HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US TO SEE WHAT'S NEW FULL-SIZE PICKUP... PAT GOSS SHOWS YOU HOW BACK ON THE ROAD SAFELY... WE'LL HIT THE HIGHWAY AND SEE AMAZINGLY EFFICIENT... AND THEN, WITH SOMETHING EXTRA...

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: UNLESS YOU'RE THE FULL-SIZE PICKUP TRUCK TO CALL HOME.

NOW, TOYOTA HAS BEEN THE MOST WITH THEIR TUNDRA, TO BE SEEN AS A SERIOUS PLAYER.

NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WITH AN UPDATED 2020 TITAN.

* 2020 WILL CERTAINLY GO DOWN "INTERESTING TIMES" IN MOST THINGS AS WE KNOW THEM SO, YOU COULD SAY THIS UPDATED WE FIRST MET THE TITAN WHEN IT SCENE FOR 2004.

IT SHOWED UP WELL-EQUIPPED, ALMOST A FOOT MORE LENGTH AND A HOST OF WELL THOUGHT OUT WE PRAISED ITS SPACIOUS AND NOTED THE ALL-ALUMINUM V8 THAT TRULY MUST HAVE BEEN IT'S STILL GETTING THE JOB DONE.

NOW, WELL INTO THE TITAN'S WHICH ARRIVED FOR 2016, GAINS 10 HORSEPOWER TORQUE GAINS ARE MORE JUMPING FROM 394 TO OTHER BRANDS MAY HAVE MORE BUT THAT'S THE MOST STANDARD YOU'LL FIND IN THE FULL-SIZE MORE SIGNIFICANT, IS AN ALL-NEW WITH MORE POWER FROM THE ENGINE IN THE TRANSMISSION, HEADING TO OUR TEST TRACK.

NISSAN DIDN'T MENTION A NEW WITH IT, IT SURE SOUNDS WITH NOTICEABLY MORE BUT, THAT DIDN'T TRANSLATE IT FELT QUICK OFF THE LINE, FAIRLY WELL, COME ON WHEN IT HITS STILL, WAS FOUR/TENTHS SLOWER THAN SMOOTH AND QUICK SHIFTS FROM SOME OF THAT TIME THROUGH 16.0 SECOND AT 94 MILES JUST TWO/TENTHS OFF FROM BEFORE.

LIKE, MOST EVERYTHING ELSE WITH THERE'S COPIOUS BODY ROLL AND BUT, OVERALL IT WAS NOT TOO STEERING WAS HEAVY AND OFFERED AN AVERAGE STOPPING DISTANCE IS NOT BAD AT ALL FOR THIS UPDATE ALSO MEANS NEW LED LIGHTING ALL AROUND, DIFFERENT WHEEL DESIGNS, THE GRILLE GETS A NEW LOOK AS ALL TRIMS GET THEIR OWN WHICH MEANS LOTS OF CHROME THE SL AND TOP PREMIUM RESERVE WITH A 5.5 FOOT BED; BASE S, SV, ARE AVAILABLE WITH EXTENDED KING FOLLOWING A DISAPPOINTING TREND NISSAN HAS ELIMINATED THE AVAILABLE TOW PACKAGE YOU CAN SAFELY PULL THE MAXIMUM STICK WITH 2-WHEEL-DRIVE, AND WITH ITS FULLY-BOXED SOLID AXLE LEAF SPRING REAR SUBSTANTIAL STABILIZER BARS, AND TWIN-TUBE SHOCK ABSORBERS, TAKE A BEATING OFF ROAD.

TITAN IS ALSO A LEADER WHEN IT THEIR SAFETY SHIELD 360 INCLUDES FOR BOTH FRONT AND REAR.

LETTING MORE OF THE OUTSIDE IN, OTHERWISE, FEWER CHANGES TO THAT LOOKS AND FEELS COMPARED TO THE BIG-THREE, EXTENSIVE REDESIGNS RECENTLY.

