HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US AS TOYOTA BRINGS THE HIGH RIDING CROWD... PAT GOSS HAS SOME TWO WHEELING ZACH MASKELL FINDS PINT SIZE RACERS... AND WE'LL TACKLE THE TRACK SO COME DRIVE WITH US, NEXT!

CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY * Announcer: MOTORWEEK , TELEVISION'S BROUGHT TO YOU BY... Man: "IT'S GOT 430 FOOT UNITS Announcer: TIRERACK WANTS THEY CAN HELP YOU CHOOSE THE Man: "OOPS."

Announcer: TIRERACK.COM.

Announcer: FROM HUNDREDS OF MANUFACTURERS, PRICES AND SPECIFICATIONS.

ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR WEATHERTECH DIGITAL FIT TO PROTECT YOUR VEHICLE'S LASER MEASURED THEY OFFER AND UP THE SIDES.

WEATHERTECH.

MADE IN AMERICA.

STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT John: THE UPSIDE OF THE SCION THINGS ARE GETTING AT CORPORATE PARENT TOYOTA.

THIS RE-BRANDED C-HR, GIVES TOYOTA A MUCH NEEDED ENTRY INTO THE SUBCOMPACT UTILITY AND ONE WITH LOOKS THAT ARE BUT, DOES C-HR ALSO DELIVER OR IS IT ALL ABOUT FUNKY STYLE?

* FIRST THINGS FIRST, GIVE TOYOTA ANOTHER ENTRY INTO VEHICLE CHOICE TODAY, IT SLIDES UNDER THE RAV4 IN THEIR CAR BASED CROSSOVER FIRST REVEALED IN CONCEPT FORM THE C-HR ALSO INDICATES, TOYOTA DESIGN.

THE PRODUCTION MODEL CLEARLY BUT IS FAR FROM AN EXACT COPY.

THE FRONT END SETS A VERY WHILE, DEEP CUT BODY LINES POINT WHERE THERE'S BOTH AND HIGH-MOUNTED DOOR HANDLES.

FROM THERE, AN ALMOST A HACKED-OFF REAR WITH ITS OWN WHEELBASE IS LESS THAN AN INCH YET THERE'S OVER A FOOT 18 INCH ALLOYS AND 50 SERIES THERE ARE PLENTY OF AERO THESE DAYS, INCLUDING DIFFUSER, AND EVEN VORTEX GENERATORS.

THOSE HIGH MOUNTED DOOR HANDLES BUT, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR UNLESS YOU'RE GOING FOR NO ALL-WHEEL DRIVE FOR NOW, NO FACTORY TURBO EITHER, FROM A NATURALLY ASPIRATED 144 HORSEPOWER, TOYOTA IS LEAVING IT TO UNFORTUNATELY, BUT NOT SO FAST, OF DELIVERING THE MODERATE POWER AND CVT INDUCED ENGINE NOISE IS AS IS NOISE IN GENERAL.

IT'S ALSO HAS A VERY SOLID RIDING ON THE TOYOTA PRIUS' ARCHITECTURE CHASSIS.

HANDLING IS QUITE GOOD, AS IT URGING YOU TO PUSH IT HARDER THOUGH THERE'S NOT ENOUGH GET YOURSELF INTO TOO MUCH THROUGH THE ROLLING HILL COUNTRY WE FOUND STEERING TO BE WITH GOOD FEEDBACK THROUGH AS WELL AS THROUGH THINGS ARE VERY SPORTY IN BOTH WITH A HIP SCION LIKE BUT NO SATELLITE RADIO, LIKEWISE, GAUGES ARE MORE WITH A 4.2 INCH TFT THAT GIVES LOTS OF INFO FRONT SEAT SPACE IS PLENTIFUL COMFORTABLE.

ALL CONTROLS ARE WITHIN REAR SEATS ARE CLAUSTROPHOBIC.

NOT A LOT OF SPACE, AND VERY THOUGH THERE ARE BELTS FOR LIKE MANY SUB-COMPACT CARGO SPACE IS JUST ADEQUATE; UNDER THE HONDA HR-V, THE MAZDA CX-3.

FOLDING THE SEATBACKS TAKES 36.4 CUBIC-FEET.

NOW, AS FOR WHAT THIS COUPE HIGH WELL, DESPITE ITS SLICK SHAPE, MORE OF A 5-DOOR HATCHBACK.

