HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US AS WE PREPARE WITH THE JEEP GLADIATOR PAT GOSS WITH WAYS TO KEEP A STEPHANIE HART DISCOVERS AND THE FORECAST CALLS FOR THE MERCEDES AMG 63 S...

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Announcer: ROCKAUTO HAS AUTO PARTS FROM OFFERING A VARIETY OF BRANDS, ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR John: UP UNTIL NOW, OF WHAT JEEP HAS TO OFFER AND OFF-ROAD PERFORMANCE, AND THINGS STARTED OUT NEW GLADIATOR PICKUP TRUCK BUT THEY DIDN'T STAY THAT WAY ENTER THE NEW SO, LET'S FIND OUT WHAT THIS THE JEEP FAITHFUL.

* YOU MAY HAVE GATHERED FROM THAT THE 2020 JEEP GLADIATOR WHEREAS, THE RUBICON IS BUILT OF BOUNCING OFF BOULDERS OF THE RUBICON TRAIL; FOR WIDE OPEN DESERT RUNNING, TO FORD'S SVT RAPTOR.

THE SHORT WHEELBASE WRANGLER FOR THAT MISSION, 40-INCH LONGER WHEELBASE AND THIS MOJAVE WAS IN FOR THE GLADIATOR EQUIPPING IT FOR THAT MISSION, WITH SPRINGS THAT ARE BOTH TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAVEL THE FRAME AND STEERING HARDWARE REPEATED HARD LANDINGS, WHILE ANTI-ROLL BARS ARE FINALLY, SKID PLATING HAS BEEN RECONFIGURED TO PROTECT JUST LIKE FORD, JEEP TURNED TO FOR REMOTE RESERVOIR SHOCKS WITH BUT WENT ONE STEP FURTHER, AS WELL, WHICH MAKES SHATTERING WHEN BOTTOMING OUT LESS LOW SPEED WORK MEANS 4:1 TRANSFER CASE; WITH THE STANDARD 2.72, AS WELL THIRTY-THREE INCH TIRES, OR MUD TERRAIN TREAD PATTERNS, WITH MORE OFFSET THAN TO WIDEN THE TRACK AND LEND MOJAVE GRAPHICS ARE APPLIED TO AND IT'S MORE THAN JUST AS IT TURNS OUT, SPEND PLENTY OF TIME IN DEVELOPING THIS MIDSIZE PICKUP.

FINISHING IT ALL OFF, "DESERT RATED" BADGE, "TRAIL RATED" ONE.

IT'S ALL BEEN WELL-TUNED AND KEEP STREET DRIVABILITY RIDE QUALITY IS ACTUALLY, TO THE SOFTER SUSPENSION, IT'S A "KEEP BOTH HANDS ON AS IT IS PRONE TO WANDER.

AND, IT'S EASY TO FORGET AS IT STILL FEELS VERY NIMBLE, AND EASY TO WHIP IN AND OUT UPDATES TO THE INSIDE ARE NOT JUST FOR SHOW; IN ADDITION FRONT SEATS HAVE MUCH MORE FOR HOLDING YOU IN PLACE, A "COMPETITION-INSPIRED" AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THE ONLY PICKUP ON THE MARKET LEGALLY WITHOUT A ROOF SAME 285 HORSEPOWER WITH 260 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE, AS THE REST OF SIX-SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION WITH 8-SPEED AUTO AVAILABLE.

KEPT IN REAR-WHEEL-DRIVE, THOSE 33s UP A LITTLE BUT STILL GET AWAY QUICKLY.

THE 3.6 IS NOT THE TORQUIEST BUT FEELS PLENTY STRONG, WE HIT 60 IN 8.8 SECONDS.

SHIFTS FROM THE AUTOMATIC ARE TAKING US TO THE END OF IN 16.7 SECONDS AS SPEED BUILDS DOWN MORE AND MORE STEERING INPUTS EVERYTHING POINTED STRAIGHT.

