HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US AS WE SPOOL UP IN THE PORSCHE MACAN TURBO... PAT GOSS CRANKS UP THE SOUND WE'LL SEE HOW PROS ARE CUTTING MORE EFFICIENTLY... AND WE'LL TEST A MORE HYUNDAI SONATA...

SO COME DRIVE WITH US, NEXT!

CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY * Announcer: MOTORWEEK , 40 YEARS, STEERING YOU BROUGHT TO YOU BY... ROCKAUTO HAS AUTO PARTS FROM OFFERING A VARIETY OF BRANDS, ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR John: YES, THE MIDSIZE SEDAN BUT, THERE ARE STILL, AND THE MANUFACTURERS WHO VALUE HARDER THAN EVER FOR BUYERS.

BY DELIVERING MORE FOR LESS, IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND THAT'S WHERE THIS ENTERS OUR PICTURE.

* FOR YEARS NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO IT'S MOSTLY A RACE TO SEE WHO'S THIRD BEHIND TOYOTA CAMRY BUT, THE HYUNDAI SONATA HAS NOW, WITH THE FORD FUSION THE TIME HAS NEVER BEEN BETTER TO MAKE A MAJOR MOVE UP.

THE MOST RECENT SONATA DESIGNS WITH DYNAMIC STYLING, AND THAT TREND SURELY CONTINUES 8TH GENERATION.

A MORE COUPE-ISH DESIGN MORE LUXURIOUS LOOKING; HIGHLIGHTED BY THEIR NEW AND CHARACTER LINES PUNCTUATED MOST DIMENSIONS HAVE INCREASED, AND OVERALL LENGTH, AN INCH LOWER THAN BEFORE.

WHEEL SIZES RANGE FROM AND JUST FOR WOW FACTOR, DAYTIME RUNNING LIGHTS THAT AND BLEND INTO THE HOOD, POWERTRAIN CHOICES ARE UPDATED.

THE NATURALLY-ASPIRATED WITH A 191 HORSEPOWER WHILE, A 1.6 LITER TURBO-4 BUT IT'S AN ALL-NEW ONE AND 195 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

BOTH GET AN 8-SPEED AUTOMATIC WITH A PUSH-BUTTON GEAR SELECTOR AND THE SONATA REMAINS A HYBRID RETURNS AS WELL, BUT WITH SLIGHTLY LESS ENGINE STILL, THE ADDED ELECTRIC SO, COMBINED OUTPUT IS DOWN BUT FUEL ECONOMY INCREASES GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS AND 41-COMBINED, TO THE HYBRID'S AND 47-COMBINED.

IN WHICH WE AVERAGED PER GALLON OF REGULAR.

FOR A MUCH BETTER THAN AVERAGE BURNING JUST 7.0 BARRELS OF WITH 3.1 TONS OF CO2 EMISSIONS.

THE HYBRID ALSO COMES WITH A NEW POWER TO THE BATTERY.

IN OPERATION, THE HYBRID HAS THOUGH, IF THINGS ARE QUIET YOU WILL HEAR THE ENGINE WE HAD A CHANCE TO AND A TURBO-POWERED LIMITED THE HYBRID FELT PLENTY POWERFUL GETTING TO 60 IN 8.9 SECONDS.

BUT THEN, IT QUICKLY SETTLES ACCOMPANIED BY RELAXED SHIFTS ENGINE NOISE IS PRONOUNCED, THE CONSTANT DRONING OF MORE THE QUARTER-MILE AT 85 MILES PER HOUR.

THE 1.6 LITER WAS BUT NOT AS MUCH AS WE EXPECTED; IS ABOUT MID-PACK FOR ITS CLASS.

THE 8-SPEED AUTOMATIC HERE WAS BUT EQUALLY SMOOTH; SEEING US IN 15.8 SECONDS AT THE SONATA WASN'T THE FIRST HERE IN THE U.S., BUT UNTIL SUVs STARTED TO IT WAS THEIR MOST IMPORTANT WE FIRST MET THE SONATA IN 1989; FEATURES AND BIG PRICE BUT DECLARED ITS INTERIOR, CHEAP MATERIALS, REALLY NEEDING IMPROVEMENT.