AND IT DOESN'T RIDE OVERLY WITH JUST 5.9 INCHES OF AND IT'S CERTAINLY NOT WITHOUT ALL-WHEEL DRIVE.

SO WHAT'S LEFT?

A LOT OF TARGET MARKETING AND NO SKIMPING ON SAFETY TOYOTA'S UNFORTUNATELY, WITH PRE-COLLISION SYSTEM AND CRUISE CONTROL, IS STANDARD, GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS AND 29-COMBINED.

FOR A BETTER THAN AVERAGE ENERGY YEARLY OIL USE WITH 5.0 TONS AS FOR THE STICKER PRICES?

BASE XLE TRIM STARTS AT $23,460; THAT PUTS IT ABOVE THE MAZDA3, HOWEVER, BOTH MODELS ARE VERY AND WITHOUT OPTIONS TO HIKE THAT IN TODAY'S MULTI-CULTI WORLD, ATTRIBUTES OF ALL CULTURES; TRIES TO PUT CROSSOVER A CONGLOMERATION WITH YOUTHFUL AND FOR THE MOST PART SUCCEEDS BUT STILL, IT'S A FORM OVER THE NISSAN JUKE, CITY-DWELLING URBAN ADVENTURERS WITH MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN BUT, EVEN WITHOUT THAT MAY BE ENOUGH TO GIVE INTO THE MOTHER BRAND AND MAKE A HIT FOR TOYOTA.

* AS THE STORY GOES, WAS BUILT WITH SCRAP, IN THE MID 1950s.

AND IT WAS QUICKLY CLONED AROUND AND TODAY REMAINS THE FOUNDATION SO RECENTLY, OUR MOTORWEEK TEAM FRESHEN OUR COMPETITIVE SKILLS, AND GO OVER THE EDGE WITH IN THE MOST UP TO DATE KARTS Zach Maskell: WHILE, OR AN OFFICE FULL OF SUITS MAY IN TEAM BUILDING, OUR CREW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT WHEN I THINK, "MAN, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE NOW, YOU SLAP AN AUTOBAHN SIGN WELL, THAT JUST SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A SIMPLE PHILOSOPHY.

NO SPEED LIMIT!

NAMED AFTER THE FAMOUS IN GERMANY... WE'VE COME TO WHITE MARSH, ON THE AUTOBAHN SPEEDWAY.

WELL, JUST YOUR AVERAGE DAY INSTEAD OF SEEING WHO HAS HOWEVER, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHO THE FASTEST TIME ON CONCRETE.

SAFETY DOMINATES ALL FORMS THIS GRAND PRIX STYLE TRACK REFLEXIVE BARRIERS MADE.

AND, THESE ITALIAN-MADE KARTS DUAL DISC BRAKES, GIVES YOU A FEEL FOR WHAT Brian Roberts: THE TORQUE ON JUST AMAZING, VERY RESPONSIVE.

Zach: SIMILAR TO TODAY'S THESE DELIVER NEAR INSTANT MANY BIG NAMES IN RACING GOT JEFF GORDON AND LEWIS HAMILTON SO, PARENTS OUT THERE, MIGHT HAVE A TASTE FOR THESE KARTS CAN GO UP TO 50 MPH.

SO, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD START.

NOT WHAT YOU WERE EXPECTING, WELL, THE YOUTH KARTS DON'T GO BUT THEY CAN STILL HIT 30 MPH...

POTENTIALLY MOLDING YOUR CHILD, William Roby: IT JUST SHOWS ME IT'S CRAZY TO SEE IF THEY KEPT RACING AT MY AGE.

Zach: NOT ONLY CAN KIDS HIGH PERFORMANCE KARTS...

THEY ALSO LEARN, OF THE SPORT.

THESE SIGNAL FLAGS ARE DIRECT IN PROFESSIONAL MOTORSPORTS, THAN THEY REALIZE.

Greg Carloss: THE THING THAT IS THAT YOU STILL NEED TO GET AND BY YOUR 3RD OR 4TH LAP THE TEMPERATURE YOU WANTED.

YOU GET THE MOST GRIP, REALLY.

IT HANDLES A LOT LIKE Dave Scrivener: A LOTUS ELISE IT'S PRETTY DARTY, FAST BRAKES, STEERING IS AWESOME.