PLENTY OF ROLL THROUGH IT'S VERY EASY TO CONTROL; SEEMS TO STAY IN THE BACKGROUND.

STEERING HAS A NICE WEIGHT A SENSE OF DISCONNECT BETWEEN WAY DOWN AT ROAD LEVEL.

GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS AND 19-COMBINED, SO OUR AVERAGE OF REGULAR WAS RIGHT ON.

NOT SURPRISINGLY, IS WELL WORSE THAN AVERAGE, AT WITH 7.7 TONS OF CO2 EMISSIONS.

CONSIDERING, A BASE GLADIATOR THE STEP UP TO THE MOJAVE TAKES TO $45,370, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY AND STILL NOT THE PRICIEST PLUS, IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO AND SURVIVE THE KIND OF ABUSE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES.

NOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO VENTURE OR EVEN A BEACH, NOR DRIVE TO ENJOY THIS 2020 YES, IT DOES TAKE A LICKING BUT I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE, THIS NEW GLADIATOR WITH * John: THE SPORT OF OVERLANDING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY, HALF CAMPING DONE IN REMOTE DESTINATIONS.

NEVER ONE TO TURN DOWN OUR STEPHANIE HART HEADED WITH SPECIALTY VEHICLE MAKER A GLIMPSE INTO THIS ADVENTUROUS * Stephanie Hart: AND THREE EARTHCRUISER'S.

THE STARTING POINT: THE END: SOMEWHERE NEAR LANCE GILLIS IS OUR AND THE FOUNDER EARTHCRUISER.

Lance Gillis: YOU KIND OF GET YOU GET THE RV LIFESTYLE, WHERE YOU CAN STOP AND DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, WHERE YOU WANT TO DO THAT.

Stephanie: LIKE, THIS DIRT TRAIL AND ROCKY AT TIMES.

AND AS WE HEADED DEEPER INTO THE TRAIL BECAME MORE EARTHCRUISER COULD HANDLE THE SPECIALTY VEHICLE MAKER WAS IT MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES AT A TIME WHEN THE LINES BETWEEN WERE BEGINNING TO BLUR.

Brent Baker: TRADITIONALLY, GO TO THE NATIONAL PARKS AND EVERYTHING, OVER THE YEARS, AND MORE PEOPLE CAMP SITES HAVE GOTTEN MORE AND THEY'VE BEEN A LOT MORE TO PEOPLE SO EVERYBODY CAN BUT WHAT IT HAS TAKEN AWAY IN THE WILDERNESS.

THE WILDLIFE HAS MOVED ON AND AND NOW YOU CAN'T GO TO AND GET THE SAME EXPERIENCE THAT Stephanie: PERHAPS WHY IN RECENT YEARS, EARTHCRUISER MAKES A VARIETY Lance: WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL OF A PICKUP TRUCK.

IT STARTS PRETTY SIMPLE, WHAT YOU NEED, BUT NOT TOO MUCH.

Stephanie: TYPICALLY, SETTING UP CAMP BUT WITH EARTHCRUISER [MOTOR SOUND OF THE TOP NICE!

Lance: MUCH MORE LIVEABLE, IT HAS GOT EVERYTHING IN THERE TO KEEP YOU GOING FOR AND MONTHS AT A TIME.

Stephanie: THE PRICE TAG?

$185,000 FOR ABOUT 100-GRAND WHICH IS BIGGER AND BUILT ON Lance: SO, WITH OUR EXP, WE CHOSE A CAB OVER PLATFORM - - SO WE COULD START FROM BUILDING IT PERFECTLY Stephanie: INSIDE, THERE'S A WORKING FAUCET AND RIGHT THAT'S STOCKED WITH ALL NOT TO MENTION THERE'S WITH THE PUSH OF A BUTTON, AND THERE'S EVEN A SHOWER.

* TRAVELING TO THIS REMOTE SPOT, WE GOT THE CAMPFIRE GOING, - ALONG WITH HEALTHY SIDES - OF OVERLANDING.