WELL, HYUNDAI HAS CLEARLY AFTER TESTING SOME SPEEDIER AT THE TRACK ON THE SAME DAY, FOR THE DRIVE HOME WAS A DREAM.

COMFORT ABOUNDS, THE TECH IS EASY TO USE, EXPENSIVE, BUT NOT PRETENTIOUS.

PLENTY OF SCREEN SPACE INSIDE; ATOP THE DASH, FOR THE DIGITAL INSTRUMENT AND THE SONATA HAS EVEN MORE HYUNDAI'S DIGITAL KEY TO LOCK AND UNLOCK IT.

USING THE KEY FOB AND REMOTE YOU CAN ALSO HAVE THE CAR OF TIGHT PARKING SPOTS.

NOT EVEN ON SALE FOR A YEAR, INCLUDE EVEN MORE STANDARD A 19 INCH TIRE AND WHEEL AND A SPORTIER N LINE MODEL.

JUST LIKE 1989, THE SONATA HAS OVER ITS COMPETITION, RANGING TO TOP LIMITED TRIM FOR $34,825.

THE HYBRID STARTS WITH A UNIQUE AND THEN ON TO THE SAME S-E-L THE 2020 HYUNDAI SONATA'S AND TECH FEATURES SET IT APART FAMILY SEDAN SEGMENT.

THAT MAY NOT BE QUITE ENOUGH FOR THE TOP SPOTS, TO TAKE NOTE OF WHAT THE SONATA * * Flashback Commentator: THERE'S RACING AND THERE'S RACING BOATS.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING ON YOUR MARK, GET SET, MOW!

John: ADVANCES IN ELECTRIC TO A QUIET, CLEAN, AND INCREASINGLY BATTERIES ARE AND MOTORIZED EQUIPMENT LIKE, ON TOP OF THAT, ARE GIVING A SECOND LIFE TO AND A WHOLE NEW MEANING TO * THERE ARE 40 TO 50 MILLION ACRES MAKING IT TECHNICALLY IN THE COUNTRY.

AND AN ESTIMATED 56 MILLION ALL OF THOSE YARDS AND IF YOU CONSIDER THAT IN A SINGLE GASOLINE-POWERED MOWER OF EMISSIONS AS DRIVING 11 CARS, 17 MILLION GALLONS OF GAS ARE WHILE REFUELING LAWN EQUIPMENT, THEN MAINTAINING OUR GREEN ISN'T DOING ANY FAVORS WHICH IS WHY ELECTRIC-POWERED WITH ECO-CONSCIOUS HOMEOWNERS COMMERCIAL LAWN CARE SERVICES.

THE CITY OF BURLINGTON, VERMONT OF BATTERY POWER, TO DO THE SAME.

Darren Springer: ARE PROMOTING ELECTRIFICATION WE HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLE ELECTRIC BUS, COLD CLIMATE HEAT AND AS PART OF THAT WE ALSO ARE BOTH COMMERCIAL SCALE, AND WE HAVE REBATE PROGRAMS AND WE'RE REALLY DOING IT CAN SAVE MONEY, UH, WHEN THEY WITH A GAS MOWER.

IT'S BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND IT'S ALSO QUIETER, FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.

John: CONSUMER-GRADE ELECTRIC AND TRIMMERS ARE AVAILABLE HOME IMPROVEMENT STORES, WITH GAS-POWERED MODELS RIGHT LARGER COMMERCIAL UNITS, WITH MAY COST A BIT MORE UP FRONT, BUT LOWER FUEL AND MAINTENANCE AND GENERATE BOTTOM-LINE SAVINGS BURLINGTON'S INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND $3500 FOR COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC LAWN MOWERS.

IT HAS BECOME THEIR MOST POPULAR AND OTHER CITIES ARE STARTING BLUE ROOF FOUNDATION, EDUCATES CONSUMERS AND PROS ON OF BATTERY-POWERED LAWN AND CAME UP WITH A UNIQUE TO AID IN THE TRANSITION.

BLUE ROOF HAS CREATED THIS EQUIPPED WITH LITHIUM-ION FROM A NISSAN LEAF BATTERY PACK.

