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What it’s like being BROKE in a $250,000 Bentley | Miracle Whips

Donut Media:

(upbeat music)
- Interesting how this car make you feel.
Like you got status, like you got power.
If you drive this in any hood,
you a role model and you tell the kids,
you look 'em in the eye,
you stop and you're like,
I dropped out of school.
Welcome to Miracle Whips.
If you could drive only one
car for the rest of your life,
what would it be?
(car revving)
Today I get to drive the
Bentley GTC Continental,
Speed 80-11 Êdition.
This is a very rare car.
(upbeat music)
When Nolan pushes that door open...
What!
I feel like he Lucius Fox and I'm Batman.
He showing me the Batmobile
for the first time.
Where the spinner wheels at Lucius?
Whoo.
- So James is getting pretty frustrated
that he couldn't find a
Miracle Whip for Byron,
so I went back onto DriveShare,
basically the Airbnb for cars
you actually want to drive.
I found this Bentley,
which is a perfect mix
of performance and comfort.
I think Byron's really going to like it.
- The Bentley Continental,
it's a British institution.
The Continental name
been around since 1952.
Man, black on chrome.
GTC stands for Grand Touring Convertible.
80 stands for the number that was made.
11 stands for the year that it came out.
This is one in 80.
You know rare that is?
Even rich people can't get these.
My immediate reaction to
this car is clean as hell.
Look at the lines on this baby.
I feel underdressed
and damn, did I shower?
Did I brush my teeth?
This car is roughly $242,000.
The Bentley brand, stand for
class stature and wealth.
Everything, I ain't.
Oh they got the key right there!
Look ladies and gentleman,
they're letting me in the car.
But beyond that, this
car is about the details.
It's like these pants.
Black leather with the red stitching
like it made from Dracula's cape.
Dracula, your leather cape's so soft
with the red stitching in it.
Dracula got laid a lot.
Flip out mirrors, analog clock,
and a Union Jack logo on the side.
Check this out.
Hello Alfred.
Bring me a donut.
And look at this, the seat control.
I mean it looked like a F1 steering wheel.
Wow, get this on camera.
Wow, everybody!
He got a massage in it.
Good pick Nolan, good pick.
On paper this car is everything you want,
but paper don't mean nothing.
You know what we gotta do, we gotta drive.
(upbeat music)
When I first get out on the streets,
to be honest with you all,
something in me is changing.
I'm about to be an animal.
(grunting)
Whoo.
It got too much power you know.
when I tap the gas it throws my head back.
This is what you work for right here.
This car is explosive.
Is this car for a car
lover with a lot of money?
Or is this car for somebody
that's filthy rich,
and on the day they feel
like driving themselves,
they just take the Bentley out.
This is the car where
you're like, oh, I got this
now I want an airplane next.
And I don't even have a
lot of money to spend.
This car take 95 octane, 95!
Already burned a quarter tank.
I don't even know where to
find it on my side of town.
I need gas to go get gas!
(harmonica music)
Can I get 175 on six?
I got to get 91!
This car's supposed to take 95,
where do you find 95 at?
They got 95 in Beverly Hills!
You know what's
interesting about this car?
You get looks from people, right?
They smug, because they know
they can't even step to you.
I'm just gonna take all this in.
This from 2008.
This is the type of car for
the person who like to eat
Chilean sea bass on a Monday.
What'd I look like pulling up
to one of the few restaurants
that I can afford in this car?
(hip hop music)
Hey, What's a dope Taco y'all got?
(car revving)
Wait, I can't hear you.
What?
I'm on a limited budget.
- I can't hear you, two for a dollar?
- I can do one then.
- What?
- Does it cost?
Gas is expensive.
- I won the lottery,
but I messed up already.
Least my eating habits ain't changed.
I don't even know how to eat this really.
I think it's hard to enjoy
the simple things in life.
Once you tasted something
so organic and raw as the power
that this thing is to put down,
This car is doing it.
It's turning me into a 1%.
Imagine I pick a chick up on a date,
and go to Taco bell in this car!
The best thing about this car is,
the throatiness, the sound of it.
If I hit the gas, the
first few times you can see
it threw my neck back.
This car is telling me to man up.
My biggest concern about this car
is you immediately become that jerk.
Yo, yo!
They got to step their game up.
It's time take this car out of the city,
and somewhere where I can get open.
(bass music)
Once we get on the highway,
the real fun and began.
Come on baby.
Come on, baby.
This car is moving.
With the back massage.
Oh, dust in my eye.
The camera car couldn't even keep up.
What is this?
What is this?
The transmission has two
automatic modes, sport and drive.
It's one of the most distinct changes
in a car I ever felt before.
Sport mode is your favorite athlete
just dunking on somebody,
straight nuts in his face.
Normal mode is the post game interview.
I just saw an opportunity and I took it.
It's the mega entrance vehicle.
In fact, you don't even
got to make an entrance.
You drive around wherever you're going,
you just rev the pipes.
You wanna hear what God sounds like?
(car revving)
Interesting how this car make you feel,
like you've got status,
like you got power!
I'm just in my Bentley looking
at the ocean right now.
Just trying to look back
and see how I got here.
Past relationships,
people who said you weren't gonna make it.
It's powerful, yet comfortable,
and it's not showy,
unless you want it to be. Hello, hello.
You got that six liter, W-12 engine.
So you know that thing (revving) can go.
Twin turbo!
We're still going.
Whoo!
I'm done ladies and gentlemen.
Right now, everything about
this car say Miracle Whip.
I need to take a break
and see if I'm making the right decision.
Like I'm standing over the
Pacific Ocean right now.
I'm just thinking about this car.
See when I'm out here looking at nature
certain things don't matter,
but when I'm in the Bentley,
you know, it's hard to have inner peace.
It makes you want more.
This'll make people envy you.
I don't know if I feel comfortable
with that kind of power.
(dramatic music)
It's tough when you only get
to drive a car like this for one day,
but I got to make a decision.
Is the Bentley Continental
GTC 80-11 Speed Edition,
my Miracle Whip?
Hell no, it ain't my Miracle Whip!
What's wrong with y'all?
Driving this car feels great,
but it turns you into an asshole.
Sit down.
There's nothing chilled
about the driving experience.
See, the way people looking at me?
I got paranoid.
So the search continues.
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2019 Bentley Continental GT Convertible: Prestige for a Price | Edmunds

Edmunds:

MARK TAKAHASHI: Just a few
days ahead of the LA Auto Show,
Bentley steals the spotlight
with its latest creation,
the Bentley Continental
GT Convertible.
Under the hood is a six
liter W12 that puts out
626 horsepower.
All-wheel drive
is also standard.
And like the coupe, styling
really comes into play.
The creases, in
particular, really
do a great job of catching
light and casting a shadow.
As a result, it looks
a lot more muscular
than the last generation
Continental GT.
It's almost like the skin
had been pulled tighter
over its muscles.
Like the coupe, the
headlights and tail lights
have this wonderful
jeweling that's exquisite.
It plays well into
the neural knobs
that you find on the inside.
Speaking of the
interior, it's perfect.
I mean, every surface is bathed
in leather or fine woods,
and technology also plays
a little bit more of a role
this time around, as well.
We've got more advanced
safety features,
as you would expect
with any new car,
but there's also a new
updated infotainment system.
And one of the cooler parts
of that infotainment system
is when you get into
the car, you just
have this nice flat wood veneer.
Turn the car on, it flips
to the infotainment screen.
And if you want to unplug,
hit another button,
and it rotates to
the three-analog dial
to give some of that traditional
Bentley luxury and refinement.
The top itself-- it deploys
and raises in only 19 seconds,
and like the coupe, well, the
rear seat space is acceptable.
I had a seat back
there, and I actually
do fit with the top down.
The Bentley Continental
GT Convertible
goes on sale in late summer
of 2019 price starting right
around $240,000.
For more information
on the Continental GT
as well as its competition,
head on over to the edmunds.com.
To see more videos like
this, hit subscribe.

Power, Torque & Luxury! 2018 Bentley Continental Supersports - Ignition Preview Ep. 188

Bentley Continental GT Speed and Audi S4: Exploring VW Group DNA - /CHRIS HARRIS ON CARS

THE DRIVE:

[CAR ENGINES]
So it happened like this.
Bentley contacted me and said
they'd lend me, very kindly, a
Continental GT Speed, the new
620-horsepower, very fast
version of the new
Continental.
I said, yes, I'm sure
we can do something
interesting with that.
Anyhow, last Friday I drove the
car having spent the day
in the 599, and I really was
surprised at how good it was
on the road.
The amount of performance you
could put onto the road
service in any conditions,
it was just, as I said,
impressive.
Next day I got up, and there
happened to be a new Audi S4
on the driveway as well.
We get quite a few cars coming
through, as you can imagine,
because cars are our job.
And I got in the Audi and
I drove down the road.
And I suddenly thought, good
lord, there are quite obvious
similarities between the way
these cars drive, the way they
put their performance onto the
road, the way the cabins feel,
some of the control ways.
This was odd.
But of course, it isn't
odd, is it?
Because they're both owned
by Volkswagen.
So what I want to do here is
investigate the new GT Speed
and tell you what it's like
to drive because it's
significance and it needs
some air time.
But I also want to bring this
Audi in and try and explore
the nature of driving
characteristics and how these
increasingly large conglomerates
are owning many
different brands but perhaps
struggling to give those
brands real distinct identities
within the larger groups.
I mean, should an Audi S4 have
anything in common with a
Bentley that costs
180,000 pounds?
I mean a bit of me says, no,
it's absolutely wrong.
Then another bit of me says,
hang on a minute, the S4 is
possibly the best
car Audi makes.
So isn't that a real complement
that the Bentley
can replicate some of those
utterly seamless, absolutely
brilliant on-road
characteristics.
Anyhow, here we go.
A strange investigation,
but I hope a fun one.

It seems to be increasingly the
case that engineers these
days can hide the mass of a
vehicle very, very cleverly.
It's magic, isn't it?
This car weights 2.3 tons.
That's a vast amount
of weight.
And yet because the steering is
so accurate and the chassis
can put so much power
onto the road, it
doesn't feel that heavy.
It must have some very, very
clever spring and damper rates
as well because the ride
is very compliant.
I know the mass helps that.
But it's not so lazy in
direction changes as I thought
it would be.
It's quite agile.
You can make it go left right,
left right, left right very
quickly and it follows
the line.
You don't feel it getting
away from you.
The motor, wow.
The torque, 590 foot pounds
from well under 2000 RPM.
You don't even have to think
about overtaking stuff.
You just squeeze the throttle
and it goes.
It feels 620-horsepower
strong as well.
Quite a bit of extra money.
But you get 50 horsepower over
the standard car and over 70
foot pounds of torque
as well more.
Does it feel like it has
the performance of a
180,000 pound Super GT?
Abso-bloomin-lutely!
You can also nudge it
into sport mode.
The exhaust starts to
make more noise.
And then it kind of erupts
down the road.
It's fast.
It doesn't have a double
clutch gear box.
Eight speeds at half-automatic,
which works
very, very well.
We're really learning to like
and love this transmission.
But I think what's most
impressive about this car is
the amount of composure and
comfort it retains at high
speed over and above other
cars in the class.
A Ferrari FF, a car which I'm
not supposed to have driven,
is actually quite a bit busier
at speed than this thing.
So dynamically, this is
better than expected.
And I was very impressed that
night when I drove it quickly
on some damp roads.
There's some winter
tires there.
It seems to be the least
affected car by going on
winter tires that I've driven.
There are very few cars that
have managed to take turbo
charging and turn it into
something that actually adds
character to a package.
Think of a few.
Some of the early Porche
turbos, GT 2's,
definitely the F-40.
The F-40 is a more characterful
car because it's
turbo-charged.
But this modern template for
quite heavily turbo-charged,
smaller capacity engines and
self-shifting gear boxes, I
think, is becoming
a bit repetitive.
Sadly, like anything, these
formulas, once they are deemed
to work well, just get copied
and copied and copied.
So we end up in a situation
where I think the Bentley
slightly comes undone
because the power
train feels quite generic.
OK, it's not ordinary.
A W12 doesn't sound ordinary.
But there are some sort of
synthesized voices going on.
Sometimes the car-- well the
motor and the induction noise
is slightly odd.
You put it into sport and the
exhaust makes a slightly self
conscious, sort of, woofly,
almost breaking windy sound.
It's not really thoroughbred
noise.
It doesn't harp back to
anything in the past.
And it doesn't really excite
me when I'm in the car.
OK, I'm not denying it's
very, very effective.
But I don't think you get out of
it with your spine tingling
in any way.
It really is such a shame that
the Continental GT is saddled
with a slightly footballer-ish
image because there really
isn't anything else
quite like it.
This speed model is not far
off 911 turbo-quick in a
straight line.
But it's quieter and more
comfortable than
many an exec saloon.
And so it should be.
The double-glazed side windows
mean the doors weigh about as
much as the Audi.
That's the whole Audi.
The quality in here
is just sublime.
The knurled vent controllers,
the gleaming chrome
everything, and the soft, waxy
leather that smells expensive.
On one level, I think the Conty
GT struggles to assert
itself over the more expensive
BMWs and Mercs because it's
lacking a distinctive
character.
But spend five minutes
in the cabin,
and you'll be convinced.
It's miles more special than
anything from a volume
manufacturer.

Of course, after the Bentley,
the S4 feels about as
luxurious as Wright's Coal Tar
Soap, but I like it that way.
It continues the understatement
theme from the
ordinary exterior.
People just don't expect
to see you smoke them.
And for that reason, I'd quite
like to delete the quad tail
pipes that are the only
real giveaway.