I WISH, I STARTED MY DIET THERE'S DEFINITELY, A WEIGHT Zach: THAT I'LL CALL AN EXCUSE WHILE, ONE OF US USED RACING Ben Davis: DUDE, I LOVE RUNNING AND I LOOK OVER AT HIM, AND I MAYBE JUST GIVE HIM AND THE WIND RUSHING IN MY FACE Brian: THESE BOYS HAVE SKILLS.

BUT, I WAS A LITTLE FASTER, Patrick Lucas: IT'S NOT ABOUT IT'S JUST ABOUT HAVING A GOOD Zach: EVEN IF YOU WERE FORCED YOU'D COME OUT PLEASED.

Ben Konechne: A VALENTINE'S DAY SHE SURPRISED ME.

MY FRIEND'S KIDNAPPED ME I HAD NO IDEA.

I LIKE THESE HIGH SPEED KARTS FUN THAN, IF YOU GO Zach: WELL, AND A WINNER WAS TO BE CROWNED.

BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT STAFFER THE SPOTLIGHT, NAGGY SPONSORS AND INTERVIEWS.

I'M A PRETTY BUSY GUY AS IT IS.

Eric Earhardt: EVERY KID HERE THAT GETS IN THE CAR AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING MAKES THEM SMILE.

MAKES THEM LAUGH.

John: IT'S TIME FOR OUR LET'S SEE WHAT PAT HAS TO Pat Goss: THE TERM MAY NOT SEEM LIKE IT APPLIES TO BUT IT ACTUALLY DOES.

AND TO EXPLAIN THAT TERM, WE HAVE LYNDON ABEL FROM IN ANNAPOLIS.

LYNDON, WELCOME BACK TO Lyndon Abel: THANK YOU Pat: ALRIGHT, Lyndon: SO DRESSING FOR SUCCESS YOU REALLY WANNA BE PROTECTED OF BUT ALSO COMFORTABLE THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ALLOW YOU TO DO ALL THREE.

PROTECTION IS THE ULTIMATE.

THIS IS A HEAVY-WEIGHT THAT INCLUDES BODY ARMOR.

SO, IN CASE OF YOU HAVE BOTH THE TOP OF AS WELL AS SOME IMPACT THE BODY ARMOR PROVIDES.

ON TOP OF THAT, IS PROVIDED BY THESE REFLECTIVE TO THE LIGHT SOURCE.

SO WHEN A CAR DRIVER YOU'LL REALLY LIGHT UP LIKE HOWEVER, WHEN IT'S WARM OUTSIDE, KEEP YOU COMFORTABLE, AND A TRIPLE VENT SYSTEM.

IT ALLOWS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF AIR CONDITIONED OUT AND IF IT STARTS TO RAIN, SPECIALLY TREATED TO BE AND THE ZIPPERS ARE WATERPROOF SO REALLY, Pat: VERY CLEVER DESIGN.

Lyndon: NOW, HERE'S ANOTHER THAT CAN KEEP YOU COMFORTABLE IT GIVES YOU THE PROTECTION BUT HAS PERFORATED PANELS AIR FLOWING THROUGH IT SO IN THE SUMMER TIME, THIS WOULD BE A VERY NOT AS WARM IN THE WINTER, THERE ARE SOME NEW TEXTILE A LOT OF FEATURES, IT'S A TEXTILE MATERIAL THAT AND MESH PANELS THAT ALLOW THE HOWEVER, IT ALSO HAS AND ONE FOR WATER.

Pat: OH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

Lyndon: SO IT'S GOING TO KEEP IF IT'S NOT RAINING TOO HARD, IF IT'S NOT TOO COLD.

NOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOU REALLY WANT A RAIN SUIT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WANT AS WELL AS KEEPING THE WATER THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A JACKET BY THE BRIGHT COLORS, AS WELL SO IT REALLY IS POSSIBLE TO BE WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON A RIDE.

Pat: OKAY, AND SOMETHING LIKE STORE ON THE BIKE.

Lyndon: YOU SHOULD ALWAYS THAT WAY IT DOESN'T RAIN!

Pat: LYNDON, THANK YOU.

AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION DROP ME A LINE RIGHT HERE AT * John: WE'RE FOUR MONTHS INTO THE 2017 MAZDA CX-9.

