
2020 Bentley Flying Spur & 2020 Toyota Sequoia TRD Pro
Season 40 Episode 10 | 26m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
2020 Bentley Flying Spur & 2020 Toyota Sequoia TRD Pro
Join us this week, for a luxurious magic carpet ride in the 2020 Bentley Flying Spur. Then, Pat Goss freshens up the garage floors. And, Stephanie Hart goes truckin’ with some unique automotive art. Then Toyota’s 3-row Sequoia takes a ruggedly sporty turn courtesy of TRD.
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2020 Bentley Flying Spur & 2020 Toyota Sequoia TRD Pro
Season 40 Episode 10 | 26m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Join us this week, for a luxurious magic carpet ride in the 2020 Bentley Flying Spur. Then, Pat Goss freshens up the garage floors. And, Stephanie Hart goes truckin’ with some unique automotive art. Then Toyota’s 3-row Sequoia takes a ruggedly sporty turn courtesy of TRD.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipHI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US FOR A LUXURIOUS IN THE BENTLEY FLYING SPUR... PAT GOSS FRESHENS UP THE GARAGE, STEPHANIE HART GOES TRUCKIN' AUTOMOTIVE ART... THEN, TOYOTA'S 3-ROW SEQUOIA COURTESY OF TRD...
SO COME DRIVE WITH US, NEXT!
CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY * Announcer: MOTORWEEK , 40 YEARS, STEERING YOU BROUGHT TO YOU BY... ROCKAUTO HAS AUTO PARTS FROM OFFERING A VARIETY OF BRANDS, ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR John: EVER SINCE BENTLEY FOR THE 4-DOOR VERSION OF IT'S BEEN THE EMBODIMENT OF LUXURY PERFORMANCE SEDAN.
WELL...NOW, WITH AN ALL-NEW THIRD GENERATION AND IT LOOKS TO BE A REAL * THERE ARE LUXURY SEDANS, EXTRAVAGANCES THAT CAN BARELY OF TRANSPORTATION.
THIS 2020 BENTLEY FLYING SPUR LET'S START WITH THE INTERIOR.
THE MOVING PICTURES YOU'RE REALLY DON'T DO THIS SPACE IT IS IMMACULATE AND LUXURIOUS, MUSEUM QUALITY.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DETAILS HERE, TO THE ORGAN STOP VENT CONTROLS, AND HAND-FASHIONED OLD-WORLD CRAFTSMANSHIP, AS A 2,200 WATT 18 SPEAKER NAIM ROTATING DISPLAY, THE DIGITAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER PLUS, ALL THE CONNECTIVITY REAR SEAT PASSENGERS ARE TREATED WITH THEIR OWN TOUCHSCREEN, AND PLENTY OF ROOM TO TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD, PUBLIC TELEVISION EMPLOYEES, WE FELT INSANELY RICH.
WITH THE CONTINENTAL GT COUPE IS BASED ON, ON THE PORSCHE PANAMERA CHASSIS; TO MAKE THE SWITCH AS WELL.
IT ALSO SHARES THE BENTAYGA THAT VIRTUALLY ELIMINATE BUT DO SO WITHOUT IT FEELING LENDING A SURREAL NATURE TO SORT OF LIKE BEING ON WHERE THE SCENERY IS A BLUR, IT WAS MUCH THE SAME WHEN WE GOT OUR FIRST TASTE OF WHEN IN THE LATE 1980s, BROUGHT THE TURBO R IT WAS A NEAR SPIRITUAL AS THE HYDRAULIC SELF-LEVELLING TO TACKLE ANY ROAD EQUALLY, TO ROUGH COUNTRY LANES, BACK IN THE PRESENT TIME AFTER A BRIEF "GET TO KNOW YOU" BUT PRECISE STEERING; EXCEPTIONALLY WELL FOR SUCH NEW REAR-WHEEL STEER CUTS DOWN AND WE COULD REALLY CARRY WITH RELATIVE EASE.
THE BEST PART OF IT ALL HOWEVER, BREATHING 6.0 LITER'S WORTH OF UNDER THE ELEGANT HOOD.
BENTLEY CALLS IT, 12-CYLINDER ENGINE WE JUST CALL IT, "A POUNDING THE PAVEMENT, DUAL-CLUTCH TRANSMISSION WITH 626 HORSEPOWER, THAT IS AVAILABLE AT JUST ABOUT IT'S ALL ENOUGH TO MOVE THIS IN JUST 3.7 SECONDS.