I've banged on about this
particular car before because
I think it's the kind
of unsung hero of
fast sporting Audis.
When they try and do RS cars,
sometimes they go a bit too
far I think and get it
wrong, but the S4 is
a real sweet spot.
Loads of torque, very
fast on kind of
British wet, greasy roads.
Quick and fun as well.
Frugal.
I mean, it's a great balance of
everything you'd want in a
smaller state car
and so discreet.
This silver one, you can't even
see the trinkety silver
wing mirrors over the
normal body color.
It just looks so ordinary.
I think the wheels are actually
smaller than on a
standard S-line model.
Anyhow.
I want to discuss the increased
homogenization of
cars under one particular
group, don't I?
And in this case it's
the VW group.
I'm not singling them out
because I want to get at them.
I just think it's a very
interesting exercise.
I'm now sitting in a
40-something thousand pound
smaller state car.
It couldn't be further
removed from the old
Benters back there.
I have a steering wheel which
feels very similar in diameter
in my hands.
I've got two clock
faces there.
I've got a computer screen
around here.
I've got a lever right here.
And I've got a hand brake on
or off switch just here.
Does that remind you
of anything?
To me it does.
If I were to drive this
blindfolded, the controls are
exactly where they are
in the Bentley.
OK, the heated seats are down
here in the Bentley and
they're up here on the Audi.
But it keeps on coming out.
It just feels quite same-y.
Do we have to have everything
so similar?
What about the way
the car performs?
Well, throttle weight
is a little bit
lighter on this car.
That reads about right.
But the way the performance
comes at me, the way that the
car will hold on to a gear to
use the torque from this
rather clever supercharged V6,
or just kick down a cog
imperceptibly and then just
go with very little effort
whatsoever, that is definitely
reminiscent of the Bentley.
If you were to define power
characteristics in several
cars and maybe come up with
five different definitions
from top end screamy VTEC-y
style 4 cylinders and maybe
torque-y motors, this and the
Bentley would definitely sit
in the same category.
It feels quite similar.
Does this mean that people
from Audi drive Bentleys,
people from Bentley drive Audis,
before they are all
released to the marketplace?
Well, we know for a
fact that they do.
Is that information exchange
a positive thing?
Or does it detract from the
character of these cars?
That to me is a quite
interesting point.
You might find it very dull,
which I apologize.
I think the S4, particularly in
silver, as I said, might be
the ultimate Q-car.
It's so discreet.
It looks so ordinary
from the outside.
But when you want to go
quite quick, it's got
plenty going for it.
Motor sounds good.
Rev sounds sweetly.
It's got loads of torque.
The one thing this car's got
over the Bentley is that the
double clutch gear box in this
car works especially well with
this supercharged engine.
So it's quick, quick, quick.
And the gear shifts are
absolutely incisive.
Bang, you're into
the next gear.
No, a clever thing,
a clever thing.
So, am I actually paying the
Bentley a massive complement
by saying it shares some driving
characteristics with
an Audi that's worth a little
bit more than the combined
total of the optional extras
fitted to that GT speed?
Perhaps I am.
So this is where I stand
on the subject.
On the one hand, I really
appreciate the fact that cars
now drive in such a
sophisticated manner.
That power trains are so easy
and usable because of these
clever new gear boxes and
because there are large groups
like VW that can allow their
technologies and learnings to
cross-pollinate between
different brands.
I think that's a great idea.
However, I think we have to mark
a word of caution here.
I do think it makes some cars
struggle for character.
And does it matter that
an Audi S4 has not
got that much character?
I'm not sure it does.
It's a bit more of an
appliance, isn't it?
To most people, it's a very
expensive, very fast car.
I'll give you that.
But actually it's an A4 with
a really potent engine.
And it's designed to just cross
country quickly and kind
of integrate into someone's
life imperceptibly.
So it doesn't matter that it's
not bristling with character.
The Bentley, that's a bit more
of a problem, isn't it?
Because even though that GT
Speed does so many things so
well, even though I love
spending time in it, oddly it
doesn't have a distinct
character to me.
Ferrari FF has a distinct
character.
But the Bentley, to me, it
doesn't necessarily leap out
at me as being a Bentley.
It could be many things.
It could be a large Porche.
It could be a large Audi.
I know it's beautifully
finished.
But it doesn't strike me at
being obviously a Bentley.
And I think that is quite
a dangerous thing.

The most difficult aspect of
defining multiple brands whose
market space sometimes overlaps
with each other and
which sometimes share many
components is giving them a
distinct character.
That isn't a problem between
these two cars because they're
priced so far apart
from each other.
Much like that famous story of
Aston Martin employee decades
ago deflecting accusations that
using Ford switch gear
would upset owners.
He simply replied that it was
doubtful any Aston owners had
actually sat in a modern Ford,
so they would never know.
Well, the Speed and the Audi
occupy different territories.
At times they feel spookily cut
from the same cloth, but
mostly they just feel like
very, very good cars.

Auto News: Corvette Colors, F-Type SVR, Bentley Flying Spur V8 S

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American Aston Martin? '66 Malibu: /BIG MUSCLE

THE DRIVE:

[CAR ENGINE]

MIKE MUSTO: Today on "Big
Muscle," we've got a 1966
Chevrolet Chevelle with
604 horsepower and
a wicked bad attitude.
So hang on, because today is
going to be outstanding.
Seriously, it's going
to be good.
[CAR ENGINE ROARING]
MIKE MUSTO: My name
is Mike Musto.
Each week, I travel the country
with the goal of
showcasing the best and baddest
muscle cars and hot
rods around.
Every car has a past, and
every owner, a story.
Welcome to the world
of "Big Muscle."
[CAR ENGINES ROARING]
ENZO MORALES: Today we're
looking at my 1966 Chevy
Chevelle Malibu.
I've been working on the car
for about four years.
I bought it at the tail end of
2008 during the whole economic
downfall there, as strictly
a stress reliever.
And it slowly evolved into kind
of like the dream car.
And over the course of the last
four years, with the help
of a lot of friends, I was able
to put this car together.
We've got it running now
for about four months.
And it's really just been ideal
as far as what I wanted,
what I pictured, and what the
end result ended up being as
far as the performance, the
reliability, and just the
overall driveability
of the car.
[CAR ENGINE]
[TIRES SQUEALING]

MIKE MUSTO: Ladies and
gentlemen, welcome to another
episode of "Big Muscle." Today,
we are driving the 1966
Chevrolet Malibu Chevelle.
You know, it's a car that, while
it may look like a pro
touring car, it was actually
developed by Enzo to be more
of a kind of a grand tourer.
When you design a grand touring
car, you want a couple
of things, right?
You want a comfortable ride.
You want compliant suspension.
You want great brakes.
And you want halfway
decent gas mileage.
And that's something he's
actually managed to encompass
in this car and to incorporate
very, very well.
You know, from a looks
standpoint, it's very sinister.
The gloss black paint with the
bronze striped wheels lend to
look that is very, very
kind of intimidating.
But I'll be honest with you,
once you get in this thing and
you start driving it, it's
really anything but.
Engine-wise, we're talking about
an LS3 that's been kind
of massaged by Nelson Racing
Engines to the tune of just a
tad over 600 horsepower.
And I mean, the car goes.
I mean, you roll into it,
and it'll basically
just pull for days.
I mean, the transmission is a
T56 out of a 2002 Trans Am,
and, to be honest, I mean,
it shifts flawlessly.
One thing I do have to say,
though, is the clutch is a
sledgehammer.
I mean, this is not a car
that I want to get
stuck in traffic with.
Now, you're looking at me
driving this thing, right?
And I've got my hands on
basically what seems to be
like a 20-inch steering wheel.
I mean, this is pizza
pie size.
But it works.
The way that Enzo did this
interior was by combining new
and old, right?
And of course, we've showcased
you guys' cars
before that do that.
They take a little bit of new
and a little bit of old, and
they meld it together.
Well, what Enzo did was he kept
it primarily old school.
The dash is 100% stock with
tiny, tiny little differences.
So, for instance, there are
numbers on the temp gauge as
opposed to just low and high.
The door panels, this looks like
they're bone stock, but
they're not.
Enzo actually took a lot of
time and sat down with a
designer to say, this is how I
want the car to be portrayed.
[CAR ENGINE]
ENZO MORALES: Well, the

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interior, there was definitely
some purpose behind it.
I'm not as svelte as
I look on camera.
I'm 6' 3", about 235 pounds.
So I had to design interior
around my comfort.
One of the big things I've
noticed about newer cars is
the ergonomics as far as when
you're sitting in the car, the
comfort level that you achieve
by just putting yourself
elbows down in certain areas
or where the shifter is
positioned.
So when I went to talk to Mark
Lopez up at Elegance
Interiors, we literally sat down
for probably four hours
on his desk, and I made him
sketch everything out.
He had the car for about
2 and 1/2 weeks.
He listened to what I wanted.
He achieved it, I feel,
in the way that he
put in interior together.
What we did is we basically
created a 7/8-style rear seat
that he fabricated that makes
the interior look actually
larger than it is when you look
in through the window.
The seats are all the way back,
and when they're all the
way back, my leg can't actually
disengage the clutch
all the way.
I have to actually
click it up.
So those little things for
me were important.
Leg room, you know, being able
to put my kids behind me while
I'm in the car.
All of the interior cues are
taken from the '60s as far as
the original styling
of the car.
But we just modernized it a
little bit, created a little
bit more of an aggressive
attitude, and then just
refined it.
[CAR ENGINE]
MIKE MUSTO: The suspension,
the guys at RideTech did a
great job, a great job on giving
him a set of single
adjustables for this thing.
You don't need triple
adjustables on a car like
this, because, I'll be honest
with you, it's just overkill.
This thing is more of a set
it and forgot it type of
automobile.
Cruising like this is
all fine and dandy.
And it's great--
cruising along, 60 miles
an hour, no big deal.
But again, you take
this car, right?
What do you do?
You drop it down a gear--
[CAR ENGINE]
MIKE MUSTO: --whack it.
[CAR ENGINE]
MIKE MUSTO: It frickin'
pulls, man.
Well, that's as Matt Farah
would say, that's
possible jail time.
So let's just leave
it at that.

School zone.
-Flip the bitch.
Get out of here.
MIKE MUSTO: Flip the bitch
in the school zone
because they love that.
-For the kids, Mike.
MIKE MUSTO: For the kids.
-Do it for the kids, Mike.
MIKE MUSTO: Do it
for the kids.
-You know what you have to do.
MIKE MUSTO: What's up, kids?
I've got kids over here.
They're motioning for
me to do a burnout.
However, I'm not going
to do a burnout?
Why?
Because we're in
a school zone.
-You should still
do a burnout.
MIKE MUSTO: I'm not
doing a burnout.
-You should do a burnout.
It's for the kids.
MIKE MUSTO: I'm not doing
a burnout for the kids!
-Do a burnout for the kids.
MIKE MUSTO: I'm not doing
a burnout in a school
zone for the kids.
Now the school zone sign said
we're ended, so now we can go.
[TIRES SQUEALING]
MIKE MUSTO: A lot of people ask
me, they're like, how do
you review a car and what
do you look for?
And my answer is well, we review
it based on what the
owner says he wanted
to do with the car.
In Enzo's case, he wanted to
build a great grand touring
car that can not only go from
point A to point B hundreds of
miles away in complete comfort,
but I wanted a car
could handle, brake, turn, and
do all the things that a good
grand touring car should do.
So we did the on-road portion,
where we just kind of did the
distance style thing.
And now what we're doing is
we're cruising through the
canyons, and we're going to do
the handling, the braking.
I'm going to tell
you how it is.
It shifts beautifully.
We can go down.
We can rumble through
the gears, OK?
Come into a corner,
hit the brakes.
The brakes are off a Z06
Corvette, and they're manual.
Turn the car in.
Now, we're not doing
anything crazy.
It's not like we're going
monumental speeds.
But what we're doing is putting
the car through kind
of a little handling course just
to get an idea if there's
body roll, if there's any
squeaks, if there's any
rattles, and to kind of see how
the whole package works in
conjunction with each other.
The car so far is great.
Manual brakes, if you're not
used to them, they take a
little getting used to.
But they stop the car
absolutely fine.
You go in.
You feel the steering, right?
You turn in.
Even with this big
wheel, how is it?
Well, it's actually
really nice.
Look, there's no roll
in the car.
The seats, even though they're
not high back seats, are
holding me in just fine going
through the corner, right?
[LAUGHING]
MIKE MUSTO: The car
handles great.
And you've got to remember
that a '66 Chevelle
is not a small car.
These are big cars.
They're heavy cars with
a long wheelbase, OK?
We drove a '66 Chevelle last
season, and it was a fabulous,
fabulous car, but with such a
different personality than
this, even though they're
the same make and model.
That's the beauty
of the hobby.
You can differentiate.
You can have fun.
You can enjoy.
And at day's end, you can pull
up to the exact same car make
and model and have something
completely different.
[CAR ENGINE]
ENZO MORALES: Having been born
in Peru, I came here in 1981
when I was six years old.
The first car I rode in, my dad
was actually borrowing a
car from his brother was,
I think, a 1969 911T.
And it was my absolute first
experience in any kind of a
performance vehicle ever,
and it changed my world.
I mean, from that point forward,
I became overly
obsessed with four wheels.
I think ultimately, the guy that
was kind of driving that
a little bit from behind
was my dad.
He just kind of always liked
that I was into it.
When he was 18 and he lived
in Long Beach--
he had been here in the States
for a while back then--
he bought a 1957
Chevy Bel Air.
And so when I was 14 and 1/2,
almost 15 years old, he bought
a '57 Bel Air for me, and that's
what kind of took me to
where I'm at today.
I had this ideal group of
friends when I was growing up.
We used to sit around late
nights when we were 15, 16
years old, reading car
magazines, talking about what
we wanted to build.
And slowly but surely, we
all kind of elevated
each others' games.
By the time we were 18, 19 years
old, we were driving
11-second cars on the street,
delivering pizzas, literally.
One of my best friends became a
very famous engine builder,
although his car was terribly
slow during those times and I
beat him every single
time we raced.
For those of you who don't know,
it's Tom Nelson from
Nelson Racing Engines, who
I credit to building this
wonderful engine.
He was one of the guys
who contributed
to the build, but--
just for the record--
never beat me in a drag race.
But anyway, I was very
fortunate, because it really
kept us all out of trouble.
I mean, we were all guys that
probably would have gone down
different paths were
it not for cars.
The cars really saved us.
And that's really what I
attribute to the friendships
that I had when I was a kid.
[CAR ENGINE]
MIKE MUSTO: One of the things
about talking to Enzo is that
he's got a massive personality,
and it's really
kind of infectious.
I mean, you talk to him,
and he gets excited.
And he starts telling stories.
And then you get excited
listening to his stories.
And you're like, goddammit.
And the reason you say goddammit
is because you don't
a story that's as good as his
story about the stuff that he
did when he was a kid.
I mean, drag racing and doing
this and running from the
cops, which you should
never do.
But, I mean, not only does this
guy have a great family,
he's got an awesome car.
He's got a kick-ass job.
Not--
I mean, we have pretty
cool job, too.
I'm not going to lie to you.
But I guess in the end, what's
really cool is it's nice to
see good people have
good things.
And it's nice to see somebody
who had a vision from the
beginning develop.
This is why we do what we do.
This is why we're in the desert
right now in this
awesome Chevelle.
If I can't convince you that
stuff like this is cool, I am
so not doing my job right.
[CAR ENGINE]
MIKE MUSTO: Sometimes on this
show, when all the pieces fall
perfectly into place, we realize
just how lucky we are.
Like the time we drove a blown
Cadillac down the Pacific
Coast Highway.
Or when we did burnouts
in a GT500 Mustang.
Or maybe it was the time when we
are ripping up the canyons
in a Corvette-crushing 69 AMX.
Those are the type of things
we live for on the show.
Today, too, was one
of those days.
For as the sunset and the day
came to a close, we knew we
had just experienced a car where
all the time, energy,
and parts worked perfectly
together.
Man, hot day, hot day.
Oh wait, how do we
get out of here?
The gate that's now closed.
Where's the stop sign?
Can you come in this way?
No.
Is this right?
How do we get out?
Are we going all the way down?
What the [BLEEP].
Tell the guys to go out that
way, because there's
no exit over here.
Whew.
Sweaty hot.
This gate opens inward,
doesn't it?
-Yeah.
-What?
MIKE MUSTO: How do we get out?