Michelle Boltz: AS WE GET OLDER I WANT AN INSIDE SHOWER, IF THE WEATHER IS CRAPPY, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE LIVING I WANT TO HAVE SOME SPACE.

SO, AN EARTHCRUISER MEETS AND IT'S COMPLETELY COMPETENT, SO, I NEVER FEEL SCARED THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE AND IT'S COMFORTABLE WHEN WE GET Stephanie: AND THIS IS WHERE BY ORANGE LAKE...OUTSIDE OF AS DAY TURNED INTO NIGHT, OF NATURE...AND THE TRANQUILITY SOME OF US NODDED OFF PRETTY Brent: GETTING OUT HERE CAMPING UNDER THE STARS WHO'S YOU KNOW, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THE PEACE, THE QUIET, YOU KNOW, AND BEING ABLE TO GET AWAY AND DISCONNECT, AND CONNECT WITH AND NATURE...IT IS BY FAR AND RECHARGES THAT YOU CAN HAVE.

John: WE ALL WANT A CLEAR PAT GOSS SAYS, "THERE'S MORE * Pat Goss: WHAT COULD POSSIBLY IN YOUR CAR?

WELL, MAYBE A LOT OF THINGS.

FIRST, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE USE A GLASS CLEANER THAT'S NOT FOR HOUSEHOLD USE.

REASON IS, IS SOME OF THEY CAN LEAVE A FILM ON THE WIPERS TO STREAK AND SMEAR.

THAT'S NOT SAFE.

ALRIGHT, SECOND THING, IF YOU NOW A LOT OF US LIKE THE SUN OFF OR JUST WELL, TINTED WINDOWS HAVE ON THE INSIDE OF THE GLASS.

NOW THAT PLASTIC FILM IS YOU DON'T USE ANY KIND OF OR ANY OTHER HARSH CHEMICALS YOU USE A TINT SAFE, ANYTHING ELSE COULD DAMAGE REALLY NASTY WHEN IT HAPPENS.

ALRIGHT...ALSO, USE MICROFIBER TO SCRATCH IT AND THESE THINGS, ABOUT CLEANING EVERYTHING AND SO ON, THAT WILL REALLY ALRIGHT, LOTS OF US OR INSPECTION STICKERS THOSE COME OFF, YOU CAN TAKE BUT THEY LEAVE A RESIDUE OF SO, WHAT DO YOU DO?

WELL, YOU USE A STICKER REMOVER TO DISSOLVE THE GLUE.

THEN, OR IF YOU CAN FIND A PLASTIC TO SCRAPE THE RESIDUE OFF YOU WON'T DAMAGE THE GLASS.

ANOTHER THING, UNHEARD OF FOR MOST PEOPLE, RIDE UP AND DOWN IN CHANNELS.

THOSE CHANNELS GET DIRTY.

THEY CAUSE THE WINDOW AS IT GOES UP AND DOWN.

WELL, YOU CAN PREVENT ALL OF BY USING SILICONE SPRAY.

YES, IT'S THE SAME SILICONE ON YOUR WEATHER STRIPPING.

YOU SPRAY IT INTO THE CHANNEL, MOVE THE GLASS UP AND DOWN TO DISTRIBUTE THE SILICONE, A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND IT WILL FROM HAPPENING IN SO, SILICONE SPRAY IN AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT HERE AT MOTORWEEK .

John: THINGS MOVE FAST THESE HERE'S LAUREN MORRISON WITH Lauren Morrison: THE AUTOMOTIVE MEDIA AS A WHOLE WHEN IT COMES TO GATHERING AND VIDEO, ONLY MADE US THINK OUTSIDE WE FIRST GOT A LOOK AT THE A CONCEPT VEHICLE INSPIRED BY AT THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW BUT WITH THE POWER WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH CREWS TO GET THIS INSIDER FOOTAGE.

ITS FUTURISTIC DESIGN IS THIRTY-THREE MULTI-DIRECTIONAL ACT AS "BIONIC FLAPS," AN ALMOST REPTILIAN VIBE.