IT LAUNCHES HARD AND FAST, AND THE UNRELENTING SENSE OF AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY DOWN YOU BARELY HEAR ANY ENGINE NOISE SOUNDS LIKE IT IS COMING FROM WAY OFF IN THE DISTANCE, IN FRONT OF YOU.
AUTOMATIC SHIFTS ARE FAST AND WHEN THE QUARTER-MILE AT 119 MILES PER HOUR, MAY BE PUSHING 120, BUT THE RIDE IT FEELS MORE LIKE 20.
THOUGH, YOU'RE REMINDED OF WHEN YOU HIT THE BRAKES.
STILL, A 111 FOOT STOPPING FOR A CAR THIS SIZE.
THERE'S WELL OVER 17 FEET OF WITH FIVE MORE INCHES OF ALL WRAPPED IN GORGEOUSLY LOTS OF UNIQUE DETAILS HERE FROM THE CHANDELIER-LIKE TO AN ALL-NEW HIDEAWAY FLYING B OUR MOROCCAN BLUE TESTER BUT OF COURSE...CHROME AND THE STANDARD 21 INCH WHEELS GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS AND 15-COMBINED; 16.6 MILES PER GALLON SO, IT'S A MUCH WORSE THAN 22.0 BARRELS OF YEARLY WITH 9.9 TONS OF CO2 EMISSIONS.
WITH A STARTING PRICE OF THE FLYING SPUR IS CERTAINLY NOT AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A FEW DIFFERENT ULTRA-LUXURY AT THAT PRICE POINT, THE SHEER POWER AND GRACEFULNESS * * Flashback Craig Singhaus: IN THE EXCITING FIELD OF FIELD INSTRUCTOR BOB DITTLE Bob Dittle: WATCH YOUR TRAILER YOUR TRAILER IS GONNA MISS IT, OR OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE Craig: I QUICKLY ACQUIRED John: THERE ARE A LOT OF WAYS NOW, YOU CAN ADD EXTRA OR MAYBE EXPRESS YOUR WITH A THROATY EXHAUST.
OR MAYBE ITS A WRAP, AND, WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THEM ARE TRULY BUT THAT TAKES A DEDICATED OUR STEPHANIE HART HAS FOUND ON FOUR-WHEELS.
* Stephanie Hart: MEMORABLE AND MOTIVATES CHUCK GAMBER.
TRUCKS ARE HIS CANVAS.
HE'S BEEN PAINTING RIGHT ON THEM A SPECIAL GREETING WELCOMED US IN ELLICOTT CITY, MARYLAND.
WE IMMEDIATELY FELT THIS IS ACTUALLY, MOTORWEEK'S AND WE FOUND THE SAME CREATIVE Chuck Gamber: I LOVE WHAT I DO A CREATIVE ARTIST AND YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER FRESHMEN YEAR OF WHAT YOU WANT TO DO I GO...I WANT TO BE AN ARTIST "OH...NO, YOU DON'T WANT TO BE AN ARTIST," BUT YOU CAN'T CHANGE AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE HOW YOU Stephanie: IGNORING THE ADVICE A THEN 18-YEAR-OLD CHUCK, WITH A $100 LOAN FROM HIS MOM, HE'S USED IT EVERYDAY SINCE.
CHUCK IS REALLY PROUD OF AND ITS EASY TO SEE WHY, HE SAYS, "IT TOOK HIM ABOUT HE USES IT TO TRAVEL CROSS TO SHOW OFF HIS WORK MOST OF HIS WORK IS A MIX OF OLD HIS PRICES RANGE FROM $50 TO FOR UNFORGETTABLE ART WORK... LIKE, HE'S DOING HERE Chuck: THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF YOU GOT TO KNOW HOW TO AND MAKE YOUR PEOPLE LOOK GOOD.
AND IF YOU MAKE THEM LOOK GOOD, AND IF THEY GET COMPLIMENTS, "HEY, JACK OF ARTS DID THAT" OR "CHUCK DID THAT BECAUSE HE'S GONNA PUT THAT TO YOUR TRUCK AND YOUR GONNA AND IF YOUR TRUCK LOOKS GOOD, YOU GET COMPLIMENTS AND YOU GET TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
Stephanie: IT'S A COMBINATION THIS SHOP APART FROM THEY ALSO SPECIALIZE IN THAT'S WHERE JOE WESTPHAL HE'S BEEN RUNNING THE DIGITAL FOR THE LAST 13 YEARS.
