HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US FOR A TINY UTE WITH A BIG PERSONALITY... PAT GOSS DOES A DEEP DIVE LOTS OF FOLKS LIKE THE IDEA OF BUT WHAT ABOUT LIVING WITH ONE?

AND IT'S A NEW DESIGN FOR THE THE SUBARU OUTBACK...

SO COME DRIVE WITH US, NEXT!

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Announcer: ROCKAUTO HAS AUTO PARTS FROM OFFERING A VARIETY OF BRANDS, ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR John: IT'S NO SECRET WHERE IT'S AT THESE DAYS.

EVEN FOR ESTABLISHED LUXURY THE MORE SUVs YOU CAN SHOEHORN THE BETTER OFF YOU'LL BE.

WELL, WE HAVE THIS NEW ENTRANT, YOU GUESSED IT, AND COMPACT G-L-C.

SO, LET'S SEE IF THE B OFFERS OR IF IT'S ONE TOO MANY OF * WITHOUT A DOUBT, SUCH AS THIS 2020 MERCEDES-BENZ IS MAKING THEM LOOK AND FEEL THE NEW G-L-B CERTAINLY APPEARING MORE OLD-SCHOOL EASILY COMING IN SECOND FOR BEING THE BLUNTEST OF IT SITS TALL, WITH A SMOOTH, THAT FEATURES LOTS OF FLATNESS, AND RUGGED CLADDING ALL AROUND.

BASE MODELS RIDE ON WITH THESE 19s OPTIONAL.

JUST 1.7 INCHES SHORTER THAN YET, THE G-L-B OFFERS A THIRD IN THE C, AND SOMETHING NEW COMPACT UTILITY RANKS.

SO INSIDE, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY THAN THE G-L-C, AS WELL AS MOST DUE TO THE DIFFERENCE AND 3-ROW MODELS, BUT HERE IN OUR THERE'S 22.0 CUBIC-FEET BEHIND REAR SEAT, AND 62.0 CUBIC-FEET IT FEELS JUST AS TECHY INSIDE AS WITH EVERYTHING DISPLAYED THAT BLEND INTO ONE ANOTHER, WITH TABLET-LIKE SURROUNDS.

YOU CAN TOUCH THE SCREEN ON OR USE THE CONSOLE TOUCHPAD WHICH WE'RE NOT FOND OF, INTO EXISTENCE WITH THE WHICH IS STANDARD HERE THE M-B-U-Xs AUGMENTED PART OF AN AVAILABLE MAKES MISSING YOUR TURN THERE'S A CLEAR STRATEGY IN THINGS YOU TOUCH FREQUENTLY CONSISTENT WITH PRICIER BUT LESS TOUCHY THINGS ARE YET, STILL FEEL PLENTY DURABLE.

AND DOORS CLOSE WITH YOU EXPECT IN A LUXURY UTILITY.

NO SHOCK TO FIND A 2.0 LITER IN THIS CASE, OF THE ONE FOUND IN BUT THE 8-SPEED DUAL CLUTCH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK AND GETS ONE MORE GEAR THAN POWER IS QUITE ADEQUATE FOR 221 HORSEPOWER FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE IS STANDARD, WITH 4MATIC ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE AND DEPENDING ON DRIVE MODE, FROM AN 80% FRONT BIAS TO UNDER HARD ACCELERATION, AND CLEARLY NOT AS REFINED NORTH OF ITS PRICE POINT.

IF YOU'RE NEW TO THE BRAND, YOU PROBABLY WON'T NOTICE 4MATIC GRIP GETS YOU OFF AND ON YOUR WAY TO 60 THE DUAL-CLUTCH REALLY LIKES TO SHIFTS ARE AS QUICK AND FIRM IN ANYTHING NOT MARKETED WITH THE QUARTER MILE AT 97 MILES PER HOUR.

