HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US TO SEE IF THE NEW WILL APPEAL TO PAT GOSS GIVES US THE 411 ON LOTS OF FOLKS LIKE THE IDEA OF BUT WHAT ABOUT LIVING WITH ONE?

AND WE'LL SPRINT TO MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER...

SO COME DRIVE WITH US, NEXT!

CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY * Announcer: MOTORWEEK , TELEVISION'S BROUGHT TO YOU BY... ROCKAUTO HAS AUTO PARTS FROM OFFERING A VARIETY OF BRANDS, ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR John: DESPITE MANY FANTASTIC MIDSIZE SEDAN SALES REMAIN AND, LIKE MANY THINGS IN THAT TREND HAS STARTED TO AS WELL AS MORE AND MORE BUT NISSAN HAS BEEN ON A MISSION AND RELEVANT, AND NOW TO A NEW SENTRA.

* WHILE, MOST FAMILIES TO LOOK AT VEHICLES AND PATHFINDER CROSSOVERS THERE ARE MORE NISSAN SENTRA'S THAN ANY OTHER NISSAN PRODUCT.

2020 SEES THE LAUNCH OF AND HOPES FROM NISSAN TO KEEP GORGEOUS STYLING WILL YES, THE FLOATING ROOF DESIGN ALMOST ALL OF THE NISSAN LINEUP.

AND IT REALLY WORKS HERE, ANGULAR, AND READY FOR WE HAD PEOPLE GUESSING TO EVEN MERCEDES-BENZ NOW GRANTED, THE RESULT OF OUR TEST CAR'S AND SR TRIM, WHICH BRINGS OUT WITH 18 INCH ALLOYS, LED LIGHTING, BLACK MIRRORS, THE STANDARD ENGINE GROWS FROM AND BRINGS ANOTHER 25 HORSEPOWER TAKING THE I4s TOTALS TO AND 146 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN OKAY WITH US ON TOP OF THAT, BUT THAT'S AND OF COURSE, IS NISSAN'S XTRONIC CVT.

LIKE, SOME OTHER NISSAN'S, IT WAS A TALE OF TWO SENTRA'S ACCELERATION WITH 2.0 LITER IS LESS THAN AND THE CVT CERTAINLY DOESN'T IT'S MORE OF A HESITANT RATHER THAN A SPRINT, TAKING 9.1 SECONDS TO ACHIEVE.

LOTS OF ENGINE NOISE, A SEEMINGLY RANDOM ACCOMPANIES YOU THE WHOLE WAY BY THE TIME YOU REACH THE END IN 17.0 SECONDS FLAT AT YOU'RE MOSTLY GLAD THE TRIP NOW, THE OTHER SIDE OF WHEN WE TOOK TO OUR CONE COURSE.

WHAT A BLAST!

IN THE COMPACT SEDAN STEERING IS LIGHT, AND THE CAR THERE IS A DECENT AMOUNT AND DEPENDING ON HOW AGGRESSIVE YOU'LL CONTEND WITH EITHER OVER THE SENTRA TRADES ITS FOR AN INDEPENDENT MULTI-LINK, FOR THE LIVELIER FEEL.

IT ALSO SITS MORE THAN WITH A TRACK THAT IS WIDER BRAKES ARE QUITE GOOD AS WELL, STOPPING DISTANCE OF JUST THEY ARE NOISY THOUGH, AFTER A FEW RUNS.

AWAY FROM THE TRACK, FEELS EVEN BETTER, OF ENJOYMENT INTO EXCEPTIONAL COMFORT FOR SO, IF YOUR COMMUTE IS THE REALLY COMFORTABLE INCREASED LEGROOM, AND GENERAL WILL MAKE YOUR SEAT TIME MATERIAL QUALITY TAKES AND A NICE-LOOKING FLAT-BOTTOM REAR SEAT LEG ROOM BUT IT WAS ALREADY QUITE GOOD LIKEWISE, HEADROOM IS STILL TRUNK CAPACITY ACTUALLY FROM 15.1 TO 14.3 CUBIC-FEET, A LOT OF SPACE FOR A COMPACT.

