HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US AS WE CLATTER OUR WAY OF FORD'S LATEST PAT GOSS HAS DO'S AND DON'TS FOR ROGER MECCA FINDS THAT BEATS WITH AND NEW BONES, SKIN, TOYOTA HIGHLANDER...

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Announcer: ROCKAUTO HAS AUTO PARTS FROM OFFERING A VARIETY OF BRANDS, ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR John: WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME NOT BECAUSE WE EVER DO ANY REAL BUT BECAUSE ALL OF THE BIG-3 PUSHING POWER AND PAYLOAD SO, LET'S SEE WHERE FORD'S * THESE DAYS, IF YOU'RE NOT AT LEAST FOR THE MOMENT, TO THE HEAVY DUTY TRUCK PARTY.

WELL, THE FIRST THING THE NEW 2020 FORD SUPER DUTY, EMPTY-HANDED.

THE SUPER DUTY LINEUP DELIVERS WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING OR CONVENTIONAL, AND BIGGEST POWER NUMBERS OUR POWER STROKE EQUIPPED RATES BEST IN SEGMENT TOWING AND PAYLOAD AT 3,940 POUNDS.

THE THIRD GEN. POWER STROKE GETS A NEW FUEL DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND BEEFED UP INTERNALS TO 475 HORSEPOWER AND A WHOPPING OVER ON THE GASOLINE SIDE, 430 HORSEPOWER - 7.3 LITER V8 AS WELL AS THE STANDARD WITH 430 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

THE 6.2 COMES WITH A 6-SPEED THE OTHERS, FORD CONTINUES TO OFFER A WIDE BUT OUR FAVORITE IS STILL THE WHICH MAKES HITCHING UP SIMPLE.

LIKE MOST HD PICKUPS, THE RIDE WHEN DRIVING AROUND WITH AN OR HITCH UP TO SOMETHING AND THINGS SEEM TO SMOOTH OUT WE'D SAY, THE RAM STILL HAS AND OVERALL CREATURE COMFORTS.

BUT, WHEN WORKING HARD, DELIVERS IMPRESSIVE WITH ONLY MODERATE AMOUNTS TURNING RADIUS, IS STILL VERY WIDE.

BUT, IT FELT LESS CUMBERSOME WITH VERY LIGHT STEERING.

THE DIESEL LAYS DOWN OF TORQUE AT TAKE-OFF, TO MODULATE THE THROTTLE AVOIDING TIRE-MELTING WE HIT 60 IN 6.7 SECONDS, ARE DIFFICULT WITH SO MANY HEAVY THAT'S A TENTH SLOWER THAN WE TESTED A FEW MONTHS BACK, THAN LAST YEAR'S RAM CUMMINS.

WITH A LOW REDLINE AND 10 GEARS SHIFTS ARE HAPPENING BUT THEY'RE VERY DISCREET AND OUR BEST TIME FOR THE FULL AT 91 MILES PER HOUR.

LIKE MOST HD'S, IT'S QUITE SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE BUT THE VIEW FROM THIS HIGH AS GOOD AS IT GETS...

...WHILE, THE REAR SEAT OFFERS BE THEY KIDS OR JUST CO-WORKERS TECH UPGRADES INCLUDE FORDPASS AND CO-PILOT 360 AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING.

THERE'S ALSO WIRELESS AND MULTIPLE USB PORTS YOU CAN STILL GET A REGULAR CAB, AND THIS CREW CAB, WITH SIX SPREAD OVER FIVE WHEELBASES.

GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS AREN'T REQUIRED FOR BUT WE AVERAGED 16.5 MILES EVEN WITH A LITTLE TOWING THAT'S RIGHT ON PAR WITH WE AVERAGED IN THE DURAMAX BUT WELL SHORT OF THE 19.7, WE AVERAGED IN BASE F-250 PRICING RANGES FROM TO A JAW-DROPPING $85,825 OUR 4X4 LARIAT CREW CAB OCCUPIES AT JUST UNDER $65,000.