IT'S FAIRLY NIMBLE FEELING; A UTILITY THAN A SEDAN; THOUGH AS WITH MOST SUVs NOW, OCCURS, IT TRIGGERS THE BRAKES SHORT OF ITS TRUE LIMITS.

Greg Carloss: SITTING BEHIND I'M ACTUALLY SENSING BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

THE WINDSHIELD IS VERY UPRIGHT OF THE ROAD.

AND THEN, COMBINE THAT WITH WHEN TURNING, AND YOU HAVE SUV EXPERIENCE HERE.

John: THROUGH IT ALL, AND IS VERY COMFORTABLE.

AND, PLENTY OF TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING THE S-CLASS' DRIVING FEATURES.

GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS ARE 23-CITY, 31-HIGHWAY, WE AVERAGED A FINE 27.4 MILES BUT THAT ONLY MAKES FOR AN WITH 12.7 BARRELS OF AND 5.6 TONS OF CO2 EMISSIONS.

PRICING STARTS AT $37,595, A TWO-GRAND OPTION.

THE 2020 MERCEDES-BENZ G-L-B 250 YOU HAVE A HARD TIME UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY DRIVE IT.

IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, ANOTHER SUV IN THEIR LINEUP?

PROBABLY NOT, BUT THE G-L-B THIS GRAND LITTLE BOX IS IN THEIR EVER-EXPANDING REALM.

* LOTS OF PEOPLE LIKE THE IDEA OF AS THEIR DAILY DRIVER -- MANY STILL HAVE QUALMS AND HOW OWNING AN EV WILL WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO AND HAVE FOUND PLENTY OF TO FLIP THE EV SWITCH!

* WHEN ASKED WHY THEY CONSIDERED MOST EV OWNERS POINT TO THAT DRIVING ELECTRIC ZERO TAILPIPE EMISSIONS.

BUT ONCE PEOPLE DIVE INTO THEY QUICKLY POINT OUT OTHER THEIR INTERNAL COMBUSTION CARS.

Richard Hartnett: THE BIGGEST LOW COST OF OWNERSHIP, THE SIDE BENEFIT THAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT A GASOLINE IT'S NOT SPEWING ANY CARBON WHICH IS GOOD FOR ALL OF US.

Joyce Breiner: PART OF IT WAS, WE WERE ON A TRACK TRYING TO OUR FAMILY EMISSIONS, SORT OF A LITTLE BIT OF WAS THEY ARE SO MUCH FUN.

Alexander Yaney: SO, IS THE ACCELERATION.

IT'S 0-60 IN 4.2 SECONDS, ANY CAR I'VE HAD... John: WE'VE GOT TO AND THEIR LUDICROUS MODE THAT ELECTRIC VEHICLES CAN BE AND OTHER EV MAKERS ARE BUT EVEN THE MOST BASIC EV THANKS TO THEIR ELECTRIC MOTOR'S SERGEANT RICHARD HARTNETT OF LIKED HIS OWN CHEVY BOLT HE LOBBIED TO DRIVE ONE Richard: ONE OF THE BIG AS A POLICE CAR, IS THAT PER SE IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, WHEN YOU STEP ON THE CAR JUST SORTA AND THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT POLICE CARS, WHICH HAVE WHEN THEY FIRST TAKE OFF.

SO, IT'S VERY QUICK IT'S HAD NO PROBLEM KEEPING UP THE FEW THAT WE'VE HAD WITH IT, SO IF I HAVE TO SORTA SNEAK UP THE BAD GUYS DON'T KNOW THAT John: CURRENTLY, PLUG-IN VEHICLE ACCOUNT FOR A VERY SMALL BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE A NEW FOR WHOM NOTHING ELSE WILL DO!

I STARTED DRIVING ON ELECTRIC I TOOK MY DRIVING TEST IN John: AND DON'T FORGET, EVs ARE Vanessa Thomas: FOR A VERY LONG TIME, BECAUSE MY PARENTS BOTH RIDE.