GAUGES ARE VERY CLEAR WITH ALL BUT BASE TRIM GETTING DRIVER-ASSIST DISPLAY.

LIKEWISE, THERE'S A STANDARD FOR THE BASE MODEL; A REASONABLY PRICED PREMIUM AND STEERING WHEEL, AND 8.0 INCH BOSE STEREO AROUND VIEW MONITOR.

NISSAN IS VERY PROUD OF THEIR WANTING AS MANY PEOPLE AS THUS, IT COMES STANDARD AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING, AND REAR AUTOMATIC BRAKING.

GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS 37-HIGHWAY, AND 32-COMBINED; AT 32.4 MILES PER GALLON.

AS WITH MOST COMPACT SEDANS, STARTING AT $20,015; ABOUT A GRAND MORE, AT $21,195; AND TOP SR TRIM COMING IN AMERICA'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH AS MORE AND MORE EYES ARE DRAWN AND YES, BUT, THAT JUST MEANS CARMAKERS, ARE TRYING HARDER AND HARDER AND THAT GENERATES BETTER LIKE THIS 2020 NISSAN SENTRA.

* 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: AT ITS ESSENCE, RESTORING TAKE IT ALL APART, REPLACE WHAT YOU CAN'T, BUT, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WELL, IF RESTORING IS SOMETHING YOU'VE ALWAYS THIS BOOK IS A GOOD FIRST STEP; AND AUTHENTICITY GUIDE A MUST READ BY DALE MCINTOSH IT TAKES YOU STEP-BY-STEP, CANDIDATE FOR RESTORATION, DOWN TO THE FRAME, INCLUDING CHASSIS, POWERTRAIN, AND EVEN WIRING.

WE CAN'T PROMISE YOU'LL HAVE BUT YOUR ODDS ARE FOLLOWING THE ADVICE CARS TODAY ARE ANYTHING SO, REPAIRS ARE OFTEN BUT HELP'S WAITING DOWN AT * Pat Goss: "THAT IT'S A CHANGING WORLD."

AND THAT IS CERTAINLY TRUE NOW, IN THE PAST I HAVE TOLD YOU AND SO ON YOU SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE IN THE CAR.

BUT NOW, WE HAVE SOMETHING ELSE YOUR CELL PHONE FOR.

THAT IS TO RECORD VITAL SPECIFICALLY, THE VIN; WHICH IS RIGHT HERE TAKE A PICTURE OF IT, MAKE SURE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO ABOUT THE CAR WHEN YOU HAVE TO OR IF YOU HAVE TO BUY PARTS NOW, AGAIN WITH THE CELL PHONE.

GO INSIDE THE DRIVER'S DOOR YOU WILL FIND A DECAL THAT AND TIRE PRESSURE, AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.

TAKE A PICTURE OF THAT.

SO THAT YOU HAVE IT RECORDED FOR SERVICE AND PARTS SO, IT CAN REALLY SAVE YOU NOW, ANOTHER THING THAT YOU NEED HAVE PROBLEMS.

AND THAT MEANS THERE MAY BE T-S-B IS THEY'RE NOT THE SAME THING.

A RECALL IS WHERE OR SOMEBODY HAS FOUND A SAFETY TO RECALL THE CAR, IT'S TYPICALLY, T-S-B IS WHERE THE MANUFACTURER HAVE FOUND THE ANSWER TO AND THEY PUBLISH THAT ANSWER.

NOW, SAY THAT YOU HAVE AN TAKE FIVE HOURS TO DIAGNOSE, SERVICE BULLETIN THAT TAKES WELL, THAT FIVE MINUTES COULD OF DIAGNOSTIC TIME.

SO, HERE'S THE RULE.

YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AND BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR CAR MAKE SURE THE SHOP IS LIKE THE SAFER CARS SITE TO GET THE TECHNICAL SERVICE FOR YOUR CAR.