ADDING TO THE OUT OF THIS THEY AREN'T JUST FOR EACH ONE HOUSES A HIGH PRODUCING MORE THAN BUT WHAT REALLY SEALS THE SCI-FI SIDEWAYS MOVEMENT THE VEHICLE INSIDE, INSTEAD, THE DRIVER PLACES THEIR AND THE VEHICLE COMES TO LIFE.

Zane Amiralis: SO, IS PUT MY HAND HERE ON AND NOW YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE AND THIS PULSE OF ENERGY GOES AS IT WAKES UP.

AND AT THE SAME TIME, I CAN REALLY FEEL MY HEARTBEAT, TO ME AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, PHYSICAL CONNECTION ALMOST.

Lauren: IF THAT ALL SEEMS THE THEME OF SUSTAINABILITY MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE THE ENTIRE VISION A-V-T-R RECYCLABLE MATERIALS WITH THE BATTERY PACKS USED TO POWER USE A GRAPHENE-BASED ORGANIC WHICH MERCEDES SAYS, " TOXIC, EVEN IF THE FUTURE IS FAR OUT, WITH THE MERCEDES-BENZ WHICH AIMS TO HAVE A COMPLETELY THE FATHER OF ONE OF THE MOST INVENTIONS HAS DIED.

JOHN J. MOONEY WAS OF THE THREE-WAY THE EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE WAS AND WAS STILL THE TALK OF HIT THE AIRWAVES 40 YEARS AGO!

THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT ON NEARLY EVERY VEHICLE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION THAT MOONEY'S INVENTION HAS AND PREVENTED HUNDREDS OF AND LUNG AILMENTS CAUSED FROM INTERNAL COMBUSTION JOHN J. MOONEY WAS 90 YEARS OLD.

AMAZON IS SHAKING THINGS UP WITH STARTUP WORLD.

THE COMPANY HAS ACQUIRED ZOOX "THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER TO OF AUTONOMOUS RIDE HAILING THERE'S ALSO BEEN CHATTER ZOOX'S TECHNOLOGY TO DELIVER BUT NO OFFICIAL WORD ON THAT.

AMAZON BOUGHT THE STARTUP FOR A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY, BUT AND THAT DOES IT FOR THIS WEEK'S * Greg Carloss: TIME TO SAY BUT TWO OF OUR LONG-TERM FIRST, THIS DELIGHTFUL OVER FIVE-MONTHS, AND AVERAGED A FINE IT'S A GREAT LOOKING SEDAN, WAS CLEARLY THE DRIVING.

RIGHT, OUT OF THE BOX IN THE ARTEON IS COMFORTABLE BUT AS WE'VE SPENT MORE "SPORT" MODE SEEMS TO BE IT SHARPENS THROTTLE RESPONSE TO DRIVE.

PLUS, WE LOVE THE FACT THAT ONCE IT STAYS IN THAT SETTING VOLKSWAGEN JUST ANNOUNCED A HOST NEW STYLING OUTSIDE, AS WELL AS WE HAD NO COMPLAINTS BUT ARE LOOKING FORWARD NOW, AS MUCH AS WE'LL MISS THE OTHER SEDAN IN OUR FLEET, IS ALSO HEADING DOWN OUR DRIVE NOT EVERYONE WAS ENAMORED WITH EXTERIOR DESIGN, IT QUICKLY WON EVERYONE AFTER ABOUT A YEAR IN THIS WE STILL GENUINELY LIKE IT STARTS WITH THE EXCEPTIONALLY AND THEN CREDIT NEEDS TO BE IT'S AS SMOOTH AND AGILE IN 12-MONTHS, WE NOT BAD, WITH THE CONSIDERABLE HAD THIS SPRING DUE TO WHEN WE DID GO OUT, WE AVERAGED FROM OUR ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE AND ARE GLAD TO SEE TO KEEPING SEDANS GREAT.