THAT IS INDEED A LOT OF MONEY BUT THE CONSTANT THAT'S OCCURRING IN HAS ESCALATED PRICES AND PAYLOAD NUMBERS.

AND IF THERE'S ANY VEHICLE MAJOR BRAND LOYALTY, SO, IF YOU WERE ALREADY THIS 2020 FORD SUPER DUTY, YOU ALREADY LOVE, UPGRADING WORTH YOUR WHILE.

AND, IF YOUR HD ALLEGIANCES YOU'D STILL BE SMART TO SWING BY TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN MISSING.

* John: STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION GREAT EUROPEAN MID-ENGINE HEAR THE SAME NAMES...

LEGENDS LIKE THE COUNTACH, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER EXOTIC ONE THAT SPANS MORE THAN SOLD THOUSANDS OF UNITS, ONE OF THE GREATEST OUR OWN ROGER MECCA SHARES A CAR OF ITS RIVALS, BUT IT'S NOT * Roger Mecca: LAMBORGHINIS, MASERATIS, WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE, THAT FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS OF DESPITE HAVING THE LOOKS, POWER, JAWS DROP AND HEARTS RACE.

IT WAS THE DE TOMASO PANTERA, MID-ENGINE COUPE THAT CHECKED MUST-HAVE LIST.

BETWEEN 1971 AND 1993, MORE THAN BUT DESPITE ALL OF ITS IT NEVER QUITE CAUGHT ON AND LOOKING AT IT TODAY, Lashdeep Singh: FOR HIGH SPEED USE AS THEY WERE THE CAR WAS DESIGNED FOR.

AND SO, WHEN THE CAR WAS USED AS AND BECAUSE OF THAT THAT UNFORTUNATELY TAINTED OF THE MARKET AND THE CAR.

Roger: LASHDEEP SINGH IS THE OWNER OF THIS WHILE, HE'S HAD SEVERAL ICONIC OVER THE YEARS, THE PANTERA, WAS AT THE TOP OF HIS LIST Lashdeep: WE WERE VISITING AND WE PULLED INTO PARKED OUTSIDE ACTUALLY AND WE SAW A BLACK CAR ABOUT AND I WAS TOO YOUNG TO KNOW TO KNOW THAT I NEEDED TO TUG ON "WHAT IS THAT?"

IT'S ALWAYS HAD A PLACE Roger: UNVEILED AT THE 1970 THE PANTERA WAS THE THIRD MODEL FOUNDED BY ARGENTINIAN ALEJANDRO DE TOMASO.

WITH A DESIGN CREATED BY A RACE-BRED 5.8 LITER FORD AND A TIGHT ROAD-HUGGING THE PANTERA HAD THE PERFORMANCE AND THEN IN 1971, WHEN FORD DECIDED TO SELL LINCOLN-MERCURY DEALERSHIPS AND AT HALF THE PRICE OF WHILE STILL BEING AND WONDERFUL TO DRIVE, FOR A HUGE SUCCESS FOR BUT IN REALITY, WHILE, THE FORD-SOURCED ENGINE WERE ROCK SOLID, U.S. CARS WAS LESS THAN PERFECT TO PINCH PENNIES.

RUST WAS A COMMON PROBLEM TO OVERHEATING.

LINCOLN-MERCURY DEALERSHIP CONTINENTALS AND COMETS WERE WHENEVER A PANTERA SHOWED UP AND THEN...IN 1974, FORD'S LEE IACOCCA HELPED TO CREATE THE PARTNERSHIP, AND FROM THEN ON, BUT DURING THOSE THREE YEARS, WERE SOLD.

AND DE TOMASO USED EVERY PROBLEM THE CAR BETTER.

SO, BY THE TIME THE 1980s THIS WAS A WELL SORTED OUT TO DRIVE BUT MUCH MORE RELIABLE.

THE 351 CUBIC-INCH V8 AND CAN HIT 60 IN UNDER THE SAME TIME AS A COMPARABLE WHICH COST TWICE AS MUCH THE DRIVING EXPERIENCE HOWEVER, THIS IS A 40 YEAR OLD CAR, AND THE SOUND COMING FROM OVER THAT IS WHAT DRIVING FANATICS BUT THE THING I LIKE MOST TO DRIVE A PANTERA.