COULD SAVE YOU AN ENORMOUS AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT HERE AT MOTORWEEK .

John: THE SUMMER MAY BE BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF FOR ANOTHER QUICKSPIN.

* Jessica Ray: IF YOU WERE STUNNED RETURN TO THE BMW LINEUP IT LOOKS LIKE THAT OF SURPRISING THINGS TO COME THIS YEAR, THEY'VE SNUCK AND DUBBED IT THE 2020 THE GRAN COUPE IS WITH A 335 HORSEPOWER TURBO-6, WITH A 523 HORSEPOWER XDRIVE ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE IS OPTIONAL ON THE REAR-DRIVE 840; AN 8-SPEED AUTOMATIC THE NEW GRAN COUPE USES OF THE 8-SERIES COUPE CHASSIS; 9.0 INCHES OF OVERALL LENGTH WOULDN'T WORK, YOU'D BE WRONG.

IT LOOKS ELEGANT, STATELY, THAT CERTAINLY APPLIES WHERE THE 8-SERIES' UNIQUE IS AS INTOXICATING AS EVER.

ONLY NOW, YOU GET TO SHARE IT Greg Carloss: IF YOU DON'T LIKE 4-DOOR COUPE THING, SPORTIER 7-SERIES SEDAN, THE M850I COUPE WE HAD IT'S GOING TO BE FUN TO DRIVE.

Jessica: THAT'S BECAUSE SUSPENSION PROVIDES A RIDE OR COMFORTING AS YOU WANT.

STYLE, LUXURY, PERFORMANCE, PRICED APPROPRIATELY, STAY SAFE AND KEEP IT LOCKED ON AS WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE BMW 8-SERIES GRAN COUPE, SOON!

* Greg: NOW...FINALLY, OUR TIME WITH THIS 2020 CONTINUES TO BE MOSTLY POSITIVE.

THAT INCLUDES FUEL ECONOMY FROM IT CONTINUES ITS UPWARD TREND 23.3 MILES PER GALLON.

WE SAW AS HIGH AS 28 TO THE GREEN MOUNTAIN STATE AND IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE BOTH AROUND TOWN, A SMALLER VEHICLE, WITH ITS COMPOSED FAIRLY HOWEVER, HIT SOME POORLY LAID, AND THE FREEWAY HOP BECOMES AFTER 8-MONTHS, WE CAN BIGGEST UTILITY HAS BEEN SUCH AS ALMOST HALF OF PALISADE CONSIDERED A HYUNDAI.

NOW, SOME LONG-TERMS ARE HARDER AND WITHOUT A DOUBT, 2019 PORSCHE MACAN S IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH LIVING ON OUR LONG TERM LOT.

THE WAY THE ENGINE SEDATE TO SINISTER AT IS REALLY WHAT MAKES IT SUCH THAT ENGINE IS A 348 HORSEPOWER AND THE SUSPENSION PART OF THAT THAT ARRIVED FOR 2019, ACTIVE SUSPENSION MANAGEMENT, UNIQUE PERSONALITIES FOR EACH NOT EVERYONE ON OUR STAFF THE 911-INSPIRED ROUNDED BUT ALL WERE FANS OF SHOWCASING LUXURY AND HIGH TECH IN OUR POSSESSION FOR WE DROVE A TOTAL OF AND AVERAGED A GREAT AND GREATNESS TRULY SUMS UP OUR IN KEEPING WITH THE TIMES, THE MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER P-H-E-V ON THE NEXT MOTORWEEK John: WHILE, IT HAS SPORTED MANY HERE FOR 2001... FREIGHTLINER, MERCEDES-BENZ, THE SPRINTER HAS CHANGED HERE IN THE U.S.

FOREVER, TO EUROPEAN-STYLE HIGH-ROOF MORE OR LESS REPLACE TRADITIONAL SO, LET'S GET TO WORK FOR THE SPRINTER.

