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STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT 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 Fred Meter: THE ESCAPE HAS A CRISP TRANSMISSION, IT WAS FUN TO DRIVE, FOR A PERSON MY SIZE THE MOST IT FELT NARROWER AND THE DESIGN OF A COCKPIT STYLE THAT 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 THEY'RE BETTER THAN VEHICLES FOR GROWING FAMILIES, ANY GREAT DEALS RIGHT NOW.

BUT THEN, THERE REALLY ARE THE SEGMENT EITHER.

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

STAY TUNED THOUGH, THE CASE FOR LONG.

* 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 VIRGINIA BEGAN EVALUATING 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 HEADLIGHTS BECOME MORE 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 THE INSTITUTE'S HIGHEST AWARD, WITH GOOD OR ACCEPTABLE 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 IS INSIDE HERE, COOLS IT DOWN, 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: "STARS & CARS: BY JACQUE BRAUNSTEIN IS THE CLOSE RELATIONSHIP OF CARS 20TH CENTURY ICONS LIKE DON JOHNSON, CLINT EASTWOOD, ALL WERE EMOTIONALLY INVOLVED ON AND OFF CAMERA.

STARS & CARS ALSO LOOKS HOW USE THE CAR CULTURE AS A CORE A WIDE VARIETY OF VEHICLES ACCOUNTING FOR THE DIFFERENT AS WELL AS A FILM'S STORYLINE.

WITH HIGH-QUALITY PHOTOS STARS & CARS IS AN EDUCATIONAL, AUTOMOBILES IN A GREAT MUST READ FOR CAR LOVERS 2012s HURRICANE SANDY ALONG THE EAST COAST, TO RE-EVALUATE THEIR EMERGENCY AMID THE MANY TRAGIC TALES AND MORE RECENTLY FROM MANY POSITIVE STORIES EMERGED, ALTERNATIVE-FUELED VEHICLES WEATHER THE WORST.

PELTING RAIN, HIGH WINDS THE EASTERN SEABOARD IN CHEWED UP THE EAST COAST, OF LOSS AND DESTRUCTION.

AFTER THE STORM PASSED, DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE LED TO THAT LASTED FOR WEEKS, AND PARALYZING ENTIRE CITIES.

ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY TOOK BUT THANKS TO A PROGRAM THE CITY'S RECOVERY BEGAN MORE WITH HELP FROM THE U.S.

THROUGH THE RECOVERY ACT, NEW JERSEY'S JITNEY BUS THEIR AGING FLEET OF RUNNING ON CLEAN COMPRESSED AS HURRICANE SANDY APPROACHED, INTO ACTION FOR THE EVACUATION.

AND BECAUSE OF THEIR DEDICATED THE JITNEYS WERE JUST ABOUT DURING AND AFTER THE STORM.

Frank Bechtel: SOME BAY FRONT BUT THE BOARDWALK THAT WAS THE BOARDWALK ACTUALLY, CAME UP AND RELOCATED ITSELF SEVERAL WE SAW ON THE NEWS UP IN I MEAN, PEOPLE WERE FIGHTING WE NEVER HAD AN ISSUE WHERE AN EMERGENCY SERVICE BECAUSE WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE IT WAS A COMPLETE UNINTERRUPTED John: HURRICANE SANDY SHOWED THE UNEXPECTED BENEFITS OF AFTER HURRICANE HARVEY RIPPED REFINERY SHUTDOWNS, FLOODING, FUEL TRUCK DELIVERIES TO MANY AND CONSUMERS WERE FACED WITH AND SPIKING PRICES.

BUT MANY COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS KEEP ON PUMPING, MOST FUEL STATIONS VIA PIPELINE, THIS ENABLED HOUSTON'S FLEET TO CONTINUE ITS VITAL SERVICE OF IN SIMILAR FASHION, WERE ABLE TO STAY UP AND RUNNING PASSED THROUGH.

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WITH HELP FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF IS REVVING UP IREV, IN ENERGY THROUGH VEHICLES, TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY ABOUT ALTERNATIVE FUELS, ALONG WITH STRATEGIES FOR USING DURING AND AFTER A NATURAL THE NEED FOR EVACUATION, AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES BUT SERVICES LIKE TRASH REMOVAL, AND FOOD DELIVERY ARE CRITICAL THROUGH PROGRAMS LIKE IREV, CARRY OUT THESE FUNCTIONS SO THAT WHEN DISASTER STRIKES, A HELPING HAND TO THOSE IN NEED.