AND YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO YOU'LL NEVER BECOME COMPLACENT YOU PUT ON THIS CAR.

IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO FEEL, AND AS OF LATE, NOTICE OF HOW SPECIAL VERSIONS AS NICE AS THIS CAN BUT YOU CAN STILL GET INTO ADDING TO THE COOL FACTOR YOU ACTUALLY SEE ONE.

BUT MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD THING.

AFTER ALL, WHEN YOU'RE NAMED ANIMALS IN THE JUNGLE, ANYONE TO SEE YOU COMING.

John: THERE ARE A WHOLE LOT OF BUT DOING IT RIGHT IS A WHOLE THAT'S OUR CUE TO THROW IT * Pat Goss: FOR MANY OF WHEN WE WANT TO CUSTOMIZE IT AND ONE POPULAR WAY OF DOING IN THE CAR.

AND TO GIVE US SOME POINTERS, FROM TINT WORLD OF OWINGS MILLS, STEPHEN, Stephen Leacock: Pat: OKAY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ABOUT TINTING THE GLASS?

Stephen: THE FIRST THING, IS WHAT'S LEGAL IN THE STATE SO, IN ORDER TO BE STATE LEGAL, READ AT 35%.

Pat: ALRIGHT, BUT THE FACTORY Stephen: THAT'S CORRECT.

Pat: AND YOU BROUGHT ALONG THAT'S GOING TO TELL US Stephen: WHAT WE HAVE FOUND 45% IS GOING TO GET YOU ABOVE IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND.

IT'S GOING TO VARY BY BUT THE 45% FILM IS WHAT Pat: AND THESE NUMBERS MIGHT BE AND SO ON?

Stephen: THAT'S CORRECT, Pat: OKAY.

ALRIGHT...NOW, THERE ARE WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND?

Stephen: WELL, WE CARRY A CARBON FILM, WHAT WE SELL THE MOST OF WE FIND THAT IT IS AND IT PROVIDES A GOOD QUALITY Pat: OKAY...BUT SAY, LIKE THE METALIZED FILM, TO THAT ON A CAR LIKE THIS?

Stephen: WELL, WE WOULDN'T ON A NEWER CAR.

IF WE ARE USING TYPICALLY IS GOING TO BE A CAR LIKE THIS IS A NEWER CAR SO, A METALIZED FILM CAN Pat: OKAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN BUT YOU HAVE SPECIAL PROCESSES Stephen: WELL, WE HAVE THAT, A PROFESSIONAL WINDOW TINTER, Pat: MM-HMM.

Stephen: SO, WHAT WE DO IS, WHERE WE ENTER IN THE MAKE, AND WHAT TRIM IT MAY BE.

AND FROM THAT, WE HAVE A PLOTTER THAT FILM IS THEN TRANSFERRED TO FINISH CUTTING THE PATTERN Pat: AH-HA...OKAY, Stephen: WELL...I THINK, THE CARBON FILM IS IT PROTECTS IT PROVIDES HEAT REJECTION, IT COMES WITH A LIFETIME SO, IT MAKES SENSE TO WHEN YOU'RE BUYING A BRAND NEW A NEWER VEHICLE, Pat: IT'S GOING TO MAKE Stephen: ABSOLUTELY.

Pat: ...AND MAKE YOU Stephen: AND MAKE YOU MORE Pat: OKAY...STEPHEN, Stephen: ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

Pat: AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT HERE AT MOTORWEEK .

John: WE DON'T DO MUCH UNLESS OF COURSE, FOR AN ALL NEW QUICKSPIN.

* TIME FOR A QUICKSPIN SOME MAY HAVE EVEN THOUGHT A 2020 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA S YES, MOST CARRERA'S ARE AND YES, BUT FOR SOME, THAN 0-60 NUMBERS.