Joe Westphal: THIS RIGHT HERE IS FOR A TAILGATE FOR A BUSINESS, ITS KIND OF HIS PERSONAL TRUCK TO ADVERTISE HIS BUSINESS SO, HE'S LOOKING FOR SOMETHING YOU KNOW, OUT THERE... SOMETHING THAT WILL LOOK COOL REPRESENT HIS BUSINESS WELL.
Stephanie: JACK OR ARTS NAILED Jim Byrd: IT IS AMAZING WHEN THEIR LOVE AND PASSION, I REALLY ADMIRE HIM FOR THAT.
Joe: SO, AND LOOK AT YOUR FINISHED AND SEE I DESIGNED THAT THAT'S REALLY FULFILLING YOU ENJOY YOUR WORK.
Stephanie: REWARDING FOR LIKE, BILL KUIPER...A FORMER Bill Kuiper: HEAVILY MODIFIED...YEAH, Stephanie: BACK IN THE DAY, A WOOD BROTHERS STOCK CAR.
Bill: I FELT GOOD.
THE CAR WAS A WORK OF EMOTION Stephanie: TRANSLATING CHUCK SUCCEEDED.
Chuck: RUNNING A SMALL ART STUDIO.
I REALLY DID ENJOY MY LIFE AS AND I'M KINDA GLAD, BECAUSE ONCE YOU GO BIG, YOU GOTTA MANAGE A BUSINESS BEING THE ARTIST ANYMORE.
YOU'RE BEING A BUSINESSMAN THAT DRIVES ME TO DO IT ENOUGH MONEY TO LIVE.
WHAT INSPIRES ME IS THE TRUCKS WANTING SOMETHING SPECIAL DONE.
John: A CLEAN WORKPLACE ALWAYS AND MORE EFFICIENT.
PAT GOSS SHOWS YOU HOW TO GET * Pat Goss: NOW, IF YOU HAVE IT DESERVES A NICE GARAGE FLOOR.
NOW, MOST OF US ARE GONNA BE AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU GOING TO IT HAS TO BE PROPERLY PREPARED.
SO, DECIDE WHAT PRODUCT AND FOLLOW THE PREPARATION THAT WAY YOU'LL GET NOW, SOME MAY REQUIRE A GRINDING AN ACID WASH, THERE'S ALL SORTS THEY MAY WANT.
BUT MAKE SURE YOU DO IT WILL NOT LAST AT ALL.
NOW, YOU HAVE TO SELECT THE WELL, YOU CAN USE A SINGLE PART OUT OF THE CAN ON TO THE FLOOR, OR YOU CAN USE A TWO PART PAINT WHICH MAKES MORE DURABLE.
ITS MORE DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH SO NO PROBLEM THERE.
BUT, THE BIG THING YOU HAVE TO THAT YOU PUT ON THE FLOOR UNLESS ITS SOMETHING CHANCES ARE THAT HOT TIRES ARE AND YOU MIGHT HAVE ISSUES ALRIGHT, ANOTHER THING TO AND SO ON OR FOR THE APPEARANCE, INTO THE PAINT.
WE'VE DONE IT DOWN HERE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOU WIND UP AND IS NOT QUITE AS SLIPPERY.
SO...BUT THEN...COME THE OTHER THEY MAY BE THIN THEY MAY BE INTERLOCKING OR WHATEVER YOU SELECT THE DIRECTIONS AGAIN.
NOW HERE, IN GOSS' GARAGE, ON THE FLOOR FOR A LOT OF YEARS AND VERY FORGIVING.
BUT WITH ALL OF THESE OF THINGS TO REMEMBER.
NUMBER ONE, ANY PLASTIC PRODUCT, BECAUSE HOT METAL WILL BURN IT ALSO HAS SEAMS IN IT SO AND ITS DIFFICULT TO GET OUT.
YOU CAN ALSO PUNCTURE IT WITH A YOU HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BUT FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS GARAGE FLOOR THAT WILL AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT HERE AT MOTORWEEK !
John: OUR MOTORWEEK 40TH IS THIS TURQUOISE GEM, 1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO FROM PARADES, TO CAR SHOWS, MAXINE AND STEVE WRZESIEN OF ARE CONSTANTLY THEIR BEAUTIFUL SOFT-TOP.
SUBMIT PHOTOS OF FOR CAR OF THE WEEK MOTORWEEK@PBS.ORG.
THERE'S ALWAYS A NEW QUICKSPIN HERE AT MOTORWEEK.