DEPENDING ON TRIM, OR 9.0 INCH TOUCHSCREEN AGAIN, BUT AS WITH THE ENGINE, STANDARD SCREEN.

GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS 21-HIGHWAY, AND 18-COMBINED.

EXPECTEDLY, THAT'S A MUCH WORSE BURNING 18.3 BARRELS OF WITH 8.5 TONS OF CO2 EMISSIONS.

WHILE ON THE SURFACE, HAS TAKEN A HUGE JUMP; OF ELIMINATING THE REGULAR A BASE S KING CAB STARTS THINGS WITH TOP PLATINUM RESERVE CREW FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE IS $3,200 MORE.

WHILE, THE JURY IS STILL OUT FULL-SIZE TRUCK PROVIDER THE BRAND JUST ANNOUNCED IN CANADA THIS YEAR.

WE HOPE THAT IS NOT AN OMEN BECAUSE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WITH RUGGED LOOKS AND THE 2020 NISSAN TITAN HAS AND IS SERIOUSLY WORTH * THE FREEDOM TO HIT THE OPEN ROAD OF OUR LOVE AFFAIR WITH BUT FOR SOME DRIVERS TRYING TO CHOOSE A VEHICLE DOMESTIC FUEL LIKE NATURAL GAS LIMITING THAT FREEDOM DUE FUELING AND CHARGING WELL, THAT IS RAPIDLY CHANGING AND ROADS ARE BEING DESIGNATED KNOCKING DOWN THE FINAL BARRIERS THE BEST ALTERNATIVE NO MATTER * THE NATIONAL ALTERNATIVE INCLUDES PARTS OF 220 HEAVILY AND HIGHWAYS IN 49 STATES COVERING MORE THAN ONE VITAL LINK, I-94 ALTERNATIVE FUEL CORRIDOR, IS THE RESULT OF A JOINT EFFORT AND CRITICAL GOVERNMENT LIKE THE GAS TECHNOLOGY THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST.

FUNDED IN PART BY THE U.S.

IT RUNS 1500 MILES FROM PORT HURON, MICHIGAN ALL THE WAY TO BILLINGS, IT PASSES THROUGH THE MAJOR MILWAUKEE, AND MINNEAPOLIS, AND MILES UPON MILES OF THE M2M CORRIDOR IS A VITAL LINK AS WELL AS A PRIME MOVER FOR BIODIESEL, ETHANOL, NATURAL GAS, AND ELECTRIC WITH REGIONAL Samantha Bingham: LIKE IT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THEIR USE OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS, AND THEN, ALSO IT HELPS THAT AREN'T USING ALTERNATIVE THEY CAN SEE THAT THESE AND THAT IT ENCOURAGES THEM TO AND SWITCH OUT THEIR John: COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS AND ABUNDANT U.S.-SOURCED FUEL GREENHOUSE GASES AND OTHER OZINGA'S RED STRIPED TRUCKS ARE AND NORTHWEST INDIANA, THE COMPANY HAS BEEN OF 500 READY-MIX TRUCKS AT THE SAME TIME, TO BECOME A REGIONAL NATURAL GAS NOW OPERATING SEVEN IN THE AREA, WHICH MAKES IT WHO WANT TO SWITCH TO CNG.

PROPANE IS ANOTHER POPULAR ESPECIALLY WITH FLEETS.

ALONG THE ALTERNATIVE UNIFORM SIGNAGE NATIONWIDE IS MOST PLENTIFUL.

BUT IN OUR 3,000 MILE TREK WE FOUND THAT WORD OF MOUTH Tim Rahn: AND THERE WE'VE GOT 10 OR 15 PEOPLE COMING THROUGH...

GOING TO THE CABIN... COMING HOME... AND THEY SUPPORT US, IT'S EASY TO USE...

IT'S SAFE TO USE... AND IT'S CHEAP...