OUR DRIVER'S CHOICE BEST LARGE THE ODOMETER HAS ALREADY ROLLED THE ALL-WHEEL DRIVE IS LIVING UP TO OUR FIRST AND CONTINUES TO GENERATE PRAISE AMPLE TORQUE IS ALWAYS THERE A "DIESEL LIKE LOW-MID PUNCH" IT'S A SOLID DRIVING EXPERIENCE, IN FACT, IT DID FINE IN VERY A GRADE.

THE CX-9 IS EASY TO MANEUVER THE AVERAGE FAMILY HAULER.

THE SEATS ARE SUPPORTIVE; EASY TO REACH, WILL OVERHEAT AND BECOME JITTERY WE LOVE THE SLEEK AND SPORTY 3-ROW SEVEN PASSENGER CROSSOVER.

THIS TIME AROUND MILEAGE WAS ALTHOUGH, WE'LL SEE HOW THAT HOLDS UP SUMMER DRIVING SEASON FOR WE'RE ALSO SPENDING, DRIVERS' CHOICE WINNER, OUR BEST SMALL UTILITY, AND SO FAR, THE WISDOM OF WE'RE 3-MONTHS IN AND VERY MUCH AND CONFIDENCE INSPIRING RIDE.

THOUGH, WE HAVEN'T ADDED TOO 2,100; IT HANDLES A LOT OF BRINGING OUR TOTAL TO JUST OVER EVERYBODY MUST BE TAKING IT EASY AS MILEAGE IS SO FAR A STELLAR SURPRISINGLY, THERE'S BEEN THE CVT TRANSMISSION; CONTROL NITPICKS.

BUT THEN, WE'RE JUST GETTING AND IT HAS A LOT OF HOT DRIVING IT'S A PAIR OF MIDSIZE SEDANS, AND KIA OPTIMA ON OUR NEXT ROAD TEST UPDATE!

John: NOW LET'S HEAD INSIDE AND YOLANDA VAZQUEZ WITH Yolanda Vazquez: MID-SIZE SEDANS IN POPULARITY, SHINING BRIGHTER THAN THE REST.

THE 2017 HYUNDAI SANTA FE THE ONLY MODELS TO RECEIVE IN THE MOST RECENT STUDY BY THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE THE IIHS LOOKED AT 37 MIDSIZE 79 HEADLIGHT COMBINATIONS.

ALL THE VEHICLES IN THIS OR ACCEPTABLE RATINGS, BUT IT WAS THE COMBINATION OF THE HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE AND SOME FORM OF CURVE ADAPTING THAT EARNED BOTH THE SANTA FE AND IT'S ALSO WORTH NOTING, EXTRA COST OPTIONS.

AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.

AT THE FIRST EVER FESTIVAL OF ONE JAPANESE AUTOMAKER RECEIVED ITS GREEN MOTORING ENDEAVORS.

THE 2017 TOYOTA MIRAI AND 2017 PRIUS PRIME PLUG-IN AT THE INAUGURAL WORLD OCEAN PETER THOMSON, PRESIDENT OF THE PRAISED THE SPONSORING SUSTAINABLE AUTOMOTIVE AND THAT'S THE LATEST THIS WEEK'S MOTORNEWS.

John: NOW, I REALLY DON'T KNOW OTHER THAN IT'S SOMETHING AND POTENTIALLY EVIL.

YOU KNOW, SO, IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT THE NEW CAR STAGE, ONCE AGAIN, IT DOES SO WITH A VOODOO II SO LET THE SPIRITS BE WITH US, IN DODGE'S VENOMOUS VIPER!

* IT'S NOT TOO OFTEN A CAR 25 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, ITS FINAL YEAR OF PRODUCTION.

THAT'S THE UNFORTUNATE SITUATION AND OUR VOODOO II EDITION ACR.

CONSULTING GOOGLE WILL TELL YOU THAT THE ORIGINAL VIPER VOODOO LIMITED TO JUST 31 EXAMPLES FOR RIGHT BEFORE THE VIPER WENT ON THIS VOODOO II EDITION ACR AND LIKEWISE WILL BE RESTRICTED AND FCA DELIVERED THE VERY AT A RACE TRACK NO LESS.

[ENGINE REVS] SO, WE WASTED NO TIME GETTING AT NATURALLY, ROEBLING ROAD RACEWAY OUTSIDE AND YES, THIS VIPER IS STILL YET, OH SO CAPABLE.