* WELL, WE'RE ACTUALLY BACK TO FOR THE SPRINTER THESE DAYS, ITS THIRD GENERATION.

THE BIG NEWS FOR 2020 IS IT'S A 2.0 LITER I4 AND 266 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE, REAR-WHEEL-DRIVE CARGO VANS; WORKING WITH A 7-SPEED AUTOMATIC THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR YOU FANS 3.0 LITER V6 DIESEL AND IT'S OF 7,500 POUNDS AS THE 2.0 LITER JUST GIVES YOU AN ADDITIONAL TO GO ALONG WITH THIS THE TURBO CHARGED GASOLINE AND 258 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE 9-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MAX TOWING FOR IT IS LIKE MOST COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, OF CONFIGURATIONS TO TWO ROOF HEIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE WITH A CHOICE OF EITHER 144 INCH SO YOU CAN GET AS MUCH OR AS TO GET YOUR PARTICULAR JOB DONE.

OUR SETUP IS THE 2500 SHORT IN CREW CONFIGURATION, WHICH IF YOU'VE GOT BOTH PEOPLE TO THE JOB SITE.

THERE'S SEATING FOR FIVE IN THE CARGO HOLD, IN OTHER COLORS THAN WHITE.

OUR CALCITE YELLOW TESTER "BIG BIRD," BUT THAT JUST NO ONE BUYS A COMMERCIAL VAN STRICTLY FOR THE DRIVING BUT THIS SPRINTER HAS PROVEN IT DOES HAVE A STIFF RIDE UNLESS OVER THE REAR SUSPENSION, TO OPERATE.

SOME OF OUR STAFF FELT IT GOING DOWN THE ROAD, WIND BUFFETING HAS BEEN WITH CROSSWIND ASSIST BUILT INTO IT'S STILL NOT THE EASIEST VAN EVEN WITH THE OPTIONAL ELECTRIC BUT THE DRIVER'S SPACE IS ACCORDING TO MERCEDES-BENZ; FROM THE AVAILABLE TO THE OPTIONAL AND THE VARIOUS TRADITIONAL EVERYTHING IS WITHIN EASY REACH THE SEAT ITSELF, IS INDEED COMFORTABLE.

MULTIPLE USB PORTS FOR CHARGING AS IS MERCEDES PRO CONNECT ENABLING GPS WITH AND CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY AND SPEAKING OF FLEETS, OR FEDEX PACKAGE DELIVERED CHANCES ARE IT SPENT SOME TIME SAFETY SYSTEMS ARE ON PAR WITH FROM ACTIVE DISTANCE CRUISE AND EVEN ATTENTION ASSIST THAT BEHIND THE WHEEL.

A BASIC BACK-UP CAMERA BUT THERE ARE MULTIPLE OPTIONS A FULL 360 DEGREE CAMERA SYSTEM AVAILABLE TO HELP YOU OR EVEN NAVIGATING TIGHT BEING A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE, AREN'T REQUIRED, BUT WE AVERAGED 23.2 MILES PER GALLON A 22 GALLON FUEL TANK CARGO VAN PRICING STARTS AT GAS 2.0 LITER, FOR A LONG-WHEELBASE CREW VANS START AT $40,890, BUT, THAT PRICE IS REALLY WITH SO MUCH CUSTOMIZATION EXPECT TO PAY MORE TO OUTFIT OUR 2500 CREW STARTED OUT AT BUT WAS OVER $55,000 WITH THE ORIGINAL SPRINTER PROVED A BETTER WAY, WITH A VAN THAT MORE COMFORTABLE, AND OFFERED AND NOT ONLY HAVE AMERICAN BUT OTHER MANUFACTURERS THIS 2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES - MERCEDES IS STILL WORKING HARDER AND MORE EFFICIENT.

AND THAT'S JUST GOOD BUSINESS.

WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL WHEN WE'LL KICK OFF WITH A TEST OF THE NEW THEN, BUICK RETURNS TO WITH A NEW ENCORE GX.

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.

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