THE CHEVROLET CAMARO HAS IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE TO THOSE THE REINS OF A BIG V8.

BUT THE HISTORY OF ON THAT PERFORMANCE, FOR YEARS, FIRMS LIKE THE GENERAL'S BEST TO THAT THE FACTORY JUST WON'T AND NOW, THEY'VE WORKED * THE LAST TIME WE WERE A STOCK CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1, "THE COMPLETE TRACK PACKAGE."

SO, HOW COULD CALLAWAY CARS WITH THEIR 2017 WELL, WORK BEGINS UNDER THE HOOD.

[ENGINE STARTS UP] STARTING WITH THE ZL1s CALLAWAY REPLACES THEIR OWN GEN. THREE TVS2300 FED BY A HIGH FLOW INTAKE THE RESULTS ARE AN ADDITIONAL TORQUE JUMPS TO 739 POUND-FEET.

YEEE-HAAAH!

ENGINE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE HAS WORKING TOGETHER HAPPILY, ARE ADDED FOR GOOD MEASURE.

SO WE WASTED NO TIME CRANKING THROUGH THE TWISTY TWO MILE ROAD NEAR FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA.

[ENGINE REVVING/ HERE, THERE'S A GOOD MIX OF AND OPEN SWEEPERS, STRAIGHT-A-WAY FOR PROPERLY THROUGH IT ALL, PACKAGE THAT WE REMEMBER ONLY NOW THERE'S A HUNDRED ADDED CORNERS AND POWERING YOU DOWN CALLAWAY KEEPS THE SUSPENSION AND IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE AS THE ADDITIONAL POWER FAILS IT HANDLES IT IN STRIDE, 10 POUNDS OF ADDITIONAL MUSCLE OF COURSE, IS JUST A TOE CURL AWAY, NATURAL TENDENCY.

IT REMAINS VERY STABLE YOU CAN LAY RUBBER COMING OUT OF YOU CHOOSE, CRAZY ENOUGH THAT YOU THINK ALL TOLD, THAT ADDITIONAL POWER A BIT, GIVING YOU LESS TIME BRAKES ARE STANDARD ZL1 FARE, UP FRONT, AND AGAIN, THE EXTRA SPEEDS WE WERE SEEING OUR CAR FEATURED THE FANTASTIC GMs REV-MATCHING FEATURE.

IT WAS AWESOME AT DOMINION, IT'S A LITTLE SLOWER THAN WHEN IT COMES TO ACCELERATION [ENGINE REVS / TIRES SCREECH] STILL, WITH A HEAVY METAL SHREDDING AND BLARING EXHAUST YOU CAN ROCK N' ROLL THIS THING IN 11.2 SECONDS AT WHILE IT'S A BLURRY, THE WHOLE WAY, THINGS ARE STARTING OFF, CLUTCH FOR GETTING THE MOST ALLOWING YOU TO HIT 60 IN THOSE NUMBERS ARE QUICKER AUTOMATIC ZL1, SO CLEARLY ARE PUT TO GOOD USE.

WHILE, THE 6TH GEN. CAMARO IS MUSCLE CARS, AN AGGRESSIVE TONE.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF FUNCTIONAL AND LOTS OF INTAKES FOR CALLAWAY ADD-ONS ARE LIMITED LIKEWISE, AS WELL AS DOOR SILL PANELS, AND CALLAWAY KEY FOBS.

GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS PUTTING THEM AT 14-CITY, WITH THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION.

SURE, YOU COULD SPEND THE TIME YOUR OWN ZL1, INSTANTANEOUS PERFORMANCE FOR JUST $18,395 ON TOP PUTTING THE HIGHLY POTENT THAT'S A SUPER HIGH PERFORMANCE INDEED, THE SC750 ZL1 CAMARO IS READY TO LAY WASTE TO ANY TRACK AND IT'S NOT TOO BAD OF IT'S PURE MUSCLE CAR WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW, FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US AS HONDA FINALLY, BRINGS AND TO US!

THEN, WE TAKE TURNS IN JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE TRACKHAWK.

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

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