IT ALLOWS A TYPICAL LAWN CARE EQUIPMENT BATTERIES ON LOCATION, OF MOWING WITHOUT BURNING, Carlos Ojeda: THE WHOLE IDEA OF STORE, AND PLUG IN ONE EVERYTHING INSIDE.

SO THE WHOLE IDEA IS THAT, THEY CAN JUST COME BACK, JUST LIKE THEY WERE SWITCHING John: THE HIGH-ENERGY BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLES MAY LOSE YET, STILL PRODUCE ENOUGH FOR LESS-DEMANDING USES.

Carlos: OUR MAIN MISSION BY REDUCING THE USAGE OF AND SWITCH THAT TO ELECTRIC.

IT JUST HAPPENS THAT, BY WE'RE ACTUALLY AT THE SAME TIME, THAT THOSE BATTERIES WILL END SO WE'RE GIVING THEM A SECOND SO, IT'S PART OF OUR MISSION, IS REALLY TO REDUCE POLLUTION.

John: REDUCING AIR AND NOISE IS A WIN-WIN-WIN PROPOSITION.

SO, WHEN IT'S TIME TO REPLACE REMEMBER THAT MOWING CLEAN ALL AROUND US.

TRACKING DOWN THAT WEIRD ENGINE CAN BE HARDER THAN YOU THINK.

SO HERE'S PAT GOSS * Pat Goss: NEW CARS, OLD CARS, SOONER OR LATER ALL OF THEM OF A NOISE THAT YOU NEED NOW, HOW COULD YOU GO ABOUT WELL, IF YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT IT WOULD HELP IF YOU TAKE WHEN IT HAPPENS.

DOES IT HAPPEN WHEN THE CAR OR WHEN IT'S RAINING, AROUND CORNERS.

IS IT HIGH SPEED, ALL OF THIS INFORMATION WILL DIAGNOSTIC TIME.

NOW, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT AND TRY AND FIX IT, WELL...HERE TOOLS YOU CAN HAVE.

THIS IS AN AUTOMOTIVE NOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING OR SOMETHING, TO HAVE SOME WAY TO SAFELY GET IF THE NOISE IS COMING FROM BUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE CAR, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO THE HUM BEARINGS OUT HERE OR THE TRANSMISSION OF IF IT'S ALL WHEEL DRIVE.

THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WILL AND WHEN YOU HEAR THE PROBLEM YOU'LL KNOW, YOU'VE GOT IT.

NOW, MAYBE IT'S NOT UNDERNEATH MAYBE IT'S UNDER THE HOOD.

AND HERE, YOU'VE GOT THE WATER PUMP, AND TENSIONERS, THAT ROTATE ALL THE TIME.

AGAIN WHAT YOU WOULD DO IS WHILE THE NOISE IS GOING ON.

USE THE STETHOSCOPE TO VERY THAT'S MOVING AND TOUCH THAT COULD BE MAKING THE NOISE.

AND IF YOU ARRIVE AT THE NOW, LONG PHILLIP SCREWDRIVER.

GREAT TOOL FOR DIAGNOSING YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IT UP WHERE YOU THINK THE NOISE AND YOU'RE GOING TO PUT YOUR LIKE THAT AND YOU'RE GOING TO AND WHEN YOU DO THAT AND YOU THAT IS MAKING NOISE, JUST LIKE IT IS SO, THAT'S A WAY TO HELP AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT HERE AT MOTORWEEK !

John: THIS ONE OF ONLY 1993 GMC TYPHOON IS OUR MOTORWEEK 40TH JIMMY MORRISON FROM SAVORS EVERY ONE OF FROM ITS TURBOCHARGED SUBMIT PHOTOS OF YOUR RARE RIDE FOR CAR OF THE WEEK MOTORWEEK@PBS.ORG.

TIME TO CHECK OUT SOME FRESH WITH A NEW QUICKSPIN!

