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STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT John: YOU'VE HEARD US SAY FALLEN OUT OF FAVOR OF LATE.

SUVS AND TRUCKS, IT SEEMS, WELL, THAT'S TRUE.

STILL, FOUR OUT OF TEN AND AMONG THE MOST IN DEMAND ARE WELL, THAT MAKES THIS A GREAT FROM CARS.COM ONCE AGAIN, 4-DOOR COMPACT IS REALLY TOP, THE COMPACT, YET STILL ROOMY, IS AN EXCITING ONE.

NOT JUST BECAUSE THE CARS ARE BUT ALSO BECAUSE, ON THE SCENE OF LATE.

WE'VE GOT SEVEN OF THEM ATLANTA, THE NEWEST ARRIVAL, FROM AUDI, OF COURSE, THERE'S CADILLAC'S LIGHTWEIGHT THE POLISHED AND POTENT THE ALWAYS STYLISH AND FINALLY, THE LUXURIOUS WITH A $55,000 PRICE CAP, LEEWAY FOR PACKING IN BOTH AND WE WERE JOINED BY A LOCAL A RIDE TO REPLACE HIS CURRENT THERE WAS A MIX OF REAR AMONG OUR CONTESTANTS, BUT ALL AND AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS.

FIRST STOP WAS ATLANTA DRAGWAY THE SLOWEST OF THE BUNCH WAS A 7.6 SECOND LUMBER TO 60, 15.5 SECONDS AT 93 MILES NEXT UP WAS THE XE, 15.1 FOR THE QUARTER, FIFTH GOES TO THE C300, AND 14.5 SECOND QUARTER MILE.

THE ATS WAS A TENTH QUICKER AT AND A QUARTER MILE OF 98 MILES PER HOUR.

LIKEWISE, THE 330I WAS AT 6.1 SECONDS TO 60; QUARTER MILE TIME OF 14.3, IT WAS QUITE A LEAP FROM THERE WITH ITS 5.4 SECOND 0-60, AT 99 MILES PER HOUR.

THAT MAKES THE GIULIA HITTING 60 IN 5.2 SECONDS; IN 13.7 SECONDS AT 100 MILES BUT WE ALL KNOW THERE'S MORE TO IN A STRAIGHT LINE.

SO, AFTER A LITTLE BIT OF PLENTY OF SEAT TIME ON AND 4-DAYS OF GENERAL ABUSE; COMPLETE CAR SPECS AND FULL CARS.COM.

SEVENTH THROUGH FOURTH INCLUDED CADILLAC ATS, AND SURPRISINGLY, NOW, OUR TOP-3 STARTS WITH PROOF THAT YOU GET WHAT YOU THE C300 CAME WITH THE HIGHEST AT $53,025, YET WAS ALSO, Mike Hanley: IN A SEGMENT WHERE THE MERCEDES C300 KEEPS A PREMIUM INTERIOR Brian Robinson: FEELING A LITTLE BIT SPORTY BOTH AT THE SAME TIME; John: SECOND PLACE GOES TO ALFA MAY HAVE TRICKLED BACK INTO BUT HAS SHOCKED AND AWED BY UNLEASHING THE GIULIA.

EVEN WITHOUT THE FERRARI POWER THIS 2.0 LITER TURBO-POWERED TI AN EXOTIC CAR FEEL THAT THE AT A REASONABLE STICKER OF Brian: THE GIULIA IS AND BOY DID IT ARRIVE WITH AMAZING AMOUNT OF PERFORMANCE, AND IT'S NOT TOO BAD OF Joe Bruzek: THE ALFA, IT'S ALL THE WAY ON THIS HAS MAGNIFICENT HANDLING, AND IT'S GOT AN ENGINE THAT I MEAN, IT FEELS VERY STRONG, 280 HORSEPOWER WOULD SUGGEST, ALMOST LIKE IT'S GOT A V6 John: AND THE WINNER IS, NO SURPRISE TO US, 2017 BEST SPORT SEDAN IT WASN'T EVEN CLOSE, REALLY.

WITHOUT A DOUBT, DELIVERING PERFORMANCE, COMFORT, AND STYLE, THAT MAKES YOU NEVER WANT TO PRICING WAS JUST UNDER Brian: IT'S GOT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S THE DESIGN IS VERY CLASSY IT MAY NOT HAVE THE OUTRIGHT THE OTHERS HERE, I THINK THE A4 IS THE BEST.

Joe Wiesenfelder: OVERALL, THE INSIDE, THE INTERIOR, THE QUALITY; ALL-AROUND CAR IN OUR TEST.

John: SO, THERE MAY WELL BE BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE REST SECOND CLASS CITIZENS.