ONE, IS THE MAN/MACHINE WHEN YOU PRESS A CLUTCH PEDAL FROM THE ENGINE, RELEASE THE CLUTCH, OVER-AND-OVER AGAIN WHAT SEEMS LIKE AN INEFFICIENT QUICKLY BECOMES THE TRUE JOY NOW, IF YOU PLAN ON WITH THE 7-SPEED MANUAL, IS THAT IT'S MOSTLY JUST CONVERTED TO WORK SECONDLY, YOU HAVE TO UPGRADE AS IT'S NOT AVAILABLE WITH AND FINALLY, IT'S A $3,390 OPTION, BUT THAT COMES WITH P-A-S-M SPORT EXHAUST SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD ALL COST MORE AND TO US, IT'S A BARGAIN KEEPING THE SLICK TWO-DOOR TIME FOR A QUICKSPIN 2021 LEXUS LC500 CONVERTIBLE.

THE LC COUPE WAS OF COURSE, AND NAILED LUXURY GRAND TOURING NOW...THE TOP IS OFF, BEHIND THE REAR SEATS UNDER WITH THE MECHANICAL PRECISION AFTER A TUG ON THE TOGGLE SWITCH WHEN IN PLACE, ALMOST PERFECTLY MIRRORS AND WHILE BOTH AND A SUSPENSION RE-TUNE, IS EQUALLY SIMILAR.

Greg Carloss: THE LC 500 WAS AND THIS ONE DOES IT HAS GRAND TOURER LEVELS BUT IT'S ALSO RIGID ENOUGH, WANT TO PUSH IT THROUGH AND THEN...OF COURSE, YOU HEAR ALL THAT SWEET, [EXHAUST NOISE] John: THAT EXHAUST NOISE COMING FROM THE LC'S NATURALLY-ASPIRATED 5.0 LITER V8 AND FEELS LIKE IT SHOULD BE IN NOT IN A LUXURY GRAND TOURING AND THAT'S JUST FINE WITH US.

FOR THOSE THAT PREFER WE IMAGINE THE LC COUPE'S WILL BE AVAILABLE HERE AS WELL, AT THIS TIME.

TECH UPGRADES FOR '21 AND MEAN THAT ANDROID AUTO WITH THE PREVIOUSLY AND AMAZON ALEXA COMPATIBILITY.

NOR HAS PRICING BEEN FINALIZED, THE 2021 LC500 CONVERTIBLE BEFORE THE END OF SUMMER.

AND WE'LL HAVE MORE QUICKSPINS, * Greg: THERE ARE MANY CHOICES CROSSOVERS THESE DAYS, BUT WE'VE THAT OUR 2020 FIAT 500X WE TEST A LOT OF SMALL AND THIS 500X STILL MANAGES IT JUST HAS CHARACTER, THE EAGER ENGINE AND MAKE THE DAILY COMMUTE REALLY SUMMER DRIVING HAS RESULTED IN AS OUR AVERAGE IS NOW UP TO THE 1.3 LITER TURBO-4, HAS PROVED A CAPABLE COMBO.

DESPITE ITS SMALL SIZE, AND ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAVE WHEN YOU NEED IT.

WE ARE APPRECIATING MORE AND MORE.

THE SEATS MAY BE A LITTLE FIRM CONTROLS, AND SMALL TOUCH SCREEN STRAIGHTFORWARD, TREKKING PLUS TRIM, YOU'D WANT COMES STANDARD, THE ADVANCED DRIVER ASSISTANCE FORWARD COLLISION WARNING AS WELL AS LANE KEEP ASSIST.

WE'LL DROP IN ON TWO THE HYUNDAI PALISADE ON THE NEXT MOTORWEEK John: DESPITE BEING IN THE 6TH OF IT'S THIRD GENERATION, WAS THE BEST SELLING 3-ROW SO OBVIOUSLY, 4TH GENERATION HIGHLANDER IS: SO, LET'S SEE WHAT OTHER HAS FOR THE ALL-NEW HIGHLANDER.