SO, LET'S SEE WHERE THIS WEEKS' * Jessica Ray: THERE'S BEEN ABOUT VOLKSWAGEN'S ELECTRIC WELL, THAT FUTURE JUST GOT WITH THE REVEAL OF THE 2021 BUILDING UPON WHAT THEY STARTED THE ID.4 IS THE BRAND'S FIRST DESIGNED FOR THE U.S. MARKET.
IT WILL EVENTUALLY BE BUILT IN ASSEMBLY PLANT FIRST TO ARRIVE WILL BE WITH 201 HORSEPOWER WITH LIMITED SALES STARTING AND A FEW MONTHS LATER, A 302 HORSEPOWER * VOLKSWAGEN'S NEW MEB MODULAR FEATURES A REAR-MOUNTED MOTOR POSITIONED LOW IN THE CHASSIS.
* IT'S A FUTURISTIC LOOKING PIECE YET, CLASSIC VW DESIGN FEATURES AND SLOPING NOSE WITH ADD A NOSTALGIC TOUCH.
THE NEW PLATFORM PROVIDES A LOTS OF LED LIGHTING, AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE CONTROLS, WITH SPACE EQUIVALENT TO I RECENTLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY VOLKSWAGEN LET US GET BEHIND IN ONE OF THEIR PRE-PRODUCTION LIKE A VOLKSWAGEN.
IT'S COMFORTABLE, IT'S SMOOTH, TO DRIVE.
AND I KNOW SOMETIMES WE GET BUT I THINK, HAS A REALLY GREAT BALANCE OF SPORT, OR ECO MODE.
SPORT MODE IS VERY QUICK AND CAN GET YOU ON BUT EVEN THE ECO MODE HAS SO, SUFFICE TO SAY, FOR WHEN WE'LL HAVE THE ID.4 FOR A FULL TESTING IN * THE ID.4'S BASE PRICING WILL BEFORE ANY GOVERNMENT VOLKSWAGEN WILL ALSO OFFER AND EVEN THROW IN 3-YEARS OF AT NO ADDITIONAL COST.
Greg Carloss: THE KIA SORENTO SINCE ITS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS BODY-ON-FRAME UTILITY THAT INTO THE MIDSIZE SUV SEGMENT.
AFTER HEADING IN A MORE THE ALL-NEW 2021 SORENTO SWINGING BACK TOWARDS FOR ITS 4TH-GENERATION, OF THE TELLURIDE AND SELTOS, ARE CONCERNED... NEW POWERTRAIN CHOICES INCLUDE 2.5 LITER I4 TURBO WITH A 227 HORSEPOWER HYBRID, PLUG-IN HYBRID.
IT REMAINS FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE Jessica: WAS THE HYBRID ENGINE, IT'S 37 MILES COMBINED FUEL ECONOMY.
THAT'S JUST UNDER SOME OF THAT WE RECENTLY TESTED.
AND THE SORENTO IS NOW A SEVEN SEATER AS THE THIRD ROW OF COURSE, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE YOU CAN ALWAYS GET THE PLUG-IN AN ALL ELECTRIC RANGE SO IT SEEMS THERE'S A POWERTRAIN Greg: OPT FOR NEW X-LINE TRIM GET A MORE ADVANCED BUT A BEEFIER ROOF RACK, AND DEPARTURE ANGLES, GROUND CLEARANCE.
THERE'S INCREASED SPACE FOR THE 3-ROW INTERIOR, INCLUDING A 12.3 INCH DIGITAL 10 INCH TOUCHSCREEN, AND MORE DRIVING ASSISTANCE Brian Roberts: ITS BEEN ALMOST THE FIRST GENERATION SORENTO SINCE THAT TIME.
NOW, KIA CONTINUES TO ONE OF THE BEST SELLING AS THEY'VE LISTENED TO CONSUMERS MORE TECHNOLOGY, AND MORE OPTIONS WHEN IT COMES Greg: WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE 2021 KIA SORENTO SOON!
John: OF 3-ROW UTILITY VEHICLES, OFTEN GETS LOST IN THE SHUFFLE.