WHEN I HEARD THERE WAS ELECTRIC I WAS INTRIGUED AND WANTED SO I ACTUALLY RODE UP TO THAT HAD AN ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE WHICH WAS IN NEW JERSEY, FROM WHERE I LIVE, AND RODE ONE, FROM EAR TO EAR ALL DAY LONG AND JUST KNEW I WANTED ONE, EVER SINCE.

John: OF COURSE, THE OTHER BIG IS LOWER COST OF OWNERSHIP Vanessa: I REALLY HAVEN'T SO ITS BEEN VERY LOW COST, Joyce: IN A NUTSHELL, TO OWN OR OPERATE.

IT'S ABOUT FOUR CENTS A MILE AND THE MAINTENANCE IS LIKE, YOU'RE NOT WORRYING ABOUT GOING TO THE SHOP FOR OIL AND THEY'VE PRETTY BEEN FOR THE MOST PART.

John: THE NUMBER OF PUBLICLY REACHED ABOUT 26,000 IN 2020, BUT MOST OWNERS, "THAT BYPASSING THE GAS STATION IS THE GREATEST BENEFIT OF PLUG IN TO A 110-VOLT OUTLET ELECTRIC VEHICLE CAN BE FOR A FRACTION OF WHAT A TANK OF Vanessa: IT COSTS A LITTLE OVER FROM ZERO TO FULL, 150 MILES ON A DOLLAR.

John: FOR THOSE WHO'VE MADE IT SEEMS THERE'S NO GOING BACK!

Joyce: EVs ARE FUN, FUN, AND THEY'RE EASY, AND I WOULDN'T REALLY WANT John: MOST CAR REPAIRS BUT UNUSUAL PROBLEMS AND THAT'S WHERE PAT GOSS * Pat Goss: THIS TIME I GOT THAT WELL, THEY'LL DRIVE YA NUTS FIRST IS, CERTAIN FORD VEHICLES RIGHT HERE, IT'S CALLED AND IT CONTROLS THE FUEL PUMP NOW, ON THE PICKUP TRUCKS ON A CROSS MEMBER, SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY SO, YOU MAY NOT EVEN KNOW IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS OF WHERE THE CAR DOESN'T START OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

MAKE SURE YOU FIND OUT, FUEL CONTROL MODULES THEN PULL IT OFF, FOR CORROSION SUCH AS THESE THINGS ARE MOUNTED THE CROSS MEMBER OR PARTS OF AND SALT GET IN THERE, THEY CORRODE THE BACK OF IT, THE VEHICLE DOESN'T RUN.

ALRIGHT...NOW, HERE'S A TRICK: THAT WE COULD PUT WASHERS LONGER BOLTS IN THERE, AND THEN THE DIRT DOESN'T THIS ONE IS FROM DORMAN PRODUCTS AND IT COMES WITH RUBBER SPACERS SO, IF YOU HAVE TO REPLACE IT THAT HAS SPACERS SO THE PROBLEM DOESN'T ALRIGHT...NEXT, WITH CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS THAT WE PULL IS, WELL, EVERYBODY SEEMS TO THINK RELATIVE TO ENGINES RUNNING WELL, THERE ARE LOTS THINGS TO GO BAD AND THE ENGINE RUN THINGS LIKE...HERE WE HAVE AND IT GOT TRAPPED BETWEEN THE AND THE SEAT ON THE THERMOSTAT OVER HERE, WE HAVE ONE WHERE WAS TIGHT SPACES IN THERE, WELL, WHAT HE DID WAS BULL IT HE BENT IT AND IT COULDN'T CHECK ENGINE LIGHT: TOO COLD.

ANOTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND, A LOT OF THESE AUTOMOBILES TODAY MAKE SURE YOU DON'T USE THESE THAT'S PLASTIC BECAUSE THEY CAN AND THAT CAN CAUSE HAIRLINE VERY SLOWLY.

USE THE SPRING TYPE THAT THERE'S A REASON AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT HERE AT MOTORWEEK .