* THE ALL-NEW 2020 TOYOTA FACING STIFFER COMPETITION BUT, WHAT IS IT ABOUT THAT HAS KEPT IT ATOP THE SALES IT CERTAINLY WASN'T THE FIRST SPORTING JUST 2-ROWS BUT ADDING AN OPTIONAL 3RD ROW CORRECTLY PERCEIVED THAT, WAS HEADING.

IT WAS HOWEVER, THE FIRST HYBRID WHEN THE HIGHLANDER HYBRID WAS AND THE NEW HIGHLANDER FOLLOWS WITH SOME SLIGHT DEVIATION.

THE BASE 2.7 LITER I4 BUT THE 3.5 LITER V6 CARRIES OUTPUTTING THE SAME AND 263 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

A HYBRID RETURNS AS WELL, FROM A V6 TO A SMALLER THE NOW, 2.5 LITER COMBINES FOR A 243 HORSEPOWER RATING.

THAT'S DOWN CONSIDERABLY FROM BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, JUST AS SIGNIFICANTLY.

THE V6 GETS AN 8-SPEED AUTOMATIC WHILE THE HYBRID WORKS THROUGH AND AS BEFORE THE ALL-WHEEL TOYOTA'S DYNAMIC TORQUE REAR-MOUNTED ELECTRONIC FOR THE HYBRID.

NOTEWORTHY, NO LONGER REQUIRES WHICH ALSO IMPROVES TOYOTA CLAIMS 35-COMBINED, FROM BEFORE, V6 GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY ARE 20-CITY, 28-HIGHWAY, FOR FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE; THE SAME EXCEPT FOR ONE LESS MPG THE NEW HYBRID MAY BE DOWN BUT THE ENGINE IS VERY CHANCES ARE, THE CVT DOES PRODUCE SOME BUT WE'D PUT UP WITH IT, BETWEEN FILL UPS ARE POSSIBLE.

THE V6 FEELS AS STRONG AS EVER, OF MANAGING POWER WITHOUT RIDE QUALITY FOR BOTH REMAINS ON AND AT TIMES THE HIGHLANDER A BIGGER VEHICLE THAN IT IS.

A SPORTIER, MORE TAUTLY MAY CORRECT THAT WHEN IT INDEED, TOYOTA HAS GONE TO THEIR MAINSTREAM VEHICLES LOOK HIGHLANDER IS NO DIFFERENT, CAN BE FOUND THROUGHOUT SO, THE NEW EXTERIOR DESIGN DOES THAN BEFORE, AND LIKE EVERY IT HAS GOTTEN INCREMENTALLY THE BIGGEST INCREASE COMES AND WHEELBASE, ALL TO THE BENEFIT OF AND REALLY, AND FAMILY FEATURES.

THAT COMFORT ABOUNDS IN ALL 2ND ROW SEATS CAN BE BENCH DEPENDING ON TRIM LEVEL.

THIRD ROW ACCESS IS GOOD, ADULT SIZE ROOM BACK THERE.

TOWING CAPACITY IS 5,000 POUNDS 3,500 POUNDS FOR THE HYBRID.

NEW FOR THIS YEAR ARE AND BETTER SOUNDPROOFING, INFOTAINMENT SCREEN YET 12.3 INCHES; AVAILABLE TO 8.0 INCH TOUCHSCREEN.

BOTH THE SCREEN AND CONTROL POD INTO THE DASH; BOTH AESTHETICALLY AS WELL AS, AND FINALLY, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT.

V6 PRICING STARTS AT $35,720 PASSING THROUGH LE, XLE, TO ARRIVE AT PLATINUM, ADDING ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE RANGES DEPENDING ON TRIM.

THE HYBRID IS AVAILABLE IN ALL STARTING WITH LE, AT $39,320, FOR ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE.

SO, WHILE EVERYTHING HAS THE 2020 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER EVERYTHING FAMILIES ARE THAT LOOKS BETTER THAN EVER.

SO, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE TOYOTA FAITHFUL ARE GONNA WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; AND COMPLETE EPISODES, PBS.ORG/MOTORWEEK.

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