THE LAST THREE MONTHS, 80 TO 85 CENTS A GALLON CHEAPER IT WAS A DIVERSITY, IT'S SOMETHING THAT NOBODY AND WE WANTED TO BE THE FIRST John: SCHWAN'S FROZEN FOODS 600 PROPANE-FUELED DELIVERY THEIR OWN FUELING BUT SMALLER FLEETS, ARE ALSO REAPING THE BENEFITS OF Scott Hayes: BEFORE, WE WOULD RUN OUT ABOUT SO NOW, WITH THIS CORRIDOR IT'LL GIVE US MORE WITH PROPANE AND WE WILL TO RUN CLEANER, LONGER.

John: ALSO, FUEL CORRIDOR DESIGNATIONS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE ESPECIALLY FAST-CHARGING, THE EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE PAST DECADE.

AT THE FAR END OF OUR JOURNEY, THREE NEW FAST-CHARGING SITES HELPING TO MAKE FRONTIER ONCE CONSIDERED REMOTE, AND CONVENIENT FOR EV DRIVERS.

Chad Brousseau: IT'S A WIN-WIN, ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, SO IT'S GOOD FOR THE MEMBERS, UH, NOT ONLY IS IT ELECTRIC BUT AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CAN BE A MONEY-SAVER FOR IN REDUCED OPERATING John: IN THE DRIVE TO CURB LESS DEPENDENT ON IMPORTED OIL SPURRING DEVELOPMENT OF CLEANER AND BUILDING OUT A NATIONAL FUELING POINTS FOR NATURAL GAS, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES GOES Samantha: ALSO, THE M2M THAT CITIES AND STATES, AND FUEL PROVIDERS, CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER, TO MAKE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, AVAILABLE.

John: THE MICHIGAN TO MONTANA PROJECT IS FAST MAKING A FINE FIRST CHOICE THIS FIERY RED 1988 IS OUR MOTORWEEK CAR OF THE WEEK.

STEVE GOCKOWSKI FROM TWINSBURG, HIS GREAT HANDLING FIERO AT SUBMIT PHOTOS OF FOR CAR OF THE WEEK MOTORWEEK@PBS.ORG.

LOOKING TO GET THAT OLD CLUNKER BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE WELL, PAT GOSS HAS THE INFO * Pat Goss: WELL, FOR A LONG TIME.

SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN A TEENAGER.

AND FINALLY, YOU FIND ONE.

MAYBE SITTING OUT IN THE WEEDS, WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

THEN, COME THOSE FATEFUL WORDS, OKAY WELL, MAYBE IT DID.

BUT IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME NOW, WHAT DO YOU DO?

YOU REALLY WANT THE CAR, YOU GET IT HOME, IS WHAT YOU SHOULD NEVER DO, A FRESH BATTERY IN IT AND YOU AND YOU TRY TO START IT.

WELL, DON'T DO IT.

YOU SEE, AFTER A CAR HAS BEEN OF TIME, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF INSIDE THE ENGINE.

YOU CAN HAVE RUST RINGS IN CAN SLAM THE PISTON RINGS AND BREAK THE PISTON RINGS.

VALVES CAN BE STUCK OPEN.

WE FORCED ONE OPEN AND WEDGED IT THE STARTER WILL JUST KEEP GOING THE VALVE BENDS, OR IT CRACKS SO, WHAT DO YOU DO TO PREVENT WELL, THE FIRST THING YOU DO THEN, YOU PUT OIL SOME TYPE OF LUBRICANT IN AND YOU LET IT SIT OVERNIGHT, COUPLE THREE DAYS, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS YOU OF THE CYLINDERS COATED WITH DISSIPATE ANY RUST THAT'S THEN, YOU STILL DON'T HOOK UP AND THE REASON IS, HAS NO FEELING WHATSOEVER.

BUT YOU DO.