INDEED, THE SMALLER LUXURY AS WILD AS EVER.

BUT FOR NOW, IT'S THE AUDI A4 * WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF EVOLUTION, IN THE AUTOMOBILE OVER AND WHILE, AND MOST "NEW WAYS" HAVE BEEN SOME OF THEM HAVE LEFT US AND SAYING, SO WE HAD OUR FYI REPORTER THE THINGS THAT REALLY GRIND Lauren Morrison: DC AREA LOVES HIS PORSCHE 9-11, BUT VERY LOUD, THING... (WIND SOUND) A TRIP TO THE TRACK, AND SUNROOFS CLOSED, UNVEILED A VERY ANNOYING WIND Charles Brownstein: IT TURNS OUT THAT IT HAS A FUNNY CONDITION AT HIGH SPEEDS AND EXITING MAKING KIND OF A HIGH PRESSURE Lauren: THERE ARE QUICK FIX TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, SO CHARLES GOT TO THINKING.

Charles: SO, I TOOK A CUE FROM PORSCHE HAS STREWN AROUND AND I THOUGHT, AND THAT'S WHAT I CAME UP WITH.

Lauren: A REMOVABLE AIR FOIL TO DISRUPT AIRFLOW INTO MADE FROM SOMETHING THAT'S Charles: I JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE AND TURNS OUT, AND A GOOD SURFACE.

Lauren: WHILE, CHARLES MAY HAVE IT GOT US THINKING; THERE SURE ABOUT CARS THESE DAYS THAT FIRST UP, FROM BLIND SPOT WARNINGS LISTEN, I AM ALL ABOUT SAFETY, IS REALLY MORE OF AN ANNOYANCE TO BLIND SPOT DETECTION... AGAIN, I'M ALL FOR SAFETY, HEAVY RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC?

THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE THEY'RE NOT EVEN IN YOUR WE JUST LIKE TO DRIVE OUR CARS NEXT UP, STOP/START SYSTEMS.

SOME DO IT BETTER THAN OTHERS, THE STOP/START.

COMING TO A SHUTTERING HALT JUST DOESN'T FEEL RIGHT...

BUT THE THING THAT REALLY AND DRIVES OUR STAFF CRAZY, AND MOST OF YOU SAID UGH!

TOUCH SCREENS.

WHETHER, IT'S A SYSTEM THAT WHEN MY HANDS ARE COLD, TOGGLE THROUGH A MILLION SCREENS JUST GIVE ME BUTTONS OR KNOBS.

NOW, WE COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT Zach Maskell: THE ENGINE BAYS NOW.

I WENT TO FIND A POSITIVE IT TOOK ME WAY LONGER THAN Brian: ALSO, NOT A FAN OF ESPECIALLY THE PUSH BUTTON THEY TAKE A LONG TIME TO SHIFT AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE NOT SURE Greg Carloss: WELL, NEW CARS IS THAT WHEN I GET OUT AND THE DOORS ARE LOCKED, AND I GO TO THE BACK SEAT, ALL THE OTHER DOORS ARE LOCKED WHEN I GET OUT OF MY CAR, TO BE UNLOCKED, HAVING TO UNLOCK THE DOOR AGAIN.

DRIVES ME CRAZY!

Lauren: I KNOW WE CAN USUALLY A CAR'S BEHAVIOR, STILL, EVEN WITH OUR PET PEEVES, GOING FOR THEM, AND HOPEFULLY, THAT HAVE COME ALONG, SO WHO KNOWS WHAT WE'LL LOVE, John: GOOD CAR CARE CAN A LONG TIME, NO MATTER HOW LONG NOW, FOR THE DETAILS LETS HEAD Pat Goss: A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH KNOW IF THEY HAVE TO USE A THAT THEY USE IN THEIR CARS.

WELL MAYBE, MAYBE NOT.

NOW, WHAT DID THE LEAD DO?

WELL, THE FIRST THING THAT THESE OLDER CARS WAS THAT NOW, OCTANE IS THE FUEL'S AND PINGING IS NOTHING MORE THAN AND THE PISTON IS MOVING UP THE TWO COLLIDE, A SLEDGE HAMMER HIT THE TOP OF AND IT BREAKS PISTONS MANY OKAY, BUT THAT'S ONLY ONE THING INSIDE THE ENGINE, AND AIR TO COME INTO THE ENGINE, NOW, THESE VALVES ARE PUSHED THAT SNAP THEM CLOSED.