AS WE NOTED IN OUR LAST THE AMERICAN CLUB RACER COMES YOU NEED TO BE CONSIDERED EXCEPT FOR A ROLL-CAGE.

THERE ARE MULTI ADJUSTABLE A MORE AGGRESSIVE SUSPENSION HUGE CARBON CERAMIC MATRIX BESPOKE KUMHO RACE AND THE MOST AERO TREATMENTS OF AN AIRPORT.

VENTS RESIDE ON TOP OF THE FRONT TO ESCAPE, FOR MAXIMUM AIRFLOW.

ALL OF IT WORKS TOGETHER AND THIS LATEST ACR WENT WITH A VENGEANCE, NO LONGER HAD TO BE A HANDFUL IT'S A LOCKED DOWN, SINGLE PURPOSE CAR; ITS MONSTROUS POWER AND DIRECT PROVIDING A NEAR PERFECT AS THE HARDER YOU PUSH IT, LIKEWISE, THE BRAKES SHOWED NO NO MATTER HOW HARD WE WORKED ESSENTIALLY, THE VOODOO II ACR OF THE ACR WITH METALLIC EVERY AVAILABLE ACR OPTION.

HORSEPOWER IS 645, AND THERE ATTEMPTING TO DEPLOY TO THE VIPER MAY HAVE ALLOWED TO SLIP IN OVER THE YEARS, A TREMEC TR6060 MANUAL THE DRIVE SHAFT, AND A BIG 'OL INSIDE THE CABIN, THERE ARE THOUGH FOOT ROOM IS STILL AT YOU'LL ALSO FIND THE CHECKERED-FLAG ALCANTARA BRONZE-LIKE PLASTIC TRIM, SILVER STITCHING.

IT MAY NOT BE THE GREATEST BUT IT IS SPECIAL.

ELSEWHERE INSIDE, PAGES ON THE TOUCHSCREEN, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN THERE'S A LAUNCH CONTROL BUTTON HIT IT, MASH THE GAS, AND YOU'RE OFF TO A SKATING THE SEARCH FOR TRUE TRACTION QUARTER MILE, AND YOU'RE ABLE TO STAY ON YOU'LL ARRIVE AT THE END OF IN 11.7 SECONDS AT THE SHIFTER WORKS THE SAME WAY NO NEED TO BE GENTLE WITH IT, THE MORE YOU MISTREAT IT.

BUT YES, THE VIPER STILL WITH GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY AND 14-COMBINED.

IRONICALLY, THE LAST VIPER AS AFTER YEARS OF BEING THE "BARELY CONTROLLABLE BEAST IT HAS MATURED INTO A FANTASTIC PRETTY WELL AS A STREET CAR SO, "GET 'EM WHILE YOU CAN" AS VOODOO IIs STICKER FOR AND ONCE THEY'RE GONE, AS WILL ALL CURRENT ALTHOUGH, FIAT-CHRYSLER HAS NOT MODERN VIPER SOMEWHERE IN STILL, AFTER A QUARTER CENTURY WITH THIS 2017 DODGE VIPER WE'RE SAYING GOODBYE TO BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY COME BACK SOON!

WELL THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW, FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; AS WELL AS COMPLETE EPISODES AT PBS.ORG/MOTORWEEK.

AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US AND FOUND OUT IF THE ACURA TLX SPORT SEDANS.

SEE IF IT'S A NEW DAWN FOR AND WE HIT THE TRACK IN NISSAN'S UNTIL NEXT TIME, I'M JOHN DAVIS, WE'LL SEE YOU RIGHT HERE ON Announcer: TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TELEVISION'S ORIGINAL AUTOMOTIVE PBS.ORG/MOTORWEEK.

MOTORWEEK HAS BEEN BROUGHT Man: "IT'S GOT 430 FOOT UNITS Announcer: TIRERACK WANTS YOU THEY CAN HELP YOU CHOOSE THE Man: OOPS!

Announcer: TIRERACK.COM.

WEATHERTECH DIGITAL FIT OFFER LASER MEASURED FOR YOUR VEHICLE'S FLOORS.

WEATHERTECH.

MADE IN AMERICA.

ROCKAUTO HAS AUTO PARTS OFFERING A VARIETY OF BRANDS, ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT * Announcer: THIS PROGRAM WAS MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION, FOR ITS CONTENT.

*