BUT, TOYOTA IS MAKING IT HARDER BY GIVING IT A TRD TREATMENT TOYOTA RACING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IN ANY CARPOOL LANE, AND MAYBE * WHETHER, YOU'RE TALKING CAMRY'S TOYOTA HAS BEEN SPREADING THEIR MORE AND MORE THROUGHOUT AND THE LATEST RABBIT, OF THEIR HIGH PERFORMANCE HAT IS THIS 2020 TOYOTA SEQUOIA AND THE FULL-SIZE SEQUOIA TO GET THE TRD PRO OFF-ROAD AS IT REMAINS A TRUE JOINING THE TACOMA AND 4RUNNER, THE TUNDRA ON WHICH THE SEQUOIA BIG TOYOTA LETTERING ON THE YOU NOTICE; AND LED FOG LIGHTS BY RIGID UNDERNEATH, MUCH APPRECIATED GRIPPY ALUMINUM AND UPGRADED SPRINGS, FOR THE SUSPENSION.
STANDARD IS TOYOTA'S MULTI-MODE WITH LOCKING CENTER DIFF FORGED ALUMINUM TRD MUD AND SNOW TIRES; TRD ROOF RACK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET THIS BUT IT'D CERTAINLY BE INSIDE, THE STANDARD LEATHER AND THERE ARE ALL-WEATHER FLOOR FROM YOUR MANY ADVENTURES THERE'S TONS OF SPACE AS CAPTAIN'S CHAIRS ARE STANDARD WITH A THREE-PLACE CARGO CAPACITY BEHIND THE THIRD EXPANDING TO 66.6 WITH THOSE AND A MAXIMUM OF 120.1.
AND WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED IN A RIG THAT SITS THIS THE TRD PRO IS ALSO RATED FINALLY, FOR CRANKING TUNES THERE'S A 14-SPEAKER JBL IT'S DEFINITELY LOUD, AS SOME OTHER HIGH END SYSTEMS.
AND WE ACTUALLY, COMING THROUGH THE BLACK-CHROME EXHAUST SYSTEM; STANDARD 5.7 LITER V8; BUT THE 381 HORSEPOWER AND ARE MORE THAN ADEQUATE, IS REQUIRED, WHEN DOING SO AT OUR TEST TRACK, OF WHEEL-SPIN TO BATTLE AS WELL AS SOME WHEEL-HOP AS BUT IT QUICKLY BUILT MOMENTUM; TO 60 IN 7.0 SECONDS FLAT.
THAT'S A HALF A SECOND SLOWER PERHAPS IT'S THE WEIGHT PENALTY AUTOMATIC SHIFTS ARE SMOOTH, AND SURPRISINGLY INFREQUENT, BUT, IT SOUNDS GREAT USHERING US TO THE END OF IN 15.3 SECONDS AT 97 MILES IT WAS SLOW GOING THROUGHOUT BUT NOT IN A BORING WAY.
STEERING IS REALLY BOOSTED AND THERE'S PLENTY OF BODY ROLL; WILL ROTATE THE VEHICLE THOUGH, THE MORE CONFIDENT THE LESS CONFIDENT THE VEHICLE AND STARTED STEPPING WITH STABILITY CONTROL.
PRIOR TO DRIVING HERE THE BRAKES DIDN'T FEEL BUT MUCH LIKE THE THROTTLE WHEN YOU REALLY STEP ON 'EM, THERE'S LOTS OF BITE, STOPPING NOT AS MUCH NOSE DIVE AND IT FELT VERY CONTROLLABLE.
AS FOR NORMAL DRIVING AWAY THE SEQUOIA HAS A SUPREMELY AND GREAT VISIBILITY, OF THE ROAD.
IT FEELS SOFT, BUT NOT SLOPPY; DATED INSIDE, IT'S SORT OF WITH SEQUOIA PRICING STARTING AT YOU'LL PAY ABOUT 15-GRAND MORE AND THAT'S NOT BAD CONSIDERING THIS GENERATION OF SEQUOIA HAS THAT'S A LONG TIME BUT TRD HAS PROVEN THAT EVEN IT'S MORE THAN RELEVANT, RUGGED, YET REFINED; IS A LOT OF SUV THAT'S EASY WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US FOR A SMALL MERCEDES-BENZ THE GLA.
THEN, WE'LL GO, GO GODZILLA TIL' THEN, I'M JOHN DAVIS, WE'LL SEE YOU RIGHT HERE ON Announcer: TO LEARN MORE ABOUT TELEVISION'S ORIGINAL AUTOMOTIVE MOTORWEEK HAS BEEN BROUGHT ROCKAUTO HAS AUTO PARTS FROM OFFERING A VARIETY OF BRANDS, ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR * Announcer: THIS PROGRAM WAS MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION, FOR ITS CONTENT.
[SOUND OF CAR ENGINE REVVING] *
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