Jessica Ray: WHEN IT COMES TO IT'S NOT SO MUCH A LUXURY CAR, ONE THAT JUST GOT A WHOLE WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE ALL-NEW SMOOTHER SHEET-METAL DELIVERS THAN EVER; OVERALL LENGTH IS UP WHILE, A 2.0 INCH WHEELBASE TO THE CORNERS, BIG DOESN'T HAVE TO MEAN AS THE REAR-AXLE STEERING SYSTEM THE SAME TURNING RADIUS AS AND AS FOR THAT INTERIOR...WELL, IN HERE THAN IN ANY FIRST-CLASS Greg Carloss: OF ALL THE PREMIUM I THINK, MERCEDES OFFERS AND LUXURIOUS INTERIOR AT THE S-CLASS BEFORE IT I AM A LITTLE SAD THAT THE 2021 TWIN-SCREEN DESIGN.

BUT THIS NEW CENTER SCREEN AND IT HAS PROVEN USEFUL Jessica: MBUX IS NOW AVAILABLE AND MATERIALS ARE MORE ELEGANT HERE IN THE U.S., A 450 HORSEPOWER TURBO INLINE-6, TWIN-TURBO V8; BOTH WITH A PLUG-IN HYBRID WILL OF COURSE, WITH THE S-CLASS - AND THE '21 IS PACKED FULL OF, THEY NEEDED A NEW ASSEMBLY Stephanie Hart: ONE COOL FEATURE WITH AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT.

WHEN YOU TURN IT ON, AND PRECISELY PROJECTED ONTO Jessica: WE'LL HAVE MUCH 2021 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS SOON.

UNTIL THEN, STAY SAFE AND * Greg: FOR OUR 2019 MITSUBISHI TREKKING UP AND DOWN OF COLLEGE CAMPUSES.

AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, HIGHWAY CRUISER, IN ALL SEATING POSITIONS TO TO A MINIMUM.

THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL IS TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF SAFE DISTANCES IN HIGHWAY AND WHEN CALLED UPON, WITH ELECTRIC ASSIST MAKES SINCE, THIS IS A PLUG-IN HYBRID, THOSE HIGHWAY MILES DID TAKE FUEL ECONOMY, IS STILL GREAT FOR ANY UTILITY, FOR OVER 19,000 TROUBLE-FREE BECAUSE OF OUR DISTANCING SOMETIMES, WE'LL GO LONG PERIODS INTO SOME OF OUR TEST CARS.

BUT EVERY TIME, I'M REUNITED I'M SHOCKED AT HOW MUCH NOW, I AM REMINDED THAT THE COMPARED TO RIVALS, MORE THAN MAKES UP FOR IT.

ANOTHER ONE OF OUR LONG-TERM HAS BEEN HITTING THE HIGHWAY TAKING US ALL THE WAY TO TO THE MID-ATLANTIC.

DESPITE ITS SMALL SIZE, WITH TRAFFIC FOR HOURS ON END ITS TINY 1.3 LITER TURBO-4 THAN ITS 177 HORSEPOWER RATING INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, WHERE IT'S NOT QUITE AS THE SLIGHT TURBO LAG WHEN POWERING AWAY FROM A STOP.

8,000 ISSUE FREE MILES IS WHAT AT SEVEN MONTHS INTO OUR TEST.

UNLIKE, IN THE OUTLANDER, HAVE LIFTED THE 500X'S NOW SITTING AT A RESPECTABLE WE'LL GET YOU THE LATEST ON THE NEXT MOTORWEEK John: AT PORSCHE, THE WORD TURBO JUST A DESCRIPTION OF POWER ADDING TURBINES IT HAS NOW BECOME ANOTHER WAY THE TOP OF THE LINE.

SO NOW, WITH THE PORSCHE MACAN TURBO.

* WHETHER, PORSCHE FANATICS LIKE THEIR SMALLEST SUV, PORSCHE VEHICLE IN THE U.S.; A 10-YEAR RUN OF YEAR-OVER-YEAR TECHNICALLY, PORSCHE HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH DOING SOME SIGNIFICANT UPDATING.

THE LATEST, IS ALSO THE MOST THE 2020 PORSCHE MACAN TURBO.

SO, LET'S FIND OUT WHAT WELL, IT'S THE PANAMERA'S GOOD FOR 434 HORSEPOWER AND THAT'S ACTUALLY, A BIT LESS THAN MACAN TURBO, IF YOU ADDED ITS BUT NOT TO WORRY, UPDATES TO AND OTHER DRIVELINE COMPONENTS, 0-60 TIMES.