John: TIME TO GRAB THE KEYS TO ON ANOTHER QUICKSPIN.

* THIS WEEK'S QUICKSPIN TAKES US FOR A FIRST DRIVE OF THE 2020 SLOTTING BETWEEN THE MACAN THE G-T-S ESSENTIALLY AVAILABLE OPTIONS, INTO ONE VALUE-ADDED PACKAGE, A LITTLE PERFORMANCE UPGRADE WORTH YOUR WHILE.

THAT MEANS AN ADDITIONAL FROM THE TURBOCHARGED FOR A TOTAL OF 375; THROUGH A SPORT EXHAUST SYSTEM, HANDLING CAPABILITIES P-A-S-M SPORT SUSPENSION ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE IS STANDARD, AS Brian Robinson: TYPICAL FOR IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT SOME JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING IN COMPARED TO THE MACAN S. SO, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY JUST IF YOU GO LOOKING FOR IT, PERFORMANCE THERE.

John: BLACK TRIM AND CLEAR LENSES FOR THE TAILS, SPEARHEAD THE EXTERIOR YOU'LL ALSO GET 20 INCH R-S LARGER AIR INTAKES IN AND G-T-S LOGOED SIDE BLADES.

INSIDE, BLACK ALUMINUM TRIM, PRICING FOR THE 2020 STARTS AROUND $72,000, AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE NOW.

Greg: WHILE, THE MINIVAN AS IT ONCE WAS, RELY ON THE SPACIOUSNESS A MINIVAN CAN PROVIDE.

TOYOTA REMAINS COMMITTED TO AND THIS ALL-NEW 2021 SIENNA NO ONE HAS EMBRACED THE MINIVAN SO IT MAKES SENSE THAT TOYOTA AND WILL OF COURSE, ASSEMBLE IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE WHAT YOU'D TO LOOK LIKE; PRONOUNCED CHARACTER LINES BIG MOUTH GRILLE THAT WIDENS SPORTY X-S-E TRIMS AND MORE AGGRESSIVE BUMPERS.

BIGGER NEWS HERE, AT LEAST FOR NOW, ARE HYBRIDS.

THE 2.5 LITER I4-BASED DELIVERS 243 HORSEPOWER PER GALLON COMBINED.

AS BEFORE, SIMILAR TO THE HIGHLANDER THE SIENNA USES AN ON-DEMAND TO DELIVER AS MUCH AS 80% OF WHEN THE FRONTS LOSE TRACTION.

John: WHILE, THE 2021 SIENNA IS TO OFFER ALL-WHEEL DRIVE, IN THIS PRACTICAL TECHNOLOGY INSTEAD OF AN OLD-SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH A DRIVESHAFT.

A-W-D IS INCREASINGLY, LIVING IN THE COLDER CLIMATES AND IN THAT VEIN WITH ALL I THINK THAT THE 2021 SIENNA MINIVAN CHOICE.

Greg: THERE ARE SEVEN WITH EVEN MORE SEATING A NEW BRIDGE CONSOLE NOT ONLY BUT BLENDS INTO THE DASH TO BRING THE SHIFTER AND BUT ALSO PROVIDES SEPARATION AND FRONT SEAT PASSENGER, WHICH DEPENDING ON WHO CALLED Stephanie Hart: INSIDE, FAMILY FRIENDLY.

THERE'S AS MANY AS 18 CUPHOLDERS IT GETS BETTER.

IT'S POISED TO GIVE A RUN FOR ITS MONEY.

THAT MINIVAN HAS A VACUUM.

WELL, THE SIENNA PLATINUM TRIM UPPING THIS MINIVAN'S Greg: WE'RE REALLY JUST SO STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFO AND WE'LL HAVE MORE QUICKSPINS, John: DESPITE THE RAPID SALES THE SUBARU OUTBACK HAS SOLDIERED AS THE ONE STATION WAGON THAT LITERALLY!