Cars.com/MotorWeek New Car Preview

Cars.com:

>> Announcer: FROM THE EDITORS

OF MOTORWEEK AND CARS.COM...

NEW CAR PREVIEW 2014.

>> HELLO, I'M JOHN DAVIS

FROM MOTORWEEK.

>> AND I'M JOE WIESENFELDER

FROM CARS.COM.

WELCOME TO THE NEW CAR PREVIEW 2014.

>> John: OVER THE NEXT HOUR

WE'LL SHOW YOU WHAT'S COMING

DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN NEW CARS

AND TRUCKS FOR THE 2014 MODEL YEAR.

>> Joe: WE'LL ALSO TAKE A FEW

SIDE ROADS FOR ADVICE ON NEW CAR

SHOPPING, WHY THEY ARE

THE SAFEST EVER...

>> John: ...AND HOW THEY CAN

BE MADE EVEN SAFER.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE AT

THE PROVING GROUNDS OF THE INSURANCE

INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY.

>> Joe: WHERE WE HAVE ASSEMBLED

MANY OF THE BRIGHTEST STARS

OF THE NEW CAR MODEL YEAR.

>> John: YOU KNOW, JOE, WHEN I

WAS GROWING UP, EACH NEW CAR

INTRODUCTION WAS A HUGE DEAL.

MY PARENTS WOULD TAKE ME

TO THE DEALERSHIPS

FOR THE FALL UNVEILINGS.

THERE WERE BANNERS WAVING,

BANDS PLAYING,

IT WAS A REAL CELEBRATION.

>> Joe: WELL, JOHN, TODAY NEW

CARS ARE INTRODUCED EVERY

MONTH OF THE YEAR, OFTEN AT

AUTO SHOWS, AND THE INTERNET

GUARANTEES THAT DETAILS

INSTANTLY GO VIRAL.

STILL, FOR MANY CONSUMERS,

THE TRADITION OF FALL BEING THE

START TO A NEW CAR YEAR STILL

HANGS ON.

>> John: AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF

YOU'RE REALLY IN THE MARKET

FOR SOMETHING PRACTICAL LIKE

A SEDAN OR A UTILITY,

IT STILL SEEMS THAT NOTHING

PEAKS JUST ABOUT EVERYONE'S

INTEREST THAT'S HEADED TO A

DEALERSHIP LIKE PERFORMANCE

CARS.

>> Joe: IT'S TRUE. BUT

PERFORMANCE CARS ARE NOT WHAT

THEY USE TO BE.

>> John: NO, THEY'RE BETTER.

THEY'VE BEEN REDEFINED FOR THE

KIND OF TOTAL PERFORMANCE

THAT A MODERN WORLD DEMANDS;

DELIVERING EXCEPTIONAL SPEED,

HANDLING, AND BRAKING,

WHILE BOWING TO CONSUMER DEMANDS

FOR FUEL ECONOMY, COMFORT,

ENTERTAINMENT, AND, OF COURSE,

SAFETY.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO PERFORMANCE

WITH THIS NEW CAR YEAR,

THERE IS ONLY ONE PLACE TO

START.

NO PERFORMANCE CAR HAS BEEN

AS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AS

THE 7TH GENERATION CORVETTE,

AND IT ARRIVES AS THE 2014

CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY,

THE MOST POWERFUL STANDARD

CORVETTE YET.

>> Ben Davis: WHEN THE PICTURES

FIRST STARTED ROLLING IN OF THE

NEW CORVETTE, THERE WERE CERTAIN

THINGS I WASN'T QUITE SURE

ABOUT, BUT NOW THAT I SEE IT

IN PERSON, ALL SYSTEMS GO.

>> John: THE NEW 'VETTE TAKES

SOME OF ITS STYLING CUES FROM

ANOTHER CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE

LEGEND, CAMARO.

IT MAKES ITS OWN NEWS FOR 2014

WITH THE RETURN OF THE Z28.

IT PROMISES TO BE THE MOST

TRACK-WORTHY CAMARO TO DATE,

PACKING 500-HORSEPOWER INTO

A TWEAKED AND TIGHTENED BODY,

AND IT SURE LOOKS THE PART.

MEANWHILE, JAGUAR IS SET TO

REVIVE SOME OF THE BRAND'S

LEGENDARY E-TYPE HYPE WITH THE

2014 F-TYPE.

BUT WITH A 495-HORSEPOWER

SUPERCHARGED V8 UNDER THE HOOD,

THIS CAT IS ABOUT CLEARLY MORE

THAN JUST LOOKS.

>> Patrick Olsen, Cars.com:

THE EARLY REVIEWS ARE IN FOR THE

F-TYPE, AND PEOPLE SEEM TO LOVE

IT, AND IT JUST MIGHT BE A REAL

COMPETITOR FOR THE PORSCHE 911.

>> John: CHRYSLER'S SRT DIVISION

KNOWS A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT

AMERICAN BUILT PERFORMANCE,

AND FOR 2014 THEY'RE GOING ON

THE ATTACK WITH THE VIPER TA.

THE TIME ATTACK IS A ROAD COURSE

FOCUSED VIPER WITH UPDATES BOTH

INSIDE AND OUT, WITH ONE PURPOSE

IN MIND -- LOWERING LAP TIMES.

HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL WHEN

LAUNCHED, THE PORSCHE PANAMERA

HAS HIT ALL THE RIGHT BUTTONS

FOR A MAXIMUM EUROPEAN SPORT

SEDAN, AND FOR 2014 IS UPDATED

BY ADDING LONG WHEELBASE MODELS,

AS WELL AS A PLUG-IN HYBRID.

A 3RD GENERATION CAYMAN ALSO

ARRIVES FOR 2014,

RIDING ON THE SAME SHARPENED

CHASSIS AS THE RECENTLY

RE-VAMPED PORSCHE BOXSTER.

BOTH 275-HORSEPOWER STANDARD AND

325-HORSEPOWER S VERSIONS WILL

BE AVAILABLE.

AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR

YOU, MAYBE A NEW 911 TURBO OR

TURBO S WILL BE.

BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND BIG

BUCKS FOR BIG PERFORMANCE,

AS SUBARU'S STI GROUP PROVES

WITH THE BRZ STI.

IT ADDS MORE THAN JUST MUCH

NEEDED ADDITIONAL POWER TO THE

BRZ, IT ALSO GETS A TWEAKED AND

TIGHTENED SUSPENSION THAT SHOULD

MAKE IT EVEN MORE POTENT ON THE

TRACK.

BUT IF YOU NEED 4-DOORS,

THE SUBARU WRX IS ALL NEW FOR

2014, LOOKING MORE AGGRESSIVE

THAN EVER.

BUT NO LONGER A PART OF THE

IMPREZA LINEUP, THE WRX ACQUIRES

A WHOLE NEW NASTY STREAK.

BMW ON ITS PART HAS A FEW TRICKS

UP THEIR SLEEVES FOR 2014,

CHIEF AMONG THEM A NEW 4-SERIES

THAT REPLACES THE 3-SERIES

COUPE.

LOW AND LEAN, THIS BAVARIAN

BRAWLER WILL SHARE MUCH OF THE

SAME POWERTRAINS AS THE 3-SERIES

SEDAN, BUT ITS PERSONALITY IS

ALL ITS OWN.

NOT TO BE OUTDONE,

MERCEDES-BENZ ENTERS THE SMALL

CAR MARKET IN THE U.S. WITH

THE CLA, ONLY IT DOES SO WITH

A BANG THANKS TO IN-HOUSE

TUNER AMG.

THE CLA45 AMG FEATURES

ALL-WHEEL DRIVE AND THE MOST

POWERFUL PRODUCTION TURBO

4-CYLINDER EVER AT 355

HORSEPOWER.

OH BABY!

ALWAYS A CONTENDER,

AUDI GOES CABRIO ON ONE OF THEIR

HOTTEST COUPES, THE RS5.

WHO WOULDN'T WANT A PIECE OF

THIS SLICK-LOOKING TUETONIC

MUSCLE CAR, ALL 450-HORSEPOWER

AND QUATTROED UP?

SO, WHETHER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR

TOP DOWN HIGH OUTPUT THRILLS,

OR BACK TO BASICS BANG FOR YOUR

BUCK, THERE'S A LOT TO LOOK

FORWARD TO IN PERFORMANCE CARS

FOR 2014.

COMING UP LATER

ON NEW CAR PREVIEW 2014 .

PERFORMANCE CARS MAY BE WHAT WE

LIVE FOR, BUT NOT MANY OF US

ACTUALLY LIVE WITH THEM ON

A DAILY BASIS.

FOR THAT WE OFTEN TURN TO

A UTILITY VEHICLE.

>> Joe: IT DOESN'T MATTER IF

IT'S HERDING THE KIDS TO SCHOOL,

CARPOOLING TO WORK, OR HEADING

OUT FOR WEEKEND GETAWAYS.

HERE'S WHAT'S COMING IN FAMILY

HAULERS IN 2014.

OF ALL UTILITY BRANDS,

JEEP HAS THE MOST NEWS FOR 2014,

STARTING WITH AN UPDATED GRAND

CHEROKEE.

ALREADY A VERY POPULAR SUV,

THE GRAND GAINS NEW STYLE,

AN 8-SPEED TRANSMISSION,

A TURBO DIESEL V6 OPTION,

PLUS A HIGH PERFORMANCE SRT

VERSION.

LESS GRAND, BUT JUST AS

IMPORTANT, IS THE RETURN OF

JEEP'S CHEROKEE NAMEPLATE TO

AMERICA.

IT'S PLACED ON A VERY SLICKLY

STYLED COMPACT CROSSOVER.

WHILE MOST BUYERS WILL STAY

ON-ROAD, THE NEW CHEROKEE IS

"TRAIL RATED" AND CAN EVEN BE

FITTED WITH AN ACTIVE REAR

DIFFERENTIAL.

LOOKING FOR A LITTLE MORE

LUXURY?

THE LINCOLN MKC MIGHT FIT THE

BILL.

THIS COMPACT CROSSOVER,

BASED ON THE FORD ESCAPE,

AIMS TO MAKE LINCOLN A MORE

OBVIOUS PREMIUM CHOICE BY NOT

BEING ANY LESS LUXURIOUS THAN

ITS LARGER STABLEMATES.

IF IT'S A LOT MORE LUXURY YOU'VE

GOT IN MIND, SET YOUR SIGHTS

ON THE LAND ROVER RANGE ROVER

SPORT.

>> Greg Carloss: IT MAY BE THE

"FAMILY" ROVER WITH THREE ROWS

OF AVAILABLE SEATING,

BUT IT PACKS TONS OF BOTH ON

AND OFF-ROAD PERFORMANCE,

AS WELL AS THE LAVISHNESS YOU

EXPECT IN A LAND ROVER.

>> Joe: A REDESIGNED ACURA MDX

IS HERE, SPORTING SUPER-HANDLING

ALL-WHEEL DRIVE,

JEWEL EYE LED HEADLIGHTS,

AND MORE AERODYNAMIC STYLING.

LIKE MOST ACURAS, HIGH-TECH

IS HIGHLY PRESENT WITH THE NEW

GENERATION OF ACURALINK.

FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE UTILITY

BUYERS, THE LONG-RUMORED PORSCHE

MACAN IS FINALLY A REALITY.

MOST FANS ARE BEYOND PORSCHE

BEING IN THE SUV BUSINESS,

AND WE'RE OKAY WITH IT TOO,

PROVIDED THE RESULTS ARE AS GOOD

AS WE EXPECT FROM THIS MODEL.

LOOK FOR CAYENNE STYLE

PERFORMANCE IN A SMALLER

PACKAGE.

AND SPEAKING OF PERFORMANCE,

AUDI ADDS A GENEROUS HELPING

OF IT TO THEIR Q5 CROSSOVER.

THE 354-HORSEPOWER SQ5 IS THE

FIRST AUDI CROSSOVER TO GET THE

S PERFORMANCE TREATMENT.

AND OUR ONLY COMMENT IS,

"WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG?"

2014 SEES THE ARRIVAL OF THE 3RD

GENERATION OF BMW'S X5 SPORTS

ACTIVITY VEHICLE.

AND IN A NOD TO BUYERS NOT

INTERESTED IN HITTING THE TRAIL

WITH THEIR HIGH DOLLAR HAULER,

IT WILL NOW BE AVAILABLE IN

REAR-WHEEL DRIVE, AS WELL AS

ALL-WHEEL DRIVE.

FOR THE MOST PRACTICAL SUV

SHOPPER, TOYOTA CONTINUES THEIR

TWO-PRONGED MID-SIZE APPROACH

WITH THE URBAN FAMILY ORIENTED

HIGHLANDER CROSSOVER,

AND THE MORE RUGGED 4RUNNER SUV

THAT HAS ADVENTUROUS FAMILIES IN

MIND.

BOTH FEATURE SMOOTHER DESIGNS,

AND THANKFULLY FOR THE

OFF-ROADERS, THE 4RUNNER KEEPS

ITS BODY ON FRAME STATUS.

NOT QUITE AS RUGGED LOOKING

BUT ALMOST AS CAPABLE IS THE

NEW SUBARU FORESTER.

OVER THE YEARS THE FORESTER

HAS BECOME MORE MAINSTREAM

IN BOTH APPEARANCE AND APPEAL,

AND THIS NEW ONE UNDOUBTEDLY

CONTINUES THAT TREND.

>> Jennifer Newman, Cars.com:

THE FORESTER HAS GROWN WITH ITS

2014 REDESIGN, BUT IT WAS THE

SUV'S USABILITY THAT REALLY WON

OUR EDITORS OVER.

>> Joe: AND ONE BRAND THAT

REALLY NEEDS A BOOST IS

MITSUBISHI, AND THEY'RE HOPING

AN ALL-NEW OUTLANDER WILL DO THE

TRICK.

UNLIKE SOME OTHER COMPACTS THAT

HAVE DROPPED THEIR V6 AND 3RD

ROW OPTIONS, THE SPORTY LOOKING

OUTLANDER FORGES AHEAD WITH

BOTH.

AND SPEAKING OF SPORTY LOOKS,

AN UPDATED KIA SORENTO ARRIVES

FOR 2014, WITH SLEEK NEW SHEET

METAL, AN IMPROVED INTERIOR,

AND A NEW 3.3-LITER V6 ENGINE.

MEANWHILE, KIA'S URBAN

CROSSOVER, THE SOUL, IS ALL-NEW.

SLIGHTLY LARGER, IT RETAINS CUTE

TWO-BOX STYLING WHILE THE

INTERIOR GETS A NICE UPGRADE

IN FUNCTIONALITY.

NISSAN GOES ROGUE IN '14

WITH AN ALL-NEW ROGUE COMPACT

CROSSOVER.

NOW PACKING ROOM FOR SEVEN

WITH AN AVAILABLE 3RD ROW,

THE NEW ROGUE LOOKS TO CONTINUE

THE RECENT NISSAN TREND OF

OFFERING MORE ROOM, FEATURES,

AND TECHNOLOGY FOR LESS MONEY.

BUT FOR THE ULTIMATE IN FAMILY

HAULING, IT'S STILL HARD TO BEAT

A MINIVAN.

AND WHILE MANY BRANDS HAVE LEFT

THE SEGMENT, HONDA IS DOUBLING

DOWN WITH A REVISED HONDA

ODYSSEY.

OUR FAVORITE NEW FEATURE?

IT HAS TO BE THE ONBOARD VACUUM,

READY TO SUCK UP THE CRUMBS

AFTER YOU LEAVE GRANDMA'S HOUSE.

AND WITH THAT, WE'VE ARRIVED

AT THE END OF OUR LOOK AT WHAT'S

COMING TO UTILITY VEHICLES IN

THE COMING YEAR.

>> John: WHILE THERE ARE MORE

WOMEN WORKING IN THE AUTO

INDUSTRY THAN EVER, THE MAJORITY

OF ENGINEERS AND DESIGNERS ARE

STILL MEN.

YET, WHEN IT COMES TIME TO

PURCHASING A NEW VEHICLE FOR

THE FAMILY, MEN ARE OFTEN NOT

THE DECISION MAKERS.

>> Joe: EXACTLY.

WOMEN ARE INCREASINGLY CALLING

THE SHOTS WHEN IT COMES TO A NEW

CAR PURCHASE.

AND WHETHER THEY ARE WIVES,

MOMS, OR SINGLE, THEY HAVE VERY

DEFINITE IDEAS ABOUT WHAT MAKES

A NEW CAR DESIGN GREAT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, JOE.

AND WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT

TWO-THIRDS OF ALL NEW CARS ARE

ACTUALLY PURCHASED BY WOMEN?

HI, I'M KRISTIN VARELA WITH

CARS.COM.

>> AND I'M YOLANDA VAZQUEZ

FROM MOTORWEEK .

WE'VE HAD TO TEST DRIVE AND

REVIEW HUNDREDS OF CARS OVER

THE YEARS -- AIN'T THAT RIGHT,

GIRLFRIEND?

>> Kristin: IT'S TRUE, SO WE

KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT WHAT

WOMEN WANT IN CARS.

>> Yolanda: SHOW LET US SHOW YA

WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH!

AS AN AUTOMOTIVE JOURNALIST,

VARELA HAS LOGGED MANY MILES

BEHIND THE WHEEL OF TEST

VEHICLES.

AND I'VE DONE THE SAME

WRITING CAR REVIEWS AND REPORTS

ON A VARIETY OF CONSUMER

STORIES.

WHILE WE BOTH AGREE IT'S

IMPOSSIBLE FOR ALL WOMEN TO WANT

THE SAME THING IN A NEW VEHICLE,

THERE IS COMMON GROUND ON WHAT

FEATURES ARE MOST IMPORTANT

TO US.

>> Kristin: I THINK SAFETY IS

INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR ME

AS A MOM.

>> Yolanda: WE BOTH AGREE A

LARGE NUMBER OF STANDARD SAFETY

FEATURES AND GOOD CRASH TEST

SCORES TOPS OUR MUST-HAVE LIST.

WE ALSO LOOK FOR VERSATILITY,

RELIABILITY, A NICE BLEND OF

FORM AND FUNCTION, GOOD GAS

MILEAGE, AND AFFORDABLE PRICING.

>> Kristin: I'M A COMPARISON

SHOPPER.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'VE

COVERED ALL THE BASES.

MAKE SURE THAT THERE ISN'T

SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE THAT'S

JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

>> Yolanda: ACCORDING TO THE

2013 MINTEL CAR BUYING REPORT,

A MAN, ON AVERAGE, SPENDS 5.5

WEEKS RESEARCHING A NEW VEHICLE,

WHILE A WOMAN SPENDS 6.5 WEEKS.

THAT EXTRA TIME MAY INCLUDE

REVIEWING THE NUMBER AND

PLACEMENT OF AIRBAGS IN A

VEHICLE.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE BOTH LIKE

THE KNEE AIRBAG IN THE HYUNDAI

SANTA FE, AND THE CENTER AIRBAG

BETWEEN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER

SEATS IN THE BUICK ENCLAVE.

>> Kristin: WHICH KEEPS EACH OF

US PROTECTED FROM ONE ANOTHER

IN THE EVENT OF A SIDE IMPACT

CRASH.

>> Yolanda: THE ENCLAVE GARNERS

BONUS POINTS FROM US WITH THEIR

FULL LENGTH SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS

AND GOVERNMENT CRASH TEST SCORES

THAT ARE AMONG THE BEST.

BUT OVERALL, THIS IS A PRETTY

STYLISH RIDE FOR A LOT OF WOMEN

TO CONSIDER, AND BUSY MOMS.

>> Kristin: YES.

>> Yolanda: YES, WE LIKED IT.

TWO THUMBS UP.

>> Kristin: IT'S SWELL!

>> Yolanda: THANKS TO AUTONATION

BUICK/GMC AND SHORTLINE HYUNDAI

AND KIA IN COLORADO,

KRISTIN AND I WERE ABLE TO

REVIEW SEVERAL VEHICLES.

WE FOUND THE NEW KIA SORENTO

HAS THE RIGHT MIX OF FORM

AND FUNCTION.

>> Kristin: STARTING IN THE

MID-$30s, IT OFFERS SOME

FEATURES THAT YOU JUST DON'T

SEE IN OTHER VEHICLES AT THAT

SAME PRICE RANGE.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE OPTION OF

AIR CONDITIONED FRONT SEATS.

>> Yolanda: AND THE OPTION OF

THIRD ROW SEATING GIVES A FAMILY

EVEN MORE FLEXIBILITY.

SO WE'RE HERE WITH THE KIA SOUL,

AND THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE

OF KIA'S BEST SELLING MODELS,

AND FOR LOTS OF REASONS.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THIS CAR?

>> Kristin: WELL, IT DEFINITELY

STANDS OUT IN THE DESIGN

DEPARTMENT, DOESN'T IT?

>> Yolanda: NOT TO MENTION IT

HAS LOTS OF CARGO SPACE FOR ITS

SIZE AND COMES STANDARD WITH

BLUETOOTH AND USB/AUX INPUT

JACKS.

I LIKE THIS CAR.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW

IF I'D GET IT FOR MYSELF RIGHT

NOW, BUT MAYBE 10, 20 YEARS

AGO, HINT-HINT, [LAUGHTER]

THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN MY RIDE!

KIA HAS MADE SOME GREAT STRIDES

WHEN IT COMES TO MARKETING THEIR

PRODUCTS TO WOMEN.

THE KOREAN CAR MANUFACTURER SAYS

OVER HALF OF THEIR BUYERS ARE

FEMALE.

MOVING TO ITS SISTER BRAND,

HYUNDAI, THEY'VE ALSO TURNED UP

THE DIAL ON THEIR OFFERINGS.

THIS 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID

IS A FAVORITE FOR US.

>> Kristin: ONE THING THAT I

LOVE ABOUT HYUNDAI IN GENERAL

AS A BRAND IS THAT ALL OF THEIR

SAFETY FEATURES COME STANDARD,

SO YOU'RE NOT FORCED TO HAVE TO

CHOOSE BETWEEN YOUR BUDGET AND

YOUR FAMILY'S SAFETY.

>> Yolanda: AND THAT'S

IMPORTANT.

AND WITH A COMBINED 37 MPG FUEL

ECONOMY RATING, IT'S EASY TO

SEE WHY THIS STYLISH, AFFORDABLE

MID-SIZE CAR APPEALS TO MANY

WOMEN DRIVERS.

THIS ONE WAS NOT AS BLAND AND

UNINSPIRING AS THE OTHER

VEHICLES.

>> Kristin: IT DEFINITELY DOES

CATCH YOUR EYE AS IT'S DRIVING

PAST YOU ON THE HIGHWAY.

>> Yolanda: CARMAKERS,

BOTH DOMESTIC AND IMPORT,

ARE REALIZING THE BUYING POWER

WOMEN HAVE AND ARE FIGURING OUT

WAYS TO APPEAL TO THEM.

>> Kristin: WHAT'S IT GOING

TO TAKE TO GET THE SYSTEM

TO CHANGE?

I HAVE SEEN CHANGE OVER THE PAST

10 YEARS, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

>> Yolanda: AND WHILE THESE

CHANGES MAY NOT BE AS NOTICEABLE

TO THE AVERAGE CONSUMER,

REST ASSURED, AUTOMOTIVE MAVENS

LIKE US ARE ON THE JOB TO MAKE

SURE EVERY NEW CAR GETS OUR

"GIRL POWER" SEAL OF APPROVAL.

>> Joe: FOR WHAT'S NEW

IN TRUCKS, STAY TUNED

TO NEW CAR PREVIEW 2014 .

>> John: YEAR AFTER YEAR,

THE ONE BODY STYLE THAT

DOMINATES THE CAR MARKET WITH A

CONTENDER FROM VIRTUALLY EVERY

BRAND IS THE TRADITIONAL 4-DOOR

SEDAN.

>> Joe: YOU CAN GO FROM THE

CHEAPEST CAR AVAILABLE IN THE

U.S., ALL THE WAY UP TO SOME OF

THE MOST EXPENSIVE HARDWARE ON

THE ROAD, AND JUST ABOUT

EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

HERE'S A LOOK AT WHAT'S COMING

TO SEDANS FOR 2014.

THE MOST DYNAMIC NEW FAMILY

SEDAN FOR 2014 IS WITHOUT

A DOUBT THE MAZDA6.

WHILE IT HAS OFTEN HAD A STYLING

EDGE OVER CAMRY AND ACCORD,

THIS LATEST VERSION MAKES IT

GAME, SET, MATCH.

MAZDA WILL ALSO SERVE UP AN ACE;

A DIESEL OPTION WHICH SHOULD

MANAGE CLOSE TO 40 MILES-PER-

GALLON.

ANOTHER FASHIONABLE 4-DOOR THAT

HAS PLENTY OF SUBSTANCE AND

STYLE IS THE HYUNDAI SONATA.

2014 UPDATES INCLUDE EVER MORE

EXPRESSIVE STYLING OUTSIDE,

AND MORE PREMIUM FEATURES

INSIDE.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO OVERFLOWING

LUXURY, HYUNDAI'S EQUUS CAN'T

BE BEAT ON PRICE.

LOOK FOR THE POSH-O-METER TO TOP

OUT FOR THIS REVAMPED LUXURY

LINER.

HYUNDAI HAS ALSO BEEN SHARING

MORE OF THEIR SPOILS WITH KIA

AS THEIR SISTER BRAND MOVES

UP-MARKET WITH AN ALL-NEW

FLAGSHIP SEDAN, THE CADENZA.

>> Ben Davis: KIA HAS BEEN ON

QUITE A ROLL LATELY.

NOW LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN

CONTINUE THAT BY ROLLING INTO

THE PREMIUM SEDAN MARKET.

>> Joe: MORE FAMILIAR LUXURY

WITH A NOTABLE SHIFT TOWARD

PERFORMANCE COMES FROM THE

ALL-NEW LEXUS IS.

THIS RAKISH COMPACT TAKES ON THE

AGGRESSIVE DESIGN THEME OF THE

LARGER GS, WITHOUT LEAVING

BEHIND ANY OF THE LAVISHNESS

YOU EXPECT FROM THE BRAND.

AND JUST WHEN WE GOT USED TO THE

INFINITI G37'S UNIQUE TAKE ON

THE LUXURY SPORT SEDAN SEGMENT,

FOR 2014, INFINITI HEADS BACK

TO ITS ROOTS AND RENAMES THE

COMPACT SPORT SEDAN THE Q50.

ALONG WITH THE NAME COMES

SLEEKER SHEET METAL SURROUNDING

EVEN MORE REFINEMENT.

ONE CAR NAME THAT HAS BEEN

AROUND MUCH LONGER IS CHEVROLET

IMPALA.

BUT 2014 SEES AN ALL-NEW CAR

THAT IS UNLIKE ANY BIG CHEVY

BEFORE IT.

BASED ON THE SMOOTH RIDING

PLATFORM OF THE CADILLAC XTS,

THIS IMPALA WILL BE STREAKING

PAST PREDATORS WITH EASE,

ALL WHILE WEARING THE MOST

DYNAMIC SHEET METAL YET FOR

A BOWTIE FOUR-DOOR.

CHEVROLET IS ALSO FIELDING

AN UPDATED MALIBU.

NEW JUST LAST YEAR, SALES

HAVEN'T BEEN AS STRONG AS HOPED.

THIS EARLY REWORK ADDS MORE REAR

SEAT ROOM, MORE EFFICIENCY,

PLUS A TASTE OF THE IMPALA'S

BOLDER STYLING.

MAKING IT A 3-PRONGED SEDAN

ATTACK FOR CHEVROLET IN 2014

IS A NEW REAR-DRIVE PERFORMANCE

FOUR-DOOR, THEIR FIRST SINCE

1996, THE SS.

LIKE THE PONTIAC G8,

IT'S BASED ON AUSTRALIA'S HOLDEN

COMMODORE WITH A CORVETTE

DERIVED V8.

THE SS WILL ALSO BE CIRCLING

NASCAR OVALS IN THE YEAR AHEAD.

AMERICAN BUILT REAR-DRIVE

PERFORMANCE SEDANS TOOK A HUGE

LEAP FORWARD WITH THE CADILLAC

CTS.

NOW WITH AN ALL-NEW CTS FOR

2014, LOOK FOR AN EQUALLY BIG

JOLT TO THE SEGMENT.

>> Patrick: THE CTS HAS BEEN

A FAVORITE FOR MANY CADILLAC

DRIVERS, AND ITS BOLD NEW

REDESIGN CONTINUES THE EVOLUTION

OF CADILLAC LUXURY.

>> Joe: WHEN IT COMES TO

BLENDING LUXURY AND TECHNOLOGY

INTO A FLAGSHIP COCKTAIL,

THE ALL-NEW ACURA RLX IS A

STANDOUT.

WITH TREATS LIKE PRECISION

ALL-WHEEL STEER AND JEWEL EYE

LED HEADLIGHTS,

LOOK FOR THE RLX TO MAKE AN EVEN

BIGGER NAME FOR ITSELF.

BUT FOR THE ULTIMATE IN

PRECISION LUXURY, ALL ROADS LEAD

TO THE 2014 MERCEDES-BENZ

S-CLASS.

WITH THE MAYBACH BRAND NOW

HISTORY, MERCEDES HOPES TO

ELEVATE THE S-CLASS TO A

SIMILAR LEVEL OF EXTRAVAGANCE,

BUT WITH MORE HIGH-TECH.

WHETHER YOU'RE CONQUERING THE

FREEWAY OR HANGING OUT IN THE

BACK SEAT, YOU'LL FIND PLENTY

TO LOVE IN THIS FULL-SIZE

CRUISER.

4-DOOR IN YOUR FUTURE?

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WILL

BE PLENTY TO CHOSE FROM IN

2014.

IF THERE'S ONE AUTOMOTIVE

SEGMENT THAT HAS CHANGED THE

MOST IN THE LAST 20 YEARS,

IT'S LIGHT-DUTY PICKUP TRUCKS.

>> John: NOT ONLY HAVE THEY GONE

FROM JOB SITE NECESSITIES TO

FAMILY PERSONAL USE VEHICLES,

AS WE'VE SEEN CREW CAB MODELS

BECOME THE BIGGEST SELLER IN

THE SEGMENT, BUT RECENTLY FUEL

ECONOMY, NOT PAYLOAD OR

PERFORMANCE, HAS BECOME THE

BIGGEST AREA OF COMPETITION.

WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE BIGGEST

2014 TRUCK NEWS COMES FROM

CHEVROLET WITH AN ALL-NEW

SILVERADO FULL-SIZE PICKUP.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO FUEL

MILEAGE, THIS BOWTIE BRUTE CAME

TO PLAY, WITH A 5.3-LITER V8

THAT OUT "FUEL-ECONOMIES" ALL

OTHER V8'S IN THE SEGMENT AND

EVEN FORD'S ECOBOOST V6.

AND IT DOES ALL OF THAT WHILE

STILL BEING ABLE TO OUT-TOW THEM

AS WELL, WITH A MAX TOWING OF

11,500 POUNDS.

>> Patrick: WE'RE THRILLED

WITH GM'S NEW TRUCK.

THEY'VE CHANGED BOTH THE OUTSIDE

AND THE INSIDE, BUT IT'S THE

INTERIOR THAT REALLY SHINES.

>> John: WITH A NEW SILVERADO

COMES AN ALL-NEW CORPORATE

COUSIN GMC SIERRA.

WHILE THEY SHARE ALL THE

IMPORTANT STUFF,

THE SIERRA DOES GET ITS OWN

DECIDEDLY MORE MACHO LOOKING

FACE.

DETAILS INCLUDE NEW REAR BUMPER

CORNER STEPS, EZ LIFT TAILGATE,

AND INLAID DOORS FOR THE

QUIETEST PICKUP ON THE MARKET.

IN JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS

THE TOYOTA TUNDRA HAS MADE A LOT

OF NOISE IN THE FULL-SIZE TRUCK

MARKET AND THE REDESIGNED 2014

TUNDRA SHOULD KEEP THAT STREAK

GOING.

THE CHASSIS REMAINS THE SAME

AS DO POWERTRAINS, BUT THEY'RE

WRAPPED IN MORE PRO-GRADE

LOOKING CABS, HELPING TUNDRA

DISTANCE ITSELF FROM THE

SOFTER IMAGE OF BEFORE.

THE GRILLE IS TRULY MASSIVE,

WHICH IS THE WAY AMERICAN TRUCK

BUYERS PREFER THEM.

>> Ben: THE NEW TUNDRA IS LARGE

AND IN CHARGE, FOR SURE.

AND IT SHOULD DO A LOT TO BOOST

ITS IMAGE IN THE FULL SIZE TRUCK

RANKS.

>> John: CHRYSLER'S RAM TRUCK

BRAND WILL BE EVEN MORE FUEL

EFFICIENT WITH THE FIRST TURBO

DIESEL IN A LIGHT-DUTY PICKUP.

THE RAM 1500 WILL OFFER

A 3.0-LITER ECODIESEL V6,

THE SAME ONE AS FOUND IN THE

JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE, AND WHO

KNOWS, IT MIGHT JUST START

A TREND.

AND WHILE PICKUP TRUCKS ARE

DOING MORE AND MORE FAMILY DUTY,

A STEADY STREAM OF NEW

COMMERCIAL VANS ARE GIVING

WORKING MEN AND WOMEN A TRUE

ALTERNATIVE, BY PACKING A LOT

OF JOB FRIENDLY FEATURES INTO

EASY TO OPERATE PACKAGES.

ONCE AGAIN, IT'S RAM SETTING THE

TONE WITH THEIR NEW LINE OF

PROMASTER EURO-STYLE COMMERCIAL

VANS.

BUILT ON THE WELL-PROVEN FIAT

DUCATO PLATFORM,

THERE ARE A WIDE VARIETY OF

ENGINES AND BODIES AVAILABLE,

ONE TO SUIT ANY TASK.

FORD ALSO HAS THIS MARKET

CLEARLY IN ITS SIGHTS WITH A NEW

TRANSIT FULL-SIZE COMMERCIAL VAN

THAT WILL FINALLY REPLACE

THE VENERABLE E-SERIES VANS.

ALSO BASED ON A EUROPEAN DESIGN,

THE TRANSIT FEATURES FOUR MODELS

WITH THREE ROOF HEIGHTS,

AND AVAILABLE ECOBOOST POWER

TO HELP GET ANY JOB DONE

EFFICIENTLY.

FORD ALREADY SELLS THE SMALLER

TRANSIT CONNECT HERE,

BUT IT GETS UPDATED FOR 2014

WITH A SLEEKER DESIGN,

ECOBOOST POWER OF ITS OWN,

AND EVEN TWO PASSENGER FRIENDLY

WAGON MODELS.

JOINING THE TRANSIT CONNECT IN

THE SMALL COMMERCIAL VAN SEGMENT

IS THE NISSAN NV200.

THE NV200 OFFERS LOTS OF

PRACTICALITY IN A SMALL SPACE;

SO MUCH SO, THAT GM WILL ALSO

SELL A CHEVROLET VERSION.

BE PREPARED TO SEE MANY NISSAN

NV'S TACKLE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST

JOBS OF ALL,

AS THE OFFICIAL NEW YORK CITY

TAXI CAB.

SO, WHETHER YOU NEED A TRUCK

FOR WORK OR PLAY, OR BOTH,

IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE PLENTY

OF NEW 2014 OPTIONS TO HELP YOU

FINISH YOUR TO-DO LIST IN RECORD

TIME.

MORE ON THE CORVETTE STINGRAY

LATER ON

NEW CAR PREVIEW 2014.

THESE DAYS WHEN CUSTOMERS

SHOW UP AT A DEALER TO BUY A NEW

CAR, THEY COME PREPARED.

THEY'VE RESEARCHED THE INTERNET

AND OFTEN KNOW MORE ABOUT THE

CAR THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAN THE

SALES PERSON.

>> Joe: AND IF THINGS GO WELL,

A TEST DRIVE COMES NEXT.

BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE JUST

A FORMALITY, NOR A TRIP AROUND

THE BLOCK.

LET'S FIND OUT WHAT TO LOOK FOR

THAT FIRST TIME BEHIND THE

WHEEL.

>> Pat Goss: SOONER OR LATER,

WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BUY A

REPLACEMENT CAR.

NOW, WHETHER IT'S A NEW CAR OR

A USED CAR, WHETHER IT'S A TRUCK

OR A VAN, OR A PASSENGER CAR --

NO MATTER WHAT IT IS, ONE OF THE

MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU

HAVE TO DO IS A ROAD TEST.

AND BEFORE YOU DO THAT ROAD

TEST, YOU WANT TO DO A WALK

AROUND THE VEHICLE.

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR OBVIOUS

THINGS, LIKE PAINT OVERSPRAY

UNDER THE HOOD, AND VARIOUS

THINGS THAT ARE...WELL, THEY MAY

NOT BE POSITIONED RIGHT,

AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

ONCE YOU GET ALL OF THAT DONE,

IF THE CAR PASSES, IT'S TIME FOR

A ROAD TEST.

ONCE YOU'VE DONE YOUR WALK

AROUND, AND IF YOU FIND NO

PROBLEMS, GET IN THE CAR AND

START CHECKING THINGS FOR

COMFORT, THINGS LIKE THE SEAT

BELT...CAN YOU EASILY REACH IT?

CAN YOU BUCKLE IT EASILY?

AND DOES IT FIT PROPERLY?

THEN, LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THE

REAR VIEW MIRROR...CAN YOU

ADJUST IT?

IS THE VISIBILITY GOOD?

HOW ABOUT THE PEDALS?

CAN YOU GET THE SEAT IN A

POSITION WHERE YOU CAN EASILY

REACH THE PEDALS?

THE BIG THING IN HERE IS TO MAKE

SURE THAT ALL OF THE ERGONOMICS,

ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU USE

ON A DAILY BASIS, THE VISIBILITY

AND SO ON, THAT IT ALL MATCHES

YOU.

THEN, IF IT DOES, IT'S TIME FOR

A ROAD TEST.

ON YOUR ROAD TEST, YOU WANT TO

DRIVE UNDER AS MANY CONDITIONS

AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN THAT MIMIC

WHAT YOU DO IN YOUR NORMAL

DRIVING SITUATIONS.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WANT TO

DRIVE AT HIGHWAY IF THAT'S WHAT

YOU PRIMARILY DO.

BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO MIX;

YOU ALWAYS WANT TO DRIVE THE

VEHICLE AT LOW SPEEDS AS WELL AS

HIGH SPEEDS, YOU WANT SOME

SMOOTH ROADS, YOU WANT SOME

ROUGH ROADS.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT UNDER

JUST ABOUT ANY CONDITION THAT

YOU CAN FIND THAT THE CAR FEELS

GOOD TO YOU.

NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DON'T

WANT TO DO IS YOU DON'T WANT TO

GO ON ONE OF THOSE

PRE-PROGRAMMED COURSES THAT THE

SALESPERSON WANTS TO TAKE YOU

ON, MAKE UP YOUR OWN.

AND IF NEED BE, WHY, FIGURE OUT

A COURSE BEFORE YOU EVEN GO

TO THE DEALERSHIP.

NOW, ANOTHER THING THAT YOU WANT

IS THAT YOU WANT TO GO TO MAYBE

A PARKING GARAGE, WHERE YOU CAN

PARK NOSE IN AND BACK OUT.

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TIGHT PLACES.

ALSO, GO ONTO A SIDE STREET AND

PARALLEL PARK THE VEHICLE,

BECAUSE SOME CARS ARE MUCH

EASIER TO PARALLEL PARK THAN

OTHERS.

ALONG THROUGH ALL OF THIS, YOU

WANT TO MAKE SURE OF HOW THE CAR

FEELS, HOW IT ACCELERATES IN

TRAFFIC, HOW YOUR VISIBILITY IS.

HOW ALL OF THE ERGONOMICS OF THE

VEHICLE ARE, HOW THEY WORK OUT;

CAN YOU REACH EVERYTHING?

CAN YOU SEE EVERYTHING?

ARE THE SEATS COMFORTABLE?

DO THE VARIOUS CONTROLS WORK

SMOOTHLY AND SO ON?

AND REMEMBER ONE THING, THERE

ARE LOTS OF CARS - NEW CARS,

USED CARS, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY

DIFFERENCE - THERE ARE LOTS OF

THEM OUT THERE, SO IF THIS IS

NOT THE CAR FOR YOU,

WELL, DON'T SETTLE.

>> Joe: EARLIER IN THE SHOW WE

TOOK A QUICK LOOK AT THE ALL-NEW

7TH GENERATION CHEVROLET

CORVETTE.

BUT CORVETTE IS SUCH AN AMERICAN

ICON THAT WE WANTED TO SPEND A

LITTLE MORE TIME LEARNING WHAT

THIS NEW TWO-SEATER IS ALL

ABOUT.

>> John: ABSOLUTELY, JOE!

AMERICA'S ORIGINAL WORLD CLASS

SPORTS CAR IS NOT ONLY ALL NEW,

BUT IT'S INNOVATIVE, AND SETS

THE TONE FOR THE ENTIRE

DOMESTIC AUTO INDUSTRY.

SO LET'S TAKE AN IN-DEPTH LOOK

AT THE 2014 STINGRAY.

MORE THAN ANY OTHER CAR,

THE CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY

EMBODIES AMERICAN MUSCLE...

BOLD, BRASH, AND UNAPOLOGETIC

IN ITS MISSION TO PROVIDE THE

MOST PERFORMANCE FOR THE LEAST

AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND WHILE THE DESIGN IS CLEARLY

EVOLUTIONARY, THE NEW STINGRAY

COUPE AND CONVERTIBLE HAVE

ACQUIRED A NASTY STREAK.

SLIGHTLY LONGER AND WIDER THAN

BEFORE, A NEW ALUMINUM FRAME

WITH CARBON FIBER FOR THE HOOD

AND THE COUPE'S ROOF PANEL

HELP KEEP WEIGHT GAIN TO A

MINIMUM.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS

BEAUTIFUL BEAST, THERE'S MUCH

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!

YOU KNOW, JOE, THE THING I LIKE

BEST ABOUT THE NEW STINGRAY

IS THAT IT'S NOT ONLY A GREAT

LOOKING SPORTS CAR,

IT'S BEEN DESIGNED TO DRIVE LIKE

A GREAT SPORTS CAR.

I MEAN, EVERYTHING FROM THE LOW

WEIGHT CHASSIS, TO THE 4-PISTON

BREMBO BRAKES AT EACH CORNER,

AND EVEN THE BRAKE COOLING

VENTS, THEY'RE REAL, NOT SOME

STYLING ADD ON.

>> Joe: EXACTLY, THINGS ARE

FUNCTIONAL.

THE VENT IN THE HOOD ALSO

EXTRACTS HEAT, MINIMIZES LIFT

IN THE FRONT.

THERE ARE VENTS BACK HERE

FOR THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION,

WHICH IS IN THE REAR, AND IT IS

A 7-SPEED MANUAL.

SIX NICE TIGHT RATIOS FOR YOU

TO DRIVE WITH AND THAT 7TH

EFFICIENT ONE FOR HIGHWAY

CRUISING.

>> John: AND AUTOMATIC

REV-MATCHING.

WE DON'T SEE THAT ON A LOT

OF CARS AND THIS ONE'S VERY

CONVENIENT TO USE WITH THE

PADDLE SHIFTERS.

>> Joe: YEAH. AND ONE THING THEY

REALLY NEEDED TO DO WAS IMPROVE

THE INTERIOR QUALITY TO MAKE

IT MATCH THE QUALITY OF THE

DRIVING EXPERIENCE AND THE

EXTERIOR, AND THEY DID IT,

WITH THE BETTER LEATHER AND

INOFFENSIVE PLASTICS,

REALLY MUCH BETTER.

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE TAIL

LIGHTS, PLEASE?

>> John: IT'S THE ONE

CONTROVERSY.

>> Joe: YEAH, SOME PEOPLE DON'T

LIKE THE TAIL LIGHTS BECAUSE

THEY AREN'T ROUND -- CORVETTES

HAVE HAD ROUND TAIL LIGHTS.

I SAY THEY LOOK GREAT ON THIS

CAR.

ICONS HAVE TO EVOLVE, TOO.

>> John: AND I AGREE WITH YOU

100%.

WELL, NO MATTER THE SHAPE OF

THE TAIL LIGHTS, IT WOULDN'T

BE A 'VETTE WITHOUT SMALL BLOCK

V8 POWER, AND HERE THE NEW

STINGRAY CERTAINLY DOESN'T

DISAPPOINT.

THIS 6.2-LITER NEXT GEN LT1

CRANKS OUT 455 HORSEPOWER AND

460 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE

STANDARD.

ADD THE PERFORMANCE EXHAUST AND

YOU TACK FIVE ON TO BOTH

NUMBERS, GOOD FOR A 0 TO 60 ROMP

OF JUST 3.8 SECONDS.

THE CAM MAY STILL BE IN THE

BLOCK, BUT DIRECT INJECTION,

VARIABLE VALVE TIMING,

AND ACTIVE FUEL MANAGEMENT ADD

SOME FUEL ECONOMY ICING TO YOUR

HIGH PERFORMANCE CAKE;

NEARLY 30 MPGs HIGHWAY.

PRICING HAS ALWAYS SET THE

CORVETTE APART FROM RIVALS,

AND IT STILL DOES, WITH A BASE

WINDOW STICKER OF JUST $51,995.

AND AN EVEN BIGGER BARGAIN

IS THE $2,800 Z51 PERFORMANCE

PACKAGE, WITH DRY SUMP OILING,

PERFORMANCE RATIOS,

A TRANSMISSION COOLER,

ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP

DIFFERENTIAL,

45MM MONO-TUBE SHOCKS WITH

AVAILABLE MAGNETIC RIDE CONTROL,

UPGRADED BRAKE ROTORS AND

COOLING,

AND FORGED ALUMINUM WHEELS;

19s UP FRONT, 20s IN THE REAR.

IT'S THE MOST POWERFUL STANDARD

'VETTE YET,

GETS BETTER FUEL ECONOMY THAN

EVER BEFORE,

AND FINALLY A WORLD CLASS

INTERIOR TO MATCH ITS WORLD

CLASS PERFORMANCE.

CONSIDER US STUNG!

IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER

WHAT CLASS OR SIZE OF VEHICLE

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE DAYS,

FOR CONSUMERS, IT'S ALL ABOUT

THE MPGs.

>> Joe: LOTS OF PROGRESS HAS

BEEN MADE IN THE PAST FEW YEARS

WITH HYBRID AND PLUG-IN

VEHICLES, AND THEY ARE CERTAINLY

NO LONGER A RARITY ON THE

STREET.

BUT THERE IS STILL MUCH MORE

EFFICIENCY TO BE HAD.

>> John: SO LET'S SEE WHAT

SHADE GREEN MOTORING TAKES

FOR 2014.

>> Joe: WHILE THEY DON'T BOAST

THE BIGGEST NUMBERS WHEN IT

COMES TO OUTRIGHT FUEL ECONOMY,

SOME OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL FUEL

ECONOMY GAINS ARE MADE IN

FAMILY-SIZED UTILITIES.

CASE IN POINT, THE NISSAN

PATHFINDER HYBRID.

IT COMBINES A 2.5-LITER

SUPERCHARGED INLINE-4 ENGINE

WITH A 15KW ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR

26 MILES-PER-GALLON COMBINED

CITY-HIGHWAY FUEL ECONOMY,

WHILE STILL BEING ABLE TO TOW

3,500 POUNDS.

>> Greg: THE ADDITIONAL FUEL

ECONOMY IS DEFINITELY A PLUS,

BUT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE NOT

SACRIFICING ANY INTERIOR SPACE

IS THE REAL BONUS.

>> Joe: THAT POWERTRAIN ALSO

FINDS ITS WAY INTO THE NEW

INFINITI QX60 HYBRID,

MAKING IT THE FUEL ECONOMY

LEADER IN 3-ROW LUXURY

CROSSOVERS.

AS PART OF INFINITI'S NEW NAMING

STRATEGY, THE QX REPLACES

THE HIGH-STYLE JX LAUNCHED JUST

LAST YEAR.

AND MUCH LIKE THE PATHFINDER,

ITS NEWLY ACQUIRED FUEL ECONOMY

BONUS WILL COME WITHOUT ANY

COMPROMISE TO FUNCTIONALITY

OR LUXURY.

SPEAKING OF LUXURY, GM IS

EXPANDING THEIR EXTENDED-RANGE

EV PLATFORM WITH THE PLUG-IN

TREATMENT BEING APPLIED TO

THE CADILLAC ELR COUPE.

BASED ON THE CHEVROLET VOLT,

THE ELR'S ELECTRIC RANGE

IS ABOUT 35 MILES BEFORE

A 1.4-LITER INLINE-4 ENGINE

KICKS ON TO TAKE YOU CLOSE TO

300 MILES FARTHER BEFORE YOU

NEED TO PLUG-IN OR REFUEL.

SPORTY TWO-DOOR STYLING AND

CADILLAC LUXURY MEANS THIS

ENERGY EFFICIENT HIGH ENDER

IS NOT JUST FOR HYPER-MILERS.

2014 SEES SUBARU'S FIRST HYBRID

EVER; THE XV CROSSTREK HYBRID.

THIS ROUGH-AND-READY

LIGHT-HYBRID CROSSOVER PAIRS

A 148-HORSEPOWER, 2.0-LITER

BOXER-4 ENGINE WITH A

13-HORSEPOWER ELECTRIC MOTOR

TO BOOST FUEL ECONOMY TO 31

MILES-PER-GALLON COMBINED.

AND KEEPING WITH SUBARU'S

"GO ANYWHERE WAGON" TRADITION,

ALL-WHEEL DRIVE IS STANDARD,

MAKING THE XV CROSSTREK HYBRID

THE MOST FUEL EFFICIENT OF ALL

4X4 HYBRIDS.

WHILE HONDA CURRENTLY HAS A

PLUG-IN ACCORD AVAILABLE IN

LIMITED MARKETS,

2014 SEES THE RETURN OF THE

ACCORD HYBRID TO THE LINEUP,

AND IS THE FIRST HONDA HYBRID

TO BE ASSEMBLED IN THE U.S.

AS FOR A HYBRID THAT GOES WAY

ABOVE AND BEYOND,

THERE'S THE VOLKSWAGEN XL1.

THE TWO-SEAT XL1 IS A

TWO-CYLINDER DIESEL PLUG-IN

HYBRID CAPABLE OF 200

MILES-PER-GALLON, THANKS TO A

ULTRA-LIGHT CARBON FIBER CHASSIS

AND THE MOST AERODYNAMIC BODY

EVER ON A PRODUCTION CAR.

WHILE VW HAS YET TO CONFIRM THAT

THE XL1 WILL BE SOLD IN NORTH

AMERICA, ONE CAN ONLY HOPE.

ALWAYS THE UNDERDOG,

DIESEL GETS A NEW BOOST FROM

AUDI.

WITH THE Q5, A6, AND A7

ALL ADDING THE TDI TREATMENT.

SO THERE'S PLENTY OF TORQUE

TO GO AROUND FOR 2014.

AS FOR NEW, ALL-ELECTRIC

VEHICLES, CHEVROLET GOES SMALL

WITH THE SPARK EV.

WITH A RANGE OF MORE THAN

80 MILES, THE LITHIUM-ION

POWERED SPARK EV'S 119-MPGE

COMBINED RATING MAKES IT THE

MOST EFFICIENT CONSUMER ELECTRIC

CAR.

BOTH THE 5-DOOR EXTERIOR AND

4-PLACE INTERIOR ARE VERY

SIMILAR TO THE NORMAL

GAS-POWERED SPARK.

BUT THE BEST NEWS IS A PRICE

JUST UNDER $20,000 AFTER TAX

CREDITS OR AN ULTRA-CHEAP LEASE.

>> Kelsey Mays: CHEVY SAYS WITH

THE GOVERNMENT FEDERAL TAX

CREDIT, THE SPARK EV STARTS AT

UNDER $20,000. VERY AFFORDABLE

FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

>> Joe: BMW JOINS THE EV PARTY

WITH THE I3.

AND THOUGH THE LOOK IS

A DEPARTURE FOR THE BRAND,

THE INTERIOR QUALITY IS STILL

HERE IN SPADES.

AN 80 TO 100 MILE CRUISING RANGE

ONLY SWEETENS THE PIE.

TESLA IS ON QUITE A ROLL WITH

THEIR MODEL S ALL-ELECTRIC

LUXURY SPORT SEDAN STRUGGLING

TO MEET DEMAND FOR THEIR HIGH

MILEAGE, HIGH PERFORMER.

AND THEY SHOULD KEEP THAT

MOMENTUM FULLY CHARGED WITH

THE NEW MODEL X CROSSOVER.

IT SPORTS THREE ROWS

OF VERSATILE SEATING,

OPTIONAL ALL-WHEEL DRIVE

FOR ALL-WEATHER PRACTICALITY,

AND AN AVAILABLE 85kWh BATTERY

PACK FOR 0 TO 60s IN UNDER

FIVE SECONDS.

WITH HYBRIDS, PLUG-INS,

AND FULL EVs, PLUS DIESEL AND

ALT-FUEL CHOICES,

THERE ARE MORE OPTIONS THAN EVER

FOR MAXIMIZING EFFICIENCY,

AND A LOT TO LOOK AT FOR 2014

WHEN IT COMES TO CARS THAT GO

THE EXTRA MILE.

STAY TUNED FOR SAFETY FIRST

BY DESIGN

ON NEW CAR PREVIEW 2014 .

THERE'S BEEN QUITE A

TRANSFORMATION AMONG SMALL CARS

IN RECENT YEARS.

THE MAJORITY OF ENTRANTS CAN

NO LONGER BE VIEWED AS BORING,

CHEAP TRANSPORTATION.

>> John: THAT'S FOR SURE, JOE.

TODAY'S COMPACTS, SUBCOMPACTS,

AND MINI-CARS NOT ONLY OVER

DELIVER ON TECHNOLOGY,

THEY PROVIDE IMPRESSIVE FUEL

ECONOMY, CONFIDENT RIDE,

AND HANDLING, WITH BETTER

MATERIALS INSIDE, AND MORE

EYE CATCHING SHEET METAL

OUTSIDE.

IF THERE'S ONE SMALL CAR

THAT HAS BEEN THE EMBODIMENT

OF "BORING AT ITS BEST,"

IT'S THE TOYOTA COROLLA.

DESPITE THE LACK OF VISUAL

AND DRIVING DYNAMICS,

SALES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HUGE

AS THE COMPACT COROLLA REMAINS

THE NUMBER ONE SELLING NAMEPLATE

OF ALL TIME.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE 2014

REDESIGN WILL FINALLY BE "MOVING

FORWARD" BY BRINGING SOME

EXCITEMENT TO THE NAMEPLATE,

THANKS TO A SERIOUSLY SHARPER

EXTERIOR DESIGN AND A MORE

ENGAGING DRIVING EXPERIENCE

TO MATCH.

MAZDA'S MAZDA3 HAS ALWAYS BEEN

KNOWN FOR ITS FUN TO DRIVE

NATURE, AND THE ZOOM-ZOOM SPIRIT

CONTINUES IN AN ALL-NEW 3RD

GENERATION OF ITS BEST SELLING

VEHICLE.

OF COURSE, IT GETS THE FULL

SKYACTIV TREATMENT FOR INCREASED

FUEL ECONOMY,

BUT IT ALSO GETS MORE ROOM

INSIDE FOR ADDED COMFORT.

WHILE THE KIA BRAND HAS BEEN

VERY SUCCESSFUL IN SPICING UP

MOST OF THEIR LINEUP IN RECENT

YEARS, THEIR COMPACT FORTE

HASN'T QUITE GOTTEN WITH THE

PROGRAM...UNTIL NOW.

LOOK FOR THE 2014 FORTE TO MAKE

SOME SEVERE HEADWAY INTO THIS

SEGMENT WITH A 3-PRONG

REDESIGN THAT INCLUDES A 4-DOOR

SEDAN, 5-DOOR HATCHBACK,

AND A 2-DOOR "KOUP" WITH A K.

EACH EURO-STYLED FORTE IS PACKED

WITH PREMIUM FEATURES FOR A NOT

SO PREMIUM PRICE.

>> Patrick: THE FORTE IS IN

A REALLY TOUGH CATEGORY,

BUT KIA HAS MADE IT MORE THAN

COMPETITIVE.

>> John: ANOTHER SMALL CAR

OF NOTE IS AN ALL-NEW ONE,

THE NISSAN VERSA NOTE.

THIS STYLISH SUBCOMPACT IS

SINGING A WHOLE NEW TUNE AS IT

DELIVERS A TON OF TECHNOLOGY,

AS WELL AS CLASS LEADING

INTERIOR ROOM TO REV-UP

THE 5-DOOR SUBCOMPACT MARKET.

ANOTHER CAR THAT LOOKS TO BE

A REAL PARTY ON WHEELS IS THE

2014 FORD FIESTA ST.

IN TRUE EURO-STYLE FASHION,

THE SUBCOMPACT FIESTA ST WILL BE

AVAILABLE AS A 5-DOOR HATCHBACK

ONLY.

LOOK FOR ITS 1.6-LITER ECOBOOST

I4 TO CRANK OUT ALMOST

200-HORSEPOWER.

ALL OF THE NECESSARY GO FAST

STYLING GOODIES WILL BE PRESENT;

FROM THE LARGE AIR INTAKES UP

FRONT, TO THE BIG WIND

MANIPULATING SPOILER IN BACK,

BRINGING A LITTLE "FAST AND

FURIOUS" TO YOUR DAILY COMMUTE.

MORE PROOF THAT U.S. BRANDS

NO LONGER LAG FAR BEHIND

THE IMPORTS WHEN IT COMES TO

SMALL CARS IS THE CHEVROLET

CRUZE COMPACT SEDAN.

AFTER SETTING A FAST SALES PACE

FOLLOWING ITS 2011 DEBUT HERE,

THIS 2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE CLEAN

DIESEL IS BOUND TO CATCH ANOTHER

WAVE.

POWERED BY A 2.0-LITER

TURBO-DIESEL THAT DELIVERS OVER

40 MILES-PER-GALLON HIGHWAY,

THERE IS FINALLY AN AMERICAN

ALTERNATIVE TO THE VOLKSWAGEN

JETTA TDI.

CUTE GOES MAINSTREAM WITH THE

LAUNCH OF THE 2014 FIAT 500L.

IT MAY LOOK FAMILIAR, BUT THIS

CINQUECENTO IS 26-INCHES LONGER

AND SIX INCHES TALLER THAN

THE FIAT 500.

THAT MAKES FOR ALMOST DOUBLE

THE SIZE INSIDE,

ENOUGH INTERIOR VOLUME TO BUMP

THE MINI CAR 500 TO THE

GOVERNMENT'S LARGE CAR STATUS.

>> Ben: IT'S STILL A FUN CAR

TO DRIVE, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS

TWO MORE DOORS, AND IT MAKES

A COOL PERSONAL STATEMENT.

AND YOU CAN BRING YOUR KIDS

ALONG, TOO.

>> John: MITSUBISHI CONTINUES

THE BRAND'S SLOW BUT STEADY

COMEBACK IN AMERICA AS IT

RE-ENTERS THE SUBCOMPACT CAR

RANKS WITH THIS ALL-NEW MIRAGE.

AND THOUGH IT'S NOT STRIKING TO

LOOK AT, IT OFFERS OUTSTANDING

FUEL ECONOMY STARTING AT A

WELL-EQUIPPED BARGAIN PRICE

OF $14,000.

TODAY'S SMALL CARS DO INDEED

DELIVER.

WHETHER ITS HIGH FUEL ECONOMY OR

HIGH STYLE, YOU'LL FIND PLENTY

TO CHOOSE FROM IN THE COMING

YEAR.

CAR BUYERS ARE RESEARCHING

THEIR PURCHASES MORE THOROUGHLY

THAN EVER, THANKS TO INTERNET

SITES LIKE YOURS, JOE.

AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

FACTORS TO BE WEIGHED WHEN

CHOOSING A CAR IS HOW WELL IT

PROTECTS OCCUPANTS IN A CRASH.

>> Joe: UNTIL THE CRASH-PROOF

CAR IS PERFECTED,

CARS NEED TO BE DESIGNED TO

PROTECT THEIR OCCUPANTS IN ALL

SORTS OF ACCIDENTS.

>> John: AND THE INSURANCE

INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY

IS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR

THE ADVANCED LEVEL OF

CRASHWORTHINESS FOR CARS SOLD

IN AMERICA TODAY.

>> Joe: YOU KNOW, MANY OF

THOSE ALL-IMPORTANT SAFETY

RATINGS ARE DETERMINED RIGHT

INSIDE THIS BUILDING WHERE

THE INSTITUTE CONDUCTS ITS CRASH

TESTING PROGRAM.

>> Adrian Lund: THE INSURANCE

INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY

IS FUNDED ENTIRELY BY U.S.

INSURERS.

THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE

THE DEATHS, THE INJURIES,

AND THE PROPERTY DAMAGE THAT

OCCUR IN MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES

ON OUR NATION'S ROADS.

>> Joe: FOR MANY YEARS,

THE PRIMARY FRONTAL CRASH THAT

THE INSTITUTE PERFORMED WAS

A FRONTAL OFFSET, WHERE CLOSE

TO HALF OF THE FRONT OF THE TEST

CAR WOULD STRIKE A DEFORMABLE

BARRIER.

THAT WORKED FOR A WHILE,

NOW YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING

CALLED A SMALL OVERLAP TEST.

WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?

>> Adrian: WHAT WE DISCOVERED

IS THAT VEHICLES WERE DOING WELL

IN OUR MODERATE OVERLAP CRASH

TEST.

YET, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE REAL

WORLD DATA, WE SAW THAT WE STILL

HAD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BEING

SERIOUSLY INJURED AND KILLED

IN FRONTAL CRASHES.

>> Joe: THIS VEHICLE WAS IN

THE SMALL OVERLAP TEST.

CAN YOU SHOW US WHAT THE RESULTS

ARE HERE AND HOW IT MIGHT DIFFER

FROM THE MODERATE OVERLAP?

>> Adrian: WHAT YOU CAN SEE

IS THAT IN THIS CRASH TEST,

THE FENDER AS BEEN SCRAPED OFF

HERE, THE WHEEL IS LYING DOWN

HERE.

IT WAS DRIVEN BACK INTO

THE HINGE PILLAR OF THE DOOR.

NOW, THE IMPORTANT THING,

AND WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THE

SMALL OVERLAP, IS YOU SEE THIS

VERY STIFF STRUCTURE THAT'S

LONGITUDINAL IN THE VEHICLE

IS UNDAMAGED.

THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN ENERGY

ABSORBING STRUCTURES DESIGNED TO

PROTECT YOU IN A FRONTAL CRASH,

BUT IT'S BEEN COMPLETELY

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BYPASSED HERE.

>> Joe: NOW, I NOTICE IT DOESN'T

LOOK LIKE THE SIDE AIRBAGS WENT

OFF IN THIS CAR.

IT HAS TORSO AIRBAGS AND

CURTAINS, BUT THEY DIDN'T

DEPLOY.

>> Adrian: NOTICE HOW THIS

WINDSHIELD PILLAR HAS BEEN

PUSHED BACK INTO THE OCCUPANT

COMPARTMENT.

IF YOU HAD A CURTAIN AIRBAG

THAT STAYED IN PLACE TO KEEP

THE OCCUPANT OFF OF THAT,

THAT WOULD HELP PROTECT YOU,

EVEN WITH -- AT LEAST YOUR HEAD,

EVEN WITH THIS AMOUNT

OF INTRUSION.

NOW, ON TOP OF THAT,

WHAT YOU SEE HERE IN THIS TEST

IS THAT THE STEERING WHEEL HAS

BEEN PUSHED INBOARD SUCH THAT

THE DUMMY IN OUR TEST BARELY

INTERACTS WITH THAT.

SO, THAT AIRBAG IS SUPPOSED

TO ABSORB YOUR BODY'S ENERGY

IN THE CRASH.

>> Joe: BUT THE INSTITUTE'S WORK

GOES BEYOND JUST CRASH TESTING

ENTIRE VEHICLES.

MAJOR COMPONENTS THAT AFFECT

OCCUPANT SAFETY ALSO GET

A CRITICAL REVIEW.

THE INSTITUTE'S REAR TEST

IS NOT A CRASH TEST SO MUCH

AS A SEAT TEST, CORRECT?

>> Adrian: THAT'S RIGHT.

IN THIS LAB HERE WE, JUST MOUNT

THE SEAT ON A SLED,

AND THEN WE ACCELERATE THE SEAT

WITH A DUMMY IN IT TO MIMIC

A RELATIVELY LOW TO MODERATE

SPEED REAR CRASH TEST.

WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO SEE HOW

WELL THE SEAT PROTECTS YOU FROM

WHIPLASH INJURY.

>> Joe: WHIPLASH IS THE RISK

IN A REAR END LOW SPEED?

>> Adrian: RIGHT.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NOT AN

IMPORTANT ISSUE,

BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT,

THE PIECE OF SAFETY EQUIPMENT

YOU'RE MOST LIKELY TO USE IN

YOUR CAR IS GOING TO BE THAT

HEAD RESTRAINT, BECAUSE PEOPLE

ARE ALWAYS RUNNING INTO EACH

OTHER IN, YOU KNOW, BUMPER

TO BUMPER TRAFFIC.

>> Joe: AND IN THIS CASE,

A MANUFACTURER CAN MAKE A CHANGE

PRETTY EASILY JUST BY CHANGING

THE SEAT.

DETERMINING IF THE WHOLE CAR

IS AS SAFE AS IT CAN BE IS

NOT EASY.

THAT'S WHY IIHS CRASH TESTS

ARE SO IMPORTANT.

CAN A CONSUMER LOOK AT IT AND

SAY, "WELL, IT HAS A LOT OF

AIRBAGS, THAT'LL INSURE

CRASHWORTHINESS."

DO WE KNOW JUST BY SAYING,

WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF

AIRBAGS, THAT'S BETTER THAN NOT?

>> Adrian: ALL THE AIRBAGS IN

THE WORLD DON'T HELP YOU IF THE

FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SIMPLY ENDS

UP IN YOUR LAP, IN THE

OCCUPANT'S LAP.

>> Joe: AND THAT'S SOMETHING

THAT ONLY THE ACTUAL DYNAMIC

CRASH TESTING CAN TELL YOU?

>> Adrian: ONLY DYNAMIC CRASH

TESTING CAN TELL YOU HOW THAT

VEHICLE IS GOING TO PERFORM

IN A REAL CRASH.

LATER IN THE SHOW,

WHAT'S NEW IN EXOTICS

ON NEW CAR PREVIEW 2014.

>> John: EARLIER IN OUR LOOK

AT SMALL CARS WE TOLD YOU ABOUT

THE REDESIGNED TOYOTA COROLLA

AND ITS MISSION TO BRING SOME

REAL EXCITEMENT TO THE SEGMENT,

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO THE

COROLLA NAME.

>> Joe: THAT'S NOT AN EASY TASK

FOR A PERENNIAL BIG SELLER THAT

HAS TO PLEASE SO MANY DIFFERENT

TYPES OF BUYERS.

SO, LET'S TAKE A MORE IN-DEPTH

LOOK AT THE ALL-NEW COROLLA

AND SEE IF IT SUCCEEDS.

BASED ON THE COROLLA'S LONG TIME

SUCCESS, A MORE DYNAMIC DESIGN

MAY NOT BE NECESSARY IN ORDER

FOR THE 11TH GENERATION TOYOTA

COROLLA TO BE A SUCCESS,

BUT IT SURE WON'T HURT.

JOHN, TO BE FRANK, THE COROLLA

IS A MODEL THAT HAS NEEDED

A REDESIGN FOR A LONG TIME.

>> John: BOY, YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT

THAT!

>> Joe: AND REDESIGNED IT IS.

STARTING WITH THE STYLING,

MUCH MORE MODERN.

THE PREVIOUS VERSION WAS VERY

CONSERVATIVE.

AND THE LED HEADLIGHTS, WHICH

ARE STANDARD, THAT'S MODERN,

AND IT IS REALLY REMARKABLE AT

A LOW PRICE LIKE THE COROLLA'S.

>> John: I'M REALLY AMAZED THAT

TOYOTA WAS ABLE TO STAY SO CLOSE

TO THEIR FURIA AUTO SHOW CONCEPT

RIGHT DOWN TO THE DEEP GRILLE

AND THE FLARED OUT LOWER FASCIA.

IT GIVES THE CAR A VERY SPORTY

LOOK.

AND THEY'VE EVEN PUT SOME OF

THAT IN THE POWERTRAIN BECAUSE

THEY'VE PUT A CVT TRANSMISSION

INTO THIS CAR, BUT IT'S NOT JUST

ANY CVT.

>> Joe: IT FEELS SPORTIER

BECAUSE THEY'VE BUILT IN THE

SHIFT POINTS, SO IT FEELS LIKE

A NORMAL STEP GEAR TRANSMISSION,

BUT IT STILL HAS THE EFFICIENCY

PEOPLE HAVE COME TO EXPECT FROM

A CVT.

>> John: AND THE INTERIOR

IS ANOTHER MAJOR MAKEOVER.

>> Joe: YEAH, THEY'VE IMPROVED

THAT A LOT TOO.

THE MATERIALS ARE BETTER.

IT'S WAY, WAY MORE COMPETITIVE.

>> John: MORE ROOM IN THE BACK

SEAT?

>> Joe: YEAH.

FOUR INCHES MORE WHEELBASE AND A

THINNER FRONT SEAT BACKREST HAVE

DEFINITELY MADE THE LEGROOM

COMPETITIVE WHERE IT HADN'T

BEEN.

>> John: AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE

INSTRUMENT PANEL I DON'T SEE

COMPACT CAR, I SEE FLAGSHIP

AVALON WITH THE PIANO BLACK.

IT'S REALLY GREAT LOOKING.

>> Joe: YEAH, THEY AIMED HIGH

AND YOU CAN SEE IT.

WHILE THEY DIDN'T AIM QUITE AS

HIGH UNDER THE HOOD,

TWO 1.8-LITER INLINE-4 ENGINES

POWER THE NEW COROLLA;

WITH ECO MODELS GETTING NEW

VALVEMATIC VARIABLE TIMING THAT

INCREASES HORSEPOWER TO 140,

AND DELIVERS OVER 40 MILES-PER-

GALLON ON THE HIGHWAY.

WITH ALL OF THE IMPRESSIVE

UPDATES, YOU HAVE TO EXPECT

A SLIGHT INCREASE IN PRICE OVER

LAST YEAR, WITH THE COROLLA

NOW STARTING AT $17,610.

COROLLA ECO MODELS WILL START AT

$19,510.

SO, IT CERTAINLY APPEARS THAT

THE 2014 TOYOTA COROLLA

TRANSFORMATION IS A SUCCESS.

NOW BUYERS WILL NOT ONLY GET

THE GREAT RELIABILITY THAT THE

COROLLA HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN

FOR, BUT NOW THEY'LL BE GETTING

ADDITIONAL COMFORT AND FEATURES

WRAPPED IN A MUCH MORE STYLISH

PACKAGE.

COROLLA SUCCESS INDEED.

>> Joe: WELL, JOHN, WE'VE LOOKED

AT JUST ABOUT EVERY TYPE OF

AUTOMOTIVE CATEGORY; SEDANS,

TRUCKS, UTILITIES, BUT WE'RE

NOT QUITE DONE YET, AS WE'VE

SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST.

>> John: YOU'RE RIGHT, JOE,

WE'VE FEATURED LOTS OF GREAT

HARDWARE ON OUR SHOW IN THIS

2014 REVIEW, BUT WHAT ABOUT

THOSE CARS THAT FEW PEOPLE GET

TO OWN, BUT JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY

DREAMS OF.

WE'RE TALKING THE EXOTICS!

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME

OF THE RAREST WHEELS HEADED

OUR WAY THIS YEAR.

ITALY'S FAMED MASERATI BRAND

HAS BIG PLANS FOR A BIG INCREASE

IN SALES NUMBERS,

AND THIS NEW GHIBLI FOUR-DOOR

IS CENTRAL TO THAT PLAN.