SO, IT'S OFF TO THE TRACK [ENGINE REVS] IT HITS HARD OFF THE LINE, OF WHEEL SPIN THANKS TO STANDARD AND THEN IT'S REALLY OFF TO HITTING 60 IN UNDER 4.0 SECONDS.

THAT'S ABOUT THREE-TENTHS FASTER POWER REALLY POURS ON AS WITH PDK SHIFTS AS VIOLENT AND IF ALL GOES WELL, IN 12.3 SECOND AT 112 MILES TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THE NOTES OF AND YOU'LL SEE THE WORD PERFECT GREAT STEERING FEEL, EXCEPTIONAL BALANCE, ALL OF THE THINGS, HERE IN AN SUV; AMAZING REALLY.

THE MACAN'S CHASSIS WAS UPDATED WITH LIGHTER AND STIFFER HELPING IT FEEL BETTER THROUGH THAN MANY SPORT SEDANS, AND YOU'RE A BETTER DRIVER AS EXPECTED, BRAKES WERE JUST 95-FEET WAS ALL THAT WAS FROM 60 MILES PER HOUR, FADE FREE STOPS AS STRAIGHT NOW, ALL OF THAT PERFORMANCE THERE'S A FIRM RIDE ON NOT TOO HARSH FOR DAILY USE, A PERFORMANCE-TYPE RIDE.

BUT, THERE'S A REASON THAT A IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO TAKE SOME PARTICULARLY OVER ROUGH AND THE MACAN IS CLEARLY NOT AROUND EITHER.

REAR SEAT SPACE IS TIGHT AND OF CARGO SPACE BEHIND IT; 53.0 WITH REAR SEATBACKS FOLDED.

BUT, UP FRONT, TO THE SPORTY EXPERIENCE, COMFORTABLE 18-WAY ADJUSTABLE GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS TAKING PLENTY OF TECH ON DISPLAY, HD TOUCHSCREEN FOR THE PORSCHE A GREAT MIX OF VIRTUAL AND A 14 SPEAKER BOSE YOU'LL ALSO FIND LEATHER AND BRUSHED ALUMINUM TRIM REFINED INTERIOR; OF TOUCH AND MANUAL CONTROLS, GREAT IN THE HANDS.

OUTSIDE, THE TURBO ADDS A FIXED ALONG WITH A NEW FRONT END WITH SILL EXTENSIONS DOWN THE SIDES, SIDE MIRRORS.

A SPORT EXHAUST SYSTEM ALONG WITH BIG 20 INCH WHEELS.

HEADLIGHTS ARE MOUNTED A LITTLE A UNIQUE LOOK AT NIGHT, JUST A BIT TO COVER THE WIDER AND MOST EVERYTHING IS NOW THE MACAN'S 5,291 POUNDS FOR THE COMPACT CLASS, AND MORE GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS AND 19-COMBINED; AT EXACTLY 19.0 MILES PER GALLON SO, IT HAS A WORSE THAN AVERAGE WITH CONSUMPTION OF 17.3 BARRELS WITH CO2 EMISSIONS OF 7.7 TONS.

THERE'S ALWAYS GOT TO BE AND AFTER TWO-WEEKS OF TESTING, WE COULD COME UP WITH WAS $84,950 IS A LOT OF MONEY NO MATTER HOW FAST IT IS.

AND TRUTH BE TOLD, IS PERHAPS A BETTER ALL-AROUND SACRIFICING A LITTLE BIT COMFORTABLE RIDE.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO IT'S HARD TO FIND THE 2020 PORSCHE MACAN TURBO.

WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US FOR A MUCH ANTICIPATED TEST OF THEN, WE SAY GOODBYE TO TO AN ALL-NEW FOUR-DOOR KIA K5.

PAT GOSS GETS US ROLLIN' WHILE GREG CARLOSS TAKES US 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 ROCKAUTO HAS AUTO PARTS FROM OFFERING A VARIETY OF BRANDS, ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR * Announcer: THIS PROGRAM WAS MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION, FOR ITS CONTENT.

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