IT'S A CHECKUP ON THE FIAT 500X, ON THE NEXT MOTORWEEK John: WHILE, THE AMG LABEL TO JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THE MERCEDES-AMG BRAND ITSELF WITH UNIQUE VEHICLES THAT MERCEDES-BENZ PRODUCTS.

AND TO THIS POINT, ON TWO-DOOR PERFORMANCE CARS; WITH THIS CAR, THE MERCEDES-AMG * THIS REALLY IS A BRAVE PERFORMANCE SUVs ARE ALL WHILE MERCEDES "TUNER" AMG DISTINCT VEHICLES.

AND IT'S INTO THIS WORLD THAT WE THE 2020 MERCEDES-AMG A CAR THAT BUCKS ALL THE TRENDS, INTO A 4-DOOR CAR BODY.

GETTING RIGHT TO THE GOOD STUFF; LIKE ANY HIGH PERFORMANCE EVERYTHING FROM CHASSIS-TUNING IS COMPUTER-CONTROLLED IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL AND RACE, BUT ALAS, NO PROMASTER...SORRY!

SO, RATHER THAN SPENDING ALL DAY WE JUST HOPPED IN, FIRED IT UP, AND HEADED FOR TURN-1 ROEBLING ROAD RACEWAY.

IT'S VERY EASY TO PLACE ON HOLDS ITS LINE WELL, IN HEALTHY AMOUNTS OF POWER WITHOUT GETTING OUT OF SHAPE.

WITH ALL-WHEEL DRIVE GRIP, TO GET IT TO OVERSTEER, TO AID IN SUCH HIJINKS.

CARBON-CERAMIC BRAKES ARE NOTED BY BRONZE 6-PISTON AND THEY ARE PLENTY CONSISTENTLY SLOWING US WITHOUT AT THE END OF ROEBLING'S LONG THERE ARE ACTUALLY, THREE THE GT 53 WITH 429 HORSEPOWER THE GT 63 WITH 577 HORSEPOWER TWIN-TURBO V8, THAT V8 UP TO 630 HORSEPOWER OBVIOUSLY, [ENGINE REVS] AND TRUST US, THIS V8 IS NOT PICKING UP THIS CAR, LIKE IT HAS A SCHEDULE TO KEEP.

LAUNCH CONTROL IS SIMPLE TO 60 MILES PER HOUR ARRIVES THE AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 9-SPEED THAT ARE AS QUICK AS THEY ARE AND WHEN WE CLEARED THE QUARTER AT 128 MILES PER HOUR, IT WAS JUST GETTING STARTED.

THERE MAY BE A BOAT-LOAD OF ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU BUT THERE'S NOTHING SENSITIVE EVEN WITH OVERALL SMOOTHNESS TO IT HAS A VERY AGGRESSIVE FROM THE REAR, AND IT'S ALSO WAY BIGGER IN IT DEFINITELY STICKS OUT SIDEBAR: HOW AWESOME IS THIS TECHNICALLY CALLED IT BLENDS PERFECTLY WITH THANKS TO THE HIGHLY-BOLSTERED ON-CENTER INDICATING THE INTERIOR FEELS VERY RACY, LUXURY APPEARANCE THAT MAKES IT BY A HIGH-END WATCHMAKER.

BASE PRICE FOR THIS GT 63 S THE BASE GT 53 COMES IN WITH THE GT 63 OCCUPYING WHILE, WHAT MAKES A GREAT MAY BE SUBJECTIVE; BEHIND THE WHEEL OF THIS 2020 WILL AGREE THAT IT IS UTTERLY WE WERE PROBABLY SUPPOSED TO TO KEEP THE INTERNET TROLLS SOOO...MAYBE WE SHOULD GO TAKE JUST FOR RESEARCH SAKE, WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US NEXT OF THE FORD F250 SUPER DUTY AND THEN, A NEW LOOK AT MORE FOR UNTIL NEXT TIME, 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: YOU'RE SHOPPING FOR AND YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

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Man 1: OH.

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