WELL, IN OLDER ENGINES OUT OF CAST IRON AND THE ONLY WAS A PAPER THAT WAS CUT INTO WELL, THIS VALVE SNAPPING IN OVER TIME WOULD ERODE WELL, THAT'S WHERE THE LEAD CAME THE VALVES HITTING THE SEATS.

SO, WHAT THAT AMOUNTS TO HERE, WE HAVE A LEAD AND ANVIL AND A HAMMER.

LET'S HIT THE ANVIL.

(RINGING SOUND) YOU CAN HEAR NOW, LET'S PUT SOME LEAD IN AND WE HIT THE LEAD, AND IT CUSHIONS THE BLOW.

WELL, THAT IS WHAT THE LEAD DID BUT DO YOU NEED A LEAD WELL, CHANCES ARE YOU DON'T IF YOU USE IT FOR LONG TRIPS, USE IT FOR RACING OR SOMETHING YEAH, YOU BETTER USE THE LEAD BUT, IF YOU JUST DRIVE IT AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, AND SO ON, AND DRIVE IT GENTLY AND REMEMBER, DO FINALLY GO BAD, VALVE SEATS PUT INTO THE HEADS ABOUT VALVES OR LEAD SUBSTITUTES AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION HOW 'BOUT DROPPING ME A LINE * John: THIS 2017 BMW X1 XDRIVE28I TWO MONTHS AGO, JUST AS WARMER SO QUICKLY, THESE BRIDGESTONE POTENZA'S.

AND SINCE WE WANTED TO GET WE CHOSE TO ADD JUST ABOUT TO OUR LONG-TERMER, FAR MORE AND WE'RE SURE ENJOYING EVERY ESPECIALLY THE M SPORT PACKAGE, UTE'S PRICE CLOSE TO 50Gs.

THE 2.0 LITER I4 TURBO HAS SOME BUT SOMETIMES IS A LITTLE LAGGY MILEAGE IS OFF TO A GOOD START OF PREMIUM.

BUT SUMMER DRIVE TIME IS SO STAY TUNED TO SEE WHERE WE'VE REACHED THE HALFWAY THE 2017 CHRYSLER PACIFICA.

THE WHEELS HAVE ROLLED 10,820 WE CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSED WITH THEY'RE EASILY, ANY MINIVAN WE'VE TESTED YET.

THE UCONNECT SYSTEM REMAINS THE RIDE IS CONFIDENT STOW AND GO SEATS ARE EASY BUT WHEN THEY'RE ALL OUT OF WE NOTICE MORE ROAD NOISE, SUCH A BIG OPEN SPACE.

THIS TIME AROUND MILEAGE FROM WAS 22.9 MILES PER GALLON, OVERALL WE'RE SEEING 22.3.

WE'LL GET UTILITARIAN, AND HONDA CR-V ON OUR NEXT ROAD TEST UPDATE!

WHEN SOMETHING NEW COMES ALONG GIVE IT A WHIRL.

SO HERE WE GO, FOR OVER A CENTURY, BLENDING BRITISH POSH AND GRAND TOURING AUTOMOBILES.

THE 2017 ASTON MARTIN DB11 TO A NEW STRATA.

REPLACING THE DB9 AFTER ITS THE DB11 IS SIMPLY STUNNING AND THAT BEAUTY COMES WITH A TWIN TURBO V12 OUTPUTTING 60 MORE THAN ITS PREDECESSOR.

THAT MAY PLACE IT SQUARELY PERFORMANCE CAR TERRITORY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, Greg: THIS IS REFINED, COMING IN FROM THE BACK, TO THE V12 BEING SO SUBDUED OF COURSE, AND A HEAVY RIGHT FOOT, IT GETS (ENGINE REVS) WHOO... AS YOU CAN SEE THIS THING WILL EASILY SPIN THOSE REAR John: THE IMPECCABLE INTERIOR HAND-FITTED DETAILS.

THE PUSH BUTTON SHIFT IS WITH A SOLID FEEL AS IT THE 8-SPEED ZF AUTOMATIC.

NATURALLY, THERE ARE A VARIETY BUT THE SUSPENSION CAN BE ADDING TO ITS CUSTOM APPEAL.

THE 2017 ASTON MARTIN DB11 STARTING JUST OVER $210,000.

WE'RE OFF TO THE MOJAVE DESERT TO DRIVE THE 2017 SPORT INJECTION TRANSFORMS THIS INTO ONE SNAPPY COMPACT.

THE VAULTED 2.4 LITER I-VTEC A CORPORATE 1.5 LITER TURBO.

STILL, AND 192 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

HORSEPOWER REMAINS THE SAME, ADD TO THAT A SPORT TUNED LIMITED SLIP DIFFERENTIAL, AND WHICH WE FOUND EASY TO INSIDE, WE WERE RIGHT AT HOME AND SPORT SEATS.