AS EACH REDESIGN HAS GROWN, IT TRULY HAS BEEN SOMETHING PHENOMENON.

SO LET'S SEE IF FANS * WELL, AFTER YEARS OF STAKING FIRST "SPORT UTILITY WAGON," SUBARU NOW CONSIDERS SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE, DOESN'T REALLY MATTER; THE SUBARU OUTBACK HAS BEEN AND IT'S LIKELY, MORE OF THE SAME.

SUBARU'S NEW GLOBAL PLATFORM SLIGHTLY.

IT'S ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF THOUGH, ALONG WITH HEIGHT, THE LOOK IS A TAD MORE RUGGED WITH WIDER FENDERS WHILE BODY CLADDING IS MADE TO RESEMBLE HEY, WE DON'T COME UP WITH BUT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF ARE INTO.

WELL, IF THEY WERE INTO THEY'LL BE DISAPPOINTED, IN ITS PLACE IS THE ASCENT'S AT 260 HORSEPOWER, THAN THE 3.6 LITER, OF TORQUE, AT 277.

TOWING CAPACITY IS NOW THE HIGHEST EVER FOR AN OUTBACK; THE BASE 2.5 LITER, GAINING 7.0 HORSEPOWER TO 182; CURRENT OUTBACK OWNERS THAT THIS ONE FEELS BIGGER, ARE MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE.

THE TURBO WILL FEEL DIFFERENT WITH ITS MORE AGGRESSIVE AND THE FACT THAT IT SHUTS OFF MAY TAKE A WHILE TO GET USED TO.

ONE THING THAT WON'T FEEL MUCH THE OUTBACK HANDLES.

IT'S STILL SUREFOOTED STEERING HAS A BIT MORE FEEL, AGAIN FAMILIAR; ALONG WITH THE IT'S HARD TO MISS THE MUCH IN THE DASH, NOW 11.6 INCHES TABLET-STYLE FASHION.

IT'S MUCH LESS DISTRACTING AND FAIRLY INTUITIVE BUT IT ALSO MEANS, YOU MUST USE AND SUN WORSHIPERS WILL FIND MOONROOF OPEN CAN MAKE VENTILATED SEATS ARE NOW OF TOURING TRIM, BUT SOMETHING ONLY CURRENT OWNERS IS THAT THE COMPASS HEADING HAS CHANGED FROM GREEN TO OPEN THE HANDS FREE POWER WITH MOST TRIMS, 2.4 CUBIC-FEET OF SPACE MORE IMPORTANTLY, IS MUCH WIDER.

FOLD THE SEATBACKS TO GET AND THE WHOLE AREA IS RUGGED AND MANY OWNERS WILL UPGRADE JUST AND THEY ARE COMPREHENSIVE, NOW INCLUDING AUTO BRAKING, WITH LANE CENTERING.

WE DIDN'T NEED SUCH ASSISTANCE WHERE WE WERE OFF TO A QUICK POWER BUILDS, AS DOES AS YOU WORK YOUR WAY DOWN OR EXCITEMENT TO SPEAK OF; IN 14.9 SECONDS THROUGH THE CONES, AND MINIMAL BODY ROLL.

GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS 30-HIGHWAY, AND 26-COMBINED.

WE AVERAGED A FINE 27.3 MILES PRICING IS ONLY UP A COUPLE STARTING AT $27,655; START WITH THE NEW THE 2020 SUBARU OUTBACK DELIVERS FAVORITE STATION WAGON ONLY NOW IT'S WRAPPED IN OR SUV MARKETING RATHER.

IT'S ALL THE SAME TO US; THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

AND WE'RE GUESSING THE SUBARU IN THE NEW OUTBACK.

WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US WHEN OUR STAFF PICKS FOR THE ANNUAL 2020 MOTORWEEK AND WE TEST AN INFINITI ON TECHNOLOGY AS WELL AS LUXURY.

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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