT A HOLD OF THIS SLED DESERT SLED PRICING STARTS AT NOT BAD AT ALL FOR A FUN, COOL-LOOKING BIKE THAT FEELS DUCATI HAS BEEN THE FASTEST IN THE U.S. FOR A WHILE NOW, SELLING CHEAPER ALTERNATIVES; AT BRINGING NEW PEOPLE INTO WITH BIKES LIKE THIS LAUNCHING AN ENTIRE SUB-BRAND SEEMED A LITTLE RISKY BUT DUCATI HAS CERTAINLY FOUND John: AUTOMOTIVE TRENDS COME BUT THE RISING POPULARITY OF SHOWS NO SIGNS OF RECEDING BUT WITH SO MANY NEW CHOICES WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ABOUT JOINED BY COLLEAGUES FROM LET'S DIVE RIGHT INTO OUR * WITH SO MANY NEW AND CARRYOVER IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO INCLUDE SO, WE CHOSE SEVEN, FROM LAST TIME, THE FORD ESCAPE.

NOW, ADD IN THE CURRENT SALES WHICH WAS THE NISSAN ROGUE AT AND THEN, SPRINKLE IN FIVE MORE MOST RECENTLY REVISED THE LEANER AND MEANER ...PERENNIAL FAVORITE ...THE TOTALLY REVAMPED ...THE ALWAYS DYNAMIC ...AND THE BIGGER, SO, UNFORTUNATELY THAT LEAVES AS THE TOYOTA RAV4, AND KIA SPORTAGE.

BUT, ONWARD WE GO, A PRICE CAP OF $35,000.

WE GATHERED OUR COMPETITORS ALL ARE 4-CYLINDER POWERED, ALL USE AN AUTOMATIC AND 6 OF OUR 7 WERE ALL-WHEEL CHEVROLET EQUINOX BEING IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL AND VALUE CRITERIA; WERE FACTORED IN.

FOR THE COMPLETE SCORING HEAD TO CARS.COM; BUT KNOW, THAT OUR BOTTOM THREE THE JEEP COMPASS, NISSAN ROGUE, STARTING OFF A MORE DETAILED LAST YEAR'S WINNER, THIS TIME IN 4TH PLACE, A LOT OF FUN TO DRIVE, HAS A GOOD USE OF SPACE WITH AN IMPROVED SYNC3 IT ALSO REMAINS A GOOD VALUE, WAS SECOND LOWEST HERE.

IT'S JUST THAT RIVALS HAVE Brian Robinson: THE ESCAPE AND THE 2.0 LITER TURBO HAS SOME INSIDE HOWEVER, AND IT'S JUST NOT AS COMFORTABLE John: WE HAD HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND IT FINISHED THIRD.

ITS REDESIGN INCLUDES ALL OF YET, BRINGS A LOT MORE COMFORT PROVING THAT IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE PRICING WAS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE Brian: WOW, THE CX-5; IT STILL HAS ALL THE HANDLING WE'VE ALWAYS LOVED ABOUT IT, BUT MAZDA'S FINALLY GOTTEN DOWN INSIDE, MORE LUXURIOUS THAN MANY Joe Burzek: SO, THE CX-5 COSTS AND I JUST CAN'T ONLY COSTS THIS MUCH MONEY; TAKING THE CX-5 AND PUTTING IT OR INFINITI; John: AMAZINGLY, BY ONLY TWO POINTS.

SO, THE HONDA CR-V SHOULDN'T INTERIOR ROOM IS AS COPIOUS RIDE QUALITY REMAINS QUITE GOOD, ALL FOR JUST A COUPLE AT $34,635.

Brian: YOU GET IN THE CR-V IT'S SUPER COMFORTABLE, IT HAS A NICE RIDE TO IT; FRUSTRATING ABOUT IT IS Kelsey Mays: FAMILY FRIENDLY FEATURES; THE MINIVAN OF THIS SEGMENT.

I MEAN, FROM THAT GIANT CENTER TONS OF STUFF INTO...

...THINGS LIKE A CONVERSATION JUST A LOT OF FAMILY FRIENDLY John: THAT LEAVES THE ALL-NEW BY A NARROW MARGIN.

THERE'S AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF THE TECH IS SIMPLE TO USE, AND ALL FOR THE LOWEST PRICE IN Brian: LIKE, A LOT OF RECENT THE TIGUAN HAS WENT FROM EURO-STYLE UTE TO A MUCH IT FEELS ALMOST MIDSIZE INSIDE; YOU WANT IN THIS SEGMENT FOR CHEAPER THAN ALL THE OTHERS.

Kelsey: THIS TIGUAN JUST HAS THE SECOND ROW SLIDES A TON OF RANGE, LOTS OF SPACE LOTS OF CARGO ROOM BEHIND IT, JUST A VERY, VERY SPACIOUS SUV; HANDLES OKAY, TOO.

John: SMALL CROSSOVER UTILITIES MORE AND MORE OF THE SUV SO WHILE, AND QUITE PRACTICAL VEHICLES FOR YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE GETTING BUT THEN, THERE REALLY ARE THIS SEGMENT EITHER.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT ALL THE VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN, FOR NOW.

STAY TUNED THOUGH, THE CASE FOR LONG.

WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL WHEN WE SLIDE INTO AN ALL-NEW THE OFF-ROAD BOUND WRANGLER.

THEN, IT'S PEDDLE DOWN IN 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 [SOUND OF TIRES SLIDING IN SNOW] TIRE RACK WANTS YOU TO THEY CAN HELP YOU CHOOSE FOR YOUR VEHICLE FOR EVERY TIRERACK.COM.

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