Zach: THE SEATS ARE NICE THE CLUTCH IS SO EASY, DAILY DRIVING THIS THING, A LOT OF FUN ONCE YOU PRESS THAT John: THE 2017 HONDA CIVIC SI BOTH COUPE AND SEDAN, WE'LL HAVE MORE QUICKSPIN'S CAMARO FANS MAY HAVE NOTICED THE LINEUP SINCE THE GEN-6 BUT MOST OF US KNEW IT WAS JUST WOULD BLAST ITS WAY BACK AND BOY HAS IT EVER.

BOASTING PERFORMANCE THAT YOUR 30 YEARS AGO WOULD NEVER HAVE SO, HERE'S TO THE BOW TIE THE 2017 CAMARO ZL1.

* (TIRES SCREECHING) THE 6TH GEN. CHEVROLET CAMARO AT THE OUTSET.

AS CHEVY'S MUSCULAR PONY CAR AND MORE POWERFUL, TRADITIONAL RIVALS WOULD NO THE 2017 CAMARO ZL1 CONTINUES NOW WITH A WHOLE HEAP OF OKAY, (ENGINE STARTS UP) BUT IT DOES HAVE SOME SERIOUSLY COURTESY OF THE CORVETTE Z06s OUTPUT IS AN AWESOME AND 640 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

THE EXTERIOR IS ALSO MORE LOOKING SERIOUSLY BEEFY, FOR A MUSCLE CAR.

CRANK IT UP, GIVING YOU AN AUDITORY TASTE THAT LIES WITHIN.

PERHAPS THE BIGGEST NEWS OF ALL, 10-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.

THAT'S A LOT OF GEARS PACKED BUT THERE ARE PROMINENT PADDLE THAT MANY RATIOS IN PLAY, TRACK EXPERIENCE.

AS OUT ON SAVANNAH, WE FOUND OURSELVES TRIGGERING MOST CARS MANAGE THIS MOSTLY 9-TURN TRACK WITH 3RD, 4TH, BUT IN THE ZL1, MOSTLY BETWEEN 4TH, 5TH, WITH AN OCCASIONAL CLICK UP ONCE INITIATED, YET VERY SMOOTH; DIDN'T SEEM TO UPSET THE CAR HOWEVER, THE PLASTIC AN UPGRADE TO METAL; A CAR WITH THIS MUCH PERFORMANCE WE CAME AWAY MORE THAN IMPRESSED PERFORMANCE OF THIS ZL1.

IT WAS WELL-BALANCED, WITH PLENTY OF GOOD FEEDBACK, FOR CHARGING OUT OF CORNERS, INSANELY SWEET SUPERCHARGER CUSTOM GOOD YEAR EAGLE F1 SUPERIOR GRIP, THROUGH A WEEK OF ABUSE.

AND SPEAKING OF ABUSE, NO TRACK DECENT BRAKES, OFFERED PHENOMENAL BRAKING OF COURSE, QUARTER MILE TIMES A MUSCLE CAR.

AND AFTER LAYING DOWN THE ZL1 GETS THE JOB DONE IN 11.5 SECONDS IT WAS FAIRLY EASY TO GET OFF AND THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER MILE, THE POWER COMES ON IN AS THE TRANSMISSION BANGS AND EFFICIENTLY.

SITTING IN THE COCKPIT, THE ZL1 BUT IT'S NOT A TOTAL THE CAMARO'S BASIC SETUP.

YOU DO GET RECARO SEATS WITH AND A SUEDE TREATMENT APPLIED TO SHIFT KNOB, OWNING THE BADDEST CAMARO OBVIOUSLY, DOESN'T COME CHEAP; TO FIND MORE PERFORMANCE THE ZL1'S BASE PRICE OF $63,435.

MAYBE YOU COULD BUILD A BETTER OVER THE BASE SS, THE 2017 CHEVROLET CAMARO ZL1 IS COMPLETE TRACK PACKAGE; BRUTE OF A MACHINE.

WITHOUT A DOUBT, ONTO THE WORLD STAGE MUCH LIKE BUT DON'T WORRY, IT HASN'T GONE AS THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF JUST BELOW THE SURFACE, WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW, FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON DOWN TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US WHEN TOYOTA COMES UP WITH THE C-HR.

AND WE SAY A FINAL FAREWELL UNTIL THEN, I'M JOHN DAVIS, WE'LL SEE YOU RIGHT HERE ON Announcer: TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TELEVISION'S ORIGINAL AUTOMOTIVE PBS.ORG/MOTORWEEK.

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