SO, YOU TAKE A WRENCH, ON THE END OF THE CRANKSHAFT TURN IT, AND IF ALL OF A SUDDEN WELL, YOU GO BACKWARDS, BACKWARDS, FORWARDS, AND OR WHATEVER IS IN THERE IS AND YOU GET PAST IT WITHOUT SO, IT'S A REAL SIMPLE WAY TO SITTING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT THERE AT MOTORWEEK !

John: TIME NOW TO HEAD INSIDE AND ALL THE LATEST MOTORNEWS.

Lauren Morrison: A MAJOR MOST POPULAR ELECTRIC CAR MODEL!

THE 500 THOUSANDTH NISSAN LEAF THE PRODUCTION LINE AT IN SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE SINCE THE ALL-ELECTRIC AND WE FIRST REVIEWED IT.

THAT 500,000TH LEAF WAS IN OTHER EC NEWS, GENERAL MOTORS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN ITS GM SAYS THIS WILL ALLOW A COMMON TO POWER A WIDER RANGE OF EVs.

IT'S ALSO EXPECTED TO DRIVE GM'S TO MARKET FASTER, TO DEVELOP SPECIFIC OR REDESIGN COMPLEX WIRING BY REDUCING WIRES WITHIN THE SYSTEM CAN HELP EXTEND LIGHTER VEHICLES OVERALL FOR MORE BATTERIES.

THE SYSTEM WILL BE STANDARD ULTIUM BATTERY POWERED VEHICLES, GM ALSO PLANS TO DEVELOP WITH A NEW PARTNER.

UNDER THE DEAL WITH STARTUP GM WILL ENGINEER AND ASSEMBLE GM WILL BUILD THE NIKOLA BADGER, AN ELECTRIC AND FUEL CELL USING GM'S ULTIUM BATTERIES.

PRODUCTION IS PLANNED VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMS FOR DRIVER'S, ACCORDING THE JD POWER 2020 AND SATISFACTION STUDY FOUND WITH VEHICLE MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS WHILE, SOFTWARE UPDATES AND PROBLEM FREE, OVER-THE-AIR UPDATES CAN AND BE A BIG SOURCE OF AND THAT DOES IT FOR * Greg Carloss: OF THE MITSUBISHI BRAND, CONSTANT SHIFT IN STRATEGIES, BETWEEN PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENTS, THIS OUTLANDER PHEV AND HOPING THEY'LL STICK AROUND WE'VE REACHED THE ONE-YEAR 2019 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER PHEV, SO FAR, AND ARE CONTINUALLY BEHAVIOR AND RELIABILITY OF AS WE'VE HAD ZERO PROBLEMS AND, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, BEST-SELLING PLUG-IN HYBRID.

GASOLINE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO NEGATE IT'S 22 MILE PURE STILL, 32.7 MILES PER GALLON THE ONLY REAL IMPROVEMENT IS A MORE INVITING INTERIOR.

THE OUTLANDER HAS ENJOYED BEING ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE PLUG-IN HYBRID BUT COMPETITION IS COMING.

SO, IT WILL GET SOME EXTENSIVE INCLUDING MORE POWER, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, TO PUT ON THIS ONE FIRST.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE MORE CROSSOVER SEGMENT; WITH ITS SMART ITALIAN STYLE, THAT HAS US FEELING A LITTLE ON ALL OF THOSE ADVENTURES, WHEN IT FIRST ARRIVED.

YES, THE VIRUS MEANS MOST TRIPS ONLY 5,000 MILES IN SIX MONTHS.

WHILE, IT'S LIGHT WE FOUND THE 500X TO BE ON FOUR-LANES.

A VERY EUROPEAN FEEL.

FUEL ECONOMY SITS AT A FINE Dave Scrivener: I'M MORE THAN SOLO JOURNEY, AND I'M PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.

THE ENGINE IS PEPPY ENOUGH AND 75 MILES AN HOUR, PLUS ON THE HIGHWAY, THERE'S PLENTY OF HEAD, THE CABIN IS QUIET, THE ONLY DOWNSIDE FOