HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US FOR GIANT-SIZE LUXURY THE MERCEDES BENZ G 550... PAT GOSS BRINGS MODERN TUNES LAUREN MORRISON TURNS BACK AND HYUNDAI TAKES AIM AT THE SO COME DRIVE WITH US, NEXT!

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STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT John: THE ORIGINAL JEEP WAS THAT FOUND WIDESPREAD POPULARITY THEN CAME THE HUM-VEE, GM'S HUMMER BRAND OF STILL, THE MERCEDES-BENZ STANDS APART.

NOW, IN PRODUCTION FOR ALMOST THE "GELANDEWAGON" HAS LONG BEHIND, AND BECOME THE PINNACLE * WHETHER, IT'S OUR OWN JEEP JAPAN'S LAND CRUISER, EVERY DEVELOPED COUNTRY SEEMS BUILT TO CONQUER BOTH ENEMY FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS IN GERMANY THE MERCEDES-BENZ G-WAGEN, THE G-CLASS.

AS HAS BEEN THE CASE MILITARY-INSPIRED UTEs, MORE AND MORE POPULAR, USER-FRIENDLY, COMFORT AND LUXURY.

BUT THEN, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, THAT THESE LEATHER-LINED RIGS JUST TROLLING COUNTRY CLUBS THE CARPOOL LANE.

THUS, THIS 2017 MERCEDES-BENZ G550 4X4 IT'S LARGE, IN CHARGE, EVERYTHING ON THE ROAD.

YET, DESPITE THE MASSIVE ROLLING AND HIGH CENTER OF GRAVITY; AND THERE'S VERY MINIMAL EVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.

OF COURSE, THERE'S NOT MUCH 22 INCH WHEELS WEARING 325/55 OVERALL, IT FEELS MORE TAME THAN MACHO OR OVERBEARING.

Voice: FIRE IT UP.

John: MOVING THIS BEHEMOTH TWIN-TURBO V8, AND 450 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

IT FEELS FANTASTICALLY POWERFUL, NATURE THAT THIS TRUCK WE LET IT LOOSE AT IN JUST 6.5 SECONDS.

FOR REFERENCE THAT'S OVER THE LAST HUMMER H2 WE TESTED.

THERE'S ENOUGH LOW END GRUNT 22s UP A BIT, TOO DIFFICULT TO GET AWAY PLENTY OF MID-RANGE BEEF WHILE THE 7G-TRONIC AUTOMATIC AND FIRMLY.

IT'S EASY TO FORGET YOU'RE AS THE QUARTER MILE FLIES BY AND 91 MILES PER HOUR.

PERHAPS MORE IMPRESSIVELY, 60 IN JUST 112 FEET.

PRETTY AMAZING, CONSIDERING 6,700 POUNDS.

BUT, ON TO WHAT THIS THING IS OFF ROAD SUPREMACY.

MERCEDES HAS TAKEN TO THE ULTIMATE EXTREME, NEW PORTAL AXLES.

THE QUICK AND DIRTY WAY OF FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T READ IS THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL INSTEAD OF BEING DIRECTLY ARE MOUNTED MUCH HIGHER, AND POWER GETS DOWN TO THE IT ALLOWS FOR A WHOPPING THAT'S ABOUT 10 INCHES ALL THREE DIFFERENTIALS AND WHILE THERE IS SOME IT'S NOTHING LIKE, HERE, YOU PRETTY MUCH TAKE AFTER TWO WEEKS OF BLASTING IN THIS BEAST, NERVOUS ABOUT TEARING UP BUT, IT SEEMED TO LAUGH OFF AROUND HERE.

OUR BIGGEST TEST COMPLAINTS COME AND COMFORT SUSPENSION AND THE AWKWARDLY LOW HANGING OBVIOUSLY DONE FOR COMPLIANCE ONCE YOU MANAGE THE EXTREMELY YOU'LL FIND NOTHING LACKING IN THIS BRUTE IS EVERY BIT WHETHER, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE-CONTROLLED SEATS, AND ONBOARD WI-FI.

THE BOXY BRONCO-ISH BODY WHILE, FENDER FLARES GET ALL OF THAT RUBBER.

AND YES, GOVERNMENT FUEL AS YOU EXPECT, 11-CITY, HEY, SOMEHOW, WE MANAGED TO EKE OUT ON PREMIUM.

THE ENERGY IMPACT SCORE IS ABOUT BURNING THROUGH 30 BARRELS OF AND EMITTING 13.7 TONS OF CO2.

BY FAR, THE WORSE NUMBERS ARE WHILE, YOU CAN GET INTO A BASE YOU'LL HAVE TO PONY UP AT LEAST OF COURSE, YOU COULD BUILD FOR HALF OF THAT, THE POINT OF THIS RIG SO, WHAT IS THE POINT OF SQUARED?

WELL, IT'S A WAY FOR TO SHOWCASE WHAT THE BRAND AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU GET TO ENJOY THEIR LABOR ON OR OFF ROAD, VEHICLES WE'VE EVER DRIVEN.

* A STOP AT MOST LITTLE OR NO CUSTOMER SERVICE; FILL UP, AND DRIVE OFF.

BUT IF LIKE ME, YOU MIGHT MEANT BEING GREETED BY WHO NOT ONLY DID THE FILL UP, AND EVEN WASHED THE WINDOWS.

WELL TODAY, ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, AND OUR FYI REPORTER JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM * Lauren Morrison: A 1954 HUDSON AND A FULL SERVICE GAS STATION.

YES, YOU'RE STILL IN BUT AT CHARLIE'S SERVICE STATION A PIECE OF THE PAST... Christopher Brocato: YES SIR, Lauren: ...MANAGES TO PUT Christopher: EVERYBODY IS IN HERE, THERE, HOME, WORK, Lauren: CHRIS BROCATO HAS BEEN AS LONG AS HE CAN REMEMBER.

HIS FATHER OPENED UP SHOP Christopher: IT WAS AN ESSO, AND THEN, EXXON PULLED OUT OF AND WE BECAME INDEPENDENT.

Lauren: WHEN HIS FATHER Christopher: YOU KNOW, I COULD RAISE MY FAMILY ON IT.

IT'S BEEN TOUGH, BUT SOMETIMES ITS BEEN GOOD.

Lauren: WITH THE YEARS, Christopher: I MEAN, VERY...YOU DON'T SEE VERY MUCH EVERYBODY'S CREDIT CARDS.

EVERYBODY LIVES OFF EIGHTEEN AND A QUARTER TODAY.

Lauren: WHETHER, FULL SERVICE SEEMS TO COME DOWN CHRIS, WHAT IS THE MOST RUNNING A FULL SERVICE CUSTOMER SERVICE, SO, IT'S NOT THE OUTFIT??

PROBABLY NOT.

I CAN PROBABLY GET OUT OF THIS?

IT'S PRETTY HOT.

Christopher: YES.

[LAUGHS] HERE, WE STILL TALK TO PEOPLE.

WE KNOW ABOUT THEIR FAMILIES, YOU JUST MOVE ON AND GROW WITH YOU KNOW THEM ALL.

YES DEAR, HOW ARE YOU?

WHAT THEIR LIVES ARE DOING, HOW THEIR KIDS ARE GROWING UP, MOVING ON.

Lauren: CHRIS' CUSTOMERS KNOW THAT "DOES IT KIND OF TAKE YOU Customer: YES!

(LAUGHING) Lauren: OR A TIME OUT, Stephanie Proukou: I LOVE IN THE MIDST OF A HECTIC DAY, THAT I KNOW WILL BE FULL OF APPOINTMENTS, AND THINGS I HAVE TO AND SOMEONE JUST TAKES CARE OF Lauren: THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT A NUMBER THAT'S BEEN ON WHILE, THERE ARE NO BREAKDOWNS EXCEPT FOR A FEW PLACES WHERE ON PUMPING YOUR OWN GAS, ON YOUR DAILY DRIVE THAT TO THE WAY SIDE.

Christopher: WHEN THEY SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ESPECIALLY YOUNGER GENERATION, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

Lauren: TODAY'S GAS AND GO WORLD THE BRAKES... Christopher: YEAH, ANYMORE, WORK, WORK, WORK.

ALRIGHT, YOU TAKE CARE NOW.

Lauren: BUT WITH WILLING Customer: I LOVE THAT YOU ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Lauren: THERE'S NO HANGING UP JUST YET.

John: CALL US CRAZY, THE PORSCHE BOOKS WE'VE READ WE CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THEM.

THE LATEST TO CROSS OUR DESK IS "PORSCHE: THE CLASSIC ERA THE FIRST PART OF THIS BOOK EARLY YEARS AS A HIGHLY SOUGHT WHO ALWAYS DREAMED OF BUILDING BUT THAT DREAM KEPT GETTING DUE TO OTHER PRIORITIES, THE VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE, DEVELOPING RACE CARS, GETTING FORCED INTO THE GERMAN WAR MACHINE.

SO, IT WASN'T UNTIL 1948, THAT THE FIRST PORSCHE 356 THE REST, AS THEY SAY, FROM THERE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 911, PORSCHE'S RACING CARS, SOME PORSCHE ADVERTISEMENTS SO, NO MATTER HOW MANY PORSCHE YOU'RE SURE TO LEARN SOMETHING WE LOVE NEW CARS, ABOUT RESTORING A CLASSIC.

BUT PAT GOSS SAYS, WITHOUT SOUNDING OLD SCHOOL."

Pat: SO YOU HAVE A CLASSIC, AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO LISTEN BUT IT DOESN'T WORK, THAT YOU WOULD LIKE.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

WELL, WE HAVE MIKE FRENCHEK MIKE, WELCOME TO GOSS' GARAGE.

Mike Frenchek: THANKS Pat: ALRIGHT, NOW.

WHAT IN THE WORLD DO WE Mike: THIS IS AN OLD AM RADIO IT'S AN OLD RADIO Pat: OKAY...NOW, WE HAVE THIS RADIO, WE WANT TO MAKE EVERYTHING CAN YOU MAKE IT WORK?

Mike: ABSOLUTELY, THE TUBES ARE AVAILABLE, THE IT COULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO AS WELL AS TO THE PERFORMANCE.

Pat: ALRIGHT, BUT A LOT OF THEY WANT THE ORIGINAL LOOK, WHAT CAN YOU DO THERE?

Mike: OH YEAH, THEIR LATEST TUNES IN THE CARS WHAT WE CAN DO IS UPGRADE WE USE AN AURORA BOARD THAT'S IT'S SOMETHING NEW, IT'S AN AM/FM BOARD, THE ORIGINAL RADIO WAS ONLY IT PROVIDES THE INPUT FOR IF YOU WANT TO HOOK UP AN MP3 WE CAN ADD BLUETOOTH TO IT, IF YOU WANT TO USE Pat: AAH, OKAY.

Mike: YOU CAN PUT YOUR MUSIC Pat: ALRIGHT...SO, AND A LOT OF BLUETOOTH STUFF, OUR SMARTPHONES.

Mike: ABSOLUTELY.

YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SMARTPHONE, CONNECT TO THE RADIO, PUSH THE SCREEN, YOUR MUSIC PLAYING ON YOUR Pat: ...OKAY, I LIKE THAT.

NOW, YOU MENTIONED THAT MEANS WE'VE GOT TO THE OLD ANTIQUE SPEAKERS.

Mike: THESE SPEAKERS JUST WON'T Pat: YEAH, Mike: [LAUGHS] NOT AT ALL.

BUT YOU SHOULD UPGRADE Pat: OKAY, THAT'S GOING TO Mike: YEAH.

Pat: MIKE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, DROP ME A LINE, John: WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME HERE, BUT WE REALLY SO LET'S GO FOR A QUICKSPIN.

GENESIS MOTORS IS STILL IN BUT IT'S QUICKLY LEARNING TO AND THE 2018 GENESIS G80 SPORT GENESIS THE COMPANY WAS BORN WITH THE ORIGINAL MID-SIZE NOW, FOR ITS SECOND YEAR UNDER THE G80 SPORT ADDS A MORE TO ITS ALREADY LUXURIOUS WE'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT, AND HANDLING.

BUT THE G80 SPORT BRINGS DAMPING CONTROL SUSPENSION, IT'S STIFFER WHEN YOU PUSH IT, AT CRUISE.

AS BEFORE REAR DRIVE IS STANDARD THIS SPORT'S POWER, TWIN-TURBOCHARGED V6, IT'S MATCHED WITH A SPORT-TUNED GEAR CHANGES ARE SMOOTH BUT KEEPING UP WITH ALL 365 HORSES.

INSIDE THE VERY QUIET CABIN, WITH LEATHER SPORT SEATS COPPER CONTRAST STITCHING, WHEN WE DROVE THE ORIGINAL WE WERE SURPRISED BY ITS NOW, THAT THERE'S MORE DYNAMIC THE PAMPERING, GENESIS IS ITS HYUNDAI BEGINNINGS, CLEARLY IN ITS SIGHTS.

ON SALE NOW, PRICING FOR BEGINS AT JUST OVER $55,000.

PANAMERA, THE FIRST SEDAN TO HAD ITS DOUBTERS WHEN IT ARRIVED BUT BOY WERE THEY WRONG.

THE SECOND GEN PANAMERA IS NOW WITH NO LESS THAN THREE BODY INCLUDING THIS EXTENDED 2017 PORSCHE PANAMERA TURBO THIS STRETCHED PANAMERA GROWS THOUGH IT'S STILL MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS EVEN BEFORE THIS EXECUTIVE WE FELT THE PANAMERA ALLOWED FOR BACKSEAT LEG AND HEADROOM, TWO 10 INCH TOUCH SCREENS KEEP WITH A CENTER CONTROLLER FOR THE LONG REAR DOORS, LOWER AND LEANER LOOK.

A 4.0 LITER TWIN TURBO V8 THAT'S LIKE A JET ENGINE OFF THE 8-SPEED PDK GEARBOX SHIFTS WHILE, ITS PORSCHE FLAT WITH AIR SUSPENSION PROVIDING REAR-AXLE STEERING IS STANDARD.

THE 2017 PORSCHE PANAMERA TURBO A LUXURY SEDAN AND SPORTS CAR FOR THOSE WHO PREFER RIDING ON SALE NOW AT ABOUT $160,000.

IT MAY SEEM LIKE THE 2018 PLAYING CATCH UP WITH AFTER ALL, IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS THE TAHOE AND SUBURBAN.

BUT, FORD'S LARGEST 3-ROW SUV AND IT LOOKS TO CLOSE ANY GAP THE ALL-ALUMINUM BODY IN REGULAR IS IN STEP WITH THE LATEST FORD IT STILL SITS ON A FULL BUT TIPS THE SCALE 300 POUNDS THANKS TO HIGH STRENGTH UNDER THE HUGE HOOD, TWIN-TURBO V6 PRODUCES 375 TO 400 HORSEPOWER IT CRANKS OUT A TON OF TORQUE DURING OUR DRIVE AROUND MALIBU.

THE 10-SPEED AUTOMATIC IN OTHER MEMBERS OF Greg Carloss: I THINK, THIS SPECIFIC ENGINE REALLY IT'S DOESN'T SEEM TO HUNT LEAVING IT IN SPORT MODE HOLDS NOT SO MUCH SO THAT YOU'RE JUST John: THE RIDE IS MUCH SMOOTHER AND INSIDE THE 8-PASSENGER CABIN ALL SEATS ARE COMFORTABLE, WITH YET, IT STILL WILL BE HARD TO THE THIRD ROW FOR VERY LONG.

SO WHILE, FORD MAY BE MAKING UP THEY'VE CERTAINLY PULLED OUT THE 2018 FORD EXPEDITION, GILDED LINCOLN KIN, IN DEALERSHIPS NOW, STARTS AT UNDER $52,000.

AND WE'LL HAVE MORE GASOLINE-ELECTRIC HYBRIDS FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES NOW, GOING HEAD TO HEAD WITH WELL, WITH AN ALL-NEW IONIQ HYBRID.

A COMPACT 5-DOOR THAT IS TO OUT PRIUS THE PRIUS.

SO, LET'S CRANK IT UP AND SEE.

* DESPITE A WEALTH OF CONTENDERS THE TOYOTA PRIUS HAS RETAINED OF HYBRIDS.

THIS 2017 HYUNDAI IONIQ, BUT IT'S PRETTY DARN CLOSE.

THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE THREE AS THIS TRADITIONAL BY A PLUG-IN VARIANT AS WELL AS ALL BASED ON A DEDICATED THE KIA NIRO WAGON.

THOUGH THANKFULLY, UNLIKE NIRO, AS AN SUV.

[ENGINE STARTS UP] THE HYBRID POWERTRAIN STARTS RATED AT 104 HORSEPOWER COMBINED WITH TOTAL OUTPUT IS 139 HORSEPOWER.

A SMALL 1.6 KWH BATTERY RESIDES AVOIDING ANY LOSS OF WHILE, ECO-FRIENDLINESS IS STILL WITH FUEL PRICES STAYING THE IONIQ WILL NEED TO JUST THE GREENIES, IN ORDER WELL, ITS DCT TRANSMISSION HELPING IT FEEL SPORTIER THAN AND PRIUS IN PARTICULAR; AND ALLOWING YOU TO HOLD GEARS AND IT WILL DO THAT...

ALTHOUGH, RIDE QUALITY WAS OVERALL HYBRID SYSTEM OPERATION QUITE AS SEAMLESS AS THE PRIUS; AND THE SEATS ARE FAR MORE AND INDEED IT HAS A SPORTY ALL IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE YOU IN A HYBRID; DISPLAYS TO REMIND YOU TECH INTERFACE IS EASY TO AND BUTTONS REMAIN.

MUCH LIKE THE PRIUS, PROVIDES A GOOD AMOUNT OF SPACE AND FOLDING SEATBACK CAPACITY IS SLIGHTLY HIGHER PROPORTIONS AND 5-DOOR STYLE ARE INCLUDING THE EXACT SAME YET, THE SLICK LOOKING IONIQ AT ALL.

IT PROVED FAIRLY SLICK AT OUR THROUGH THE CONES, BUT THE TRIP WAS MUCH QUICKER THERE'S A MANAGEABLE AMOUNT OF GOOD WEIGHT TO THE STEERING, ALL ALLOWING YOU TO EASILY FIND AND PUSH PRETTY HARD.

GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS, AND 55-COMBINED, BUT OUR AVERAGE OF 53.1 THOSE NUMBERS.

MUCH LIKE THE PRIUS, DE-CONTENTED VERSION, WHICH UPS THE COMBINED RATING THE ENERGY IMPACT SCORE IS JUST 6.0 BARRELS OF OIL USED CO2 EMISSIONS YEARLY.

PRICING STARTS AT $23,085, LOOK AT PAYING CLOSER TO THE 2017 HYUNDAI IONIQ AND EFFICIENT HYBRID, AND DESPITE CURRENT FUEL PRICES, FOR THIS HYBRID.

THE UPCOMING, PRICIER PHEV NO DOUBT.

BUT THE FACT THAT HYUNDAI IS IS PROOF THEY HAVE A LONG-RANGE IN MANY WAYS, AT THEIR OWN GAME, NOW THEY JUST NEED TO HAVE WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW, FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, HEAD ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL WHEN NISSAN ADDS A SECOND TO ITS QUILL, THE ROGUE SPORT.

AND THE INSANE POWER OF UNTIL THEN, I'M JOHN DAVIS, WE'LL SEE YOU RIGHT HERE ON Announcer: TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TELEVISION'S ORIGINAL AUTOMOTIVE MOTORWEEK HAS BEEN BROUGHT Announcer: TIRERACK WANTS YOU THEY CAN HELP YOU CHOOSE THE FOR EVERY SEASON.

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