BASED ON A SHORTENED VERSION

OF THE QUATTROPORTE CHASSIS,

THE MID-SIZE GHIBLI WILL BE

THE NEW ENTRY-LEVEL MODEL,

STARTING AROUND $65,000.

THE QUATTROPORTE ITSELF IS

UPDATED FOR 2014, GOING LARGER,

AND ADDING A NEW S Q4 MODEL

THAT FEATURES A V6 ENGINE

AND ALL-WHEEL DRIVE.

OF COURSE EVERYONE THINKS OF

FERRARI WHEN IT COMES TO EXOTIC

CARS, AND THE "PRANCING HORSE"

DOES NOT DISAPPOINT THIS YEAR

WITH THE LIMITED PRODUCTION

LAFERRARI.

ONLY 499 OF THESE

950-HORSEPOWER, STREET LEGAL,

HAND BUILT, HYBRID-POWERED

ITALIAN MISSILES WILL BE

PRODUCED.

SO, IF YOU HAVEN'T PUT YOUR

ORDER IN ALREADY, GOOD LUCK

GETTING ONE.

>> Greg: SAY WHAT YOU WANT

ABOUT THE NAME, LA FERRARI

IS A SERIOUS MACHINE.

WITH 950-HORSEPOWER COMING FROM

THE HYBRID POWERTRAIN,

IT'S TOUGH TO ARGUE WITH THAT.

>> John: EVEN RARER IS THIS

MCLAREN P1, WITH JUST 375

EXAMPLES HITTING THE STREETS.

THIS LONG AWAITED SUCCESSOR

TO THE MCLAREN F1 ZIPS TO 60

IN LESS THAN THREE SECONDS,

THANKS TO A 903-HORSEPOWER

TWIN-TURBO V8 HYBRID ENGINE,

AND MAY JUST HELP MCLAREN TAKE

"POLE POSITION" IN THE SUPERCAR

WARS.

ON THE LUXURY SIDE OF EXOTICS,

WE FIND A NEW BENTLEY FLYING

SPUR.

ADDING UPDATES FROM THE LATEST

CONTINENTAL GT SPEED MEANS THAT

WEIGHT IS DOWN AND HORSEPOWER

IS UP TO 616, MAKING IT THE MOST

POWERFUL BENTLEY 4-DOOR EVER.

>> Kelsey: STYLING CUES NOW

FOLLOW BENTLEY'S MULSANNE SEDAN,

AND INSIDE, THE FLYING SPUR GETS

A NUMBER OF MULTIMEDIA UPDATES

WHICH SHOULD KEEP IT FRESH.

A BIG LEAP FORWARD FROM THE

PRIOR CAR.

>> John: THE ENTRY LEVEL BENTLEY

CONTINENTAL GT V8 EVEN GETS

A FEW UPGRADES, FRESHENING ITS

LOOK WHILE BUMPING HORSEPOWER

UP 21 TO 521 FOR THE S MODEL.

THE ROLLS-ROYCE BRAND OPERATES

IN THAT SAME RARE AIR AS BENTLEY

AND THEY HAVE NEW HARDWARE THIS

YEAR AS WELL.

IT'S CALLED THE WRAITH, AND IT

BOASTS ALL THE HALLMARKS OF

ROLLS-ROYCE PERFORMANCE AND

LUXURY: A V12 ENGINE WITH

624-HORSEPOWER, A GPS AIDED

TRANSMISSION, WHICH CAN SELECT

PROPER GEARING BASED ON THE

ROAD YOU'RE ABOUT TO DRIVE ON,

AND AN ON-CALL VALET.

ASTON MARTIN STANDS FOR SPORTY

BRITISH MOTORING AT ITS FINEST,

AND THE NEW VANQUISH IS THE

LATEST EXAMPLE.

AFTER A FIVE YEAR HIATUS,

THE VANQUISH IS BACK, AND ASTON

MARTIN CONSIDERS IT THEIR

GREATEST CAR YET.

WITH A NEW 12-CYLINDER ENGINE

AND A CARBON FIBER BODY DRIPPING

WITH SEX APPEAL, WHO ARE WE

TO ARGUE?

FOR SHEER FUN, IT LOOKS LIKE IT

WILL BE HARD TO MATCH THE 2014

ALFA ROMEO 4C.

YES, ALFA IS RETURNING TO THE

U.S. FOR REAL THIS TIME,

AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE A SPIN

IN THIS CARBON-FIBER TUBBED,

2,100 POUND CAYMAN FIGHTER.

WHILE IT'S TRUE YOU DON'T HAVE

TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY

TO HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF FUN IN

A CAR, IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO DROP

SOME "LARGE" ON ANY OF THESE

CARS, YOUR CHANCES OF HAVING

A SERIOUSLY GOOD TIME BEHIND

THE WHEEL ARE GUARANTEED.

>> Joe: WELL, THERE'S CERTAINLY

NO SHORTAGE OF NEW MODELS HEADED

OUR WAY FOR 2014, BUT WHAT ABOUT

FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD?

>> John: WELL, AS WE HEAD INTO

THE NEAR FUTURE IT'S A GIVEN

THAT CARS WILL BECOME MORE FUEL

EFFICIENT.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'LL

BE ANY LESS EXCITING.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME

OF THE VEHICLES HEADING YOUR WAY

FOR 2015 AND BEYOND.

AUDI HAS ANNOUNCED IT WILL JOIN

THE ONSLAUGHT OF SMALL PREMIUM

SEDANS HERE IN THE U.S.

WITH A 4-DOOR VERSION OF THE A3

AND S3 SUBCOMPACT.

IT WILL ARRIVE HERE IN THE

STATES AS A 2015 MODEL.

AND SHARING THE SAME MQB MODULAR

ARCHITECTURE WILL BE AN ALL-NEW

VOLKSWAGEN GOLF AND GTI,

INCLUDING THE FIRST GTI WITH

DIESEL POWER TO COME HERE TO THE

STATES, THE GTD.

>> Ben: GTI PERFORMANCE WITH

TDI FUEL ECONOMY, IT'S A

WINNING COMBINATION.

>> John: AND FOR A REAL DRIVING

THRILL, BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

THE GOLF R, PUSHING NEARLY 300

HORSEPOWER AND A SPORT-TUNED

EVERYTHING!

>> Joe: WHILE GM AND DODGE HAVE

MOST OF THE PICKUP TRUCK NEWS

FOR THIS YEAR, LOOK FOR THE

2015 MODEL YEAR TO BE OWNED BY

AN ALL-NEW FORD F150.

WILL THIS BEST SELLER LOOK LIKE

THIS RECENTLY SHOWN ATLAS

CONCEPT?

WELL, ONE CAN ONLY HOPE.

>> John: GM DOES LOOK TO RETAIN

ITS STRONGHOLD ON THE FULL SIZE

SUV SEGMENT, HOWEVER, WITH AN

ALL-NEW CHEVROLET TAHOE AND

SUBURBAN, AND GMC YUKON LINEUPS;

ALL DELIVERING MORE COMFORT,

REFINEMENT, AND EFFICIENCY.

>> Joe: VOLVO IS WOWING EVERYONE

WITH THIS CONCEPT COUPE.

WHILE THE NAME COULDN'T BE MORE

VAGUE, MANY ARE SAYING IT

FORETELLS THE RETURN OF THE

ICONIC P1800 OF THE 1960s AND

'70s.

RUMORED POWER IS AN INLINE

4-CYLINDER THAT'S BOTH TURBO

AND SUPERCHARGED AND MATED

TO AN ELECTRIC MOTOR.

>> John: AND WHILE IT'S BEEN

MAKING THE AUTO SHOW CIRCUIT

FOR A FEW YEARS NOW,

IT LOOKS LIKE THE RETURN OF THE

ORIGINAL JAPANESE SUPERCAR,

THE ACURA NSX, WILL FINALLY BE

A REALITY FOR 2015.

FEATURING SPORT HYBRID SUPER

HANDLING ALL-WHEEL DRIVE,

THE NEW NSX WILL RUN WITH

A COMBINATION OF V6 POWER

TO THE REAR WHEELS, AND ELECTRIC

MOTOR POWER TO THE FRONTS.

>> Patrick: WE'VE WAITED YEARS

FOR ACURA TO BRING BACK THEIR

SUPERCAR AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO

TEST OUT THE INNOVATIVE HYBRID

ALL-WHEEL DRIVE SYSTEM ON THE

NSX.

>> John: ALSO BOASTING HYBRID

POWER BASED AROUND A

608-HORSEPOWER V8 IS THE PORSCHE

918 SPYDER.

WHILE ONLY A LUCKY FEW WILL GET

TO OWN THIS AMAZING PIECE

OF ALL-WHEEL DRIVE NURBURGRING

BEATING PORSCHE HARDWARE,

LOOK FOR ITS HYBRID TECHNOLOGY

TO FILTER DOWN TO OTHER PORSCHES

IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

>> Joe: BENTLEY HAS BEEN GETTING

MORE SERIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO

PERFORMANCE, AND HAS BEEN

GETTING CARS ON TRACK TO PROMOTE

THAT FACT.

WELL, THE CONTINENTAL GT3 IS THE

LATEST, AND THERE SHOULD BE

A PRODUCTION VERSION TO FOLLOW

AS EARLY AS 2015.

>> John: LOOKING TO PUT A NEW

CHARGE IN THEIR PERFORMANCE

IMAGE, BMW HAS CLEARED FOR

PRODUCTION THEIR HIGH STYLED

PLUG-IN HYBRID SPORTS COUPE,

THE I8, AND A PHEV VERSION OF

THE 3RD GENERATION X5 SPORTS

ACTIVITY VEHICLE.

BOTH SLATED FOR A 2015 RELEASE.

>> Joe: BMW ALSO RECENTLY EVENED

OUT THEIR LINEUP WITH THE

4 SERIES COUPE, AND LOOKS TO GO

ALL OUT WITH AN M4 FOR 2015,

PACKING ALL OF THE PERFORMANCE

YOU'VE COME TO EXPECT FROM BMW'S

HIGH POWER MARQUE.

>> John: LOOKS LIKE FORD WILL

START THE NEXT PONY CAR WAR WITH

A NEW MUSTANG FOR 2015.

INSPIRED BY THE EVOS CONCEPT,

STYLING WILL BE MORE MODERN

THAN ITS RETRO CAMARO RIVAL.

STILL, THE MUSTANG WILL PACK

ENOUGH CLASSIC "GIDDY UP" POWER

TO PLEASE THE FAITHFUL.

>> Joe: WITH A FULL-SIZE LUXURY

CADENZA ON THE WAY, KIA IS

CERTAINLY LOOKING UP-MARKET,

BUT JUST HOW FAR?

MAYBE THIS QUORIS WILL GIVE US

AN INDICATION.

ARRIVING FOR 2015, THIS LUXURY

LINER WILL CERTAINLY TAKE

THE BRAND TO NEW HEIGHTS.

WILL BUYERS FOLLOW?

>> John: SMALL LUXURY UTILITIES

ARE THE HOT NEW SEGMENT,

AND MERCEDES-BENZ HOPES TO HAVE

ONE OF THE HOTTEST WITH THE GLA.

SLIDING BELOW THE GLK,

THIS A-CLASS BASED GLA WILL

SPORT 2-LITER TURBO POWER,

A 7-SPEED DUAL-CLUTCH

TRANSMISSION, AND 4MATIC

ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE FOR THE '15

MODEL YEAR.

>> Joe: AND POTENTIALLY ADDING

FUTURE FUEL TO THIS LUXURY

SEGMENT ARE DESIGN EXERCISES

FROM THREE OTHER PREMIUM BRANDS.

FIRST, FROM LEXUS, WHERE THEIR

LF-NX CONCEPT TAKES THE BRAND'S

"SPINDLE GRILLE" DESIGN LANGUAGE

TO AN EXTREME, AND IS RUMORED

TO FEATURE AN SUV TUNED HYBRID

POWERTRAIN.

JAGUAR TEASED THE C-X17,

THE BRAND'S FIRST EVER CROSSOVER

EFFORT, OFFERING GAS AND DIESEL

POWER, AND A HIGH-LUX INTERIOR.

>> John: AND THEN THERE IS AUDI,

WHO IS PROMOTING THIS RADICAL

NANUK QUATTRO CONCEPT,

SUGGESTING THEIR PLAN FOR A

LIGHTWEIGHT, V10 TURBO-DIESEL

CROSSOVER.

YES, PLEASE!

>> Joe: NISSAN ALSO HOPES TO

KEEP SPORTY UTILITY SALES

RESONATING, AND THIS RESONANCE

CONCEPT GIVES US A PEEK AT WHAT

THE NEXT-GEN MURANO WILL LOOK

LIKE.

>> John: ALL OF THESE CARS ARE

PROOF THAT NO MATTER HOW

EXCITING THIS YEAR'S CARS ARE,

THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING MORE

EXCITING JUST AROUND THE BEND.

>> Joe: WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT

PEEK AT WHAT'S AHEAD IN THE

AUTOMOTIVE FUTURE, AS WELL OUR

LOOK AT ALL OF THE CARS, TRUCKS,

AND UTILITIES THAT ARE NEW FOR

2014.

>> John: WE'VE CERTAINLY ENJOYED

BRINGING THEM ALL TO YOU.

JOE, IT'S BEEN A GREAT RIDE.

>> Joe: IT'S BEEN FUN, JOHN.

>> John: SO, FOR ALL OF US

AT MOTORWEEK AND CARS.COM,

THANKS FOR JOINING US

FOR NEW CAR PREVIEW 2014.

>> Announcer: FOR MORE

INFORMATION ON NEW CAR PREVIEW

2014 , VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT

NEWCARPREVIEW.ORG.

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I'm Mike Hanley with cars dot com we're
here at the Los Angeles Auto Show with
the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro
this car rise in spring 2009 it's going
to be available with both
v6 and v8 engines let me take if their
Chevrolets reincarnated muscle car
class got a very low and why look as
you're on the front you can see some the
details the car like this
thin strip read about the girl cover on
the side you can see it's
overall got a pretty clean look all the
way down the side towards the back
base commanders have the six powers 3.6
liter direct injection engine
the next three intercourse par but if
you step up to the SS trim level
like this model here you get a v8 engine
to make up to 422 horse for us quite a
bit of power in both engines
team with either a six-speed manual or
six-speed automatic transmission cares
and tear provides a lot of visual
interest this really unlike anything
else Chevrolet currently has in their
lineup
you can see it here from these red
leather seats to the center gauges
under the air conditioning controls to
the gauges themselves up in from the
steering wheel is just the
pretty unique looking cabin the Camaro
is now available for pre-ordering
you get a base model for about twenty
three thousand dollars
but the prices go all the way up to
about thirty four thousand dollars for
top-of-the-line
SS trim level in from what we've seen so
far it looks like the crows gonna be a
hot seller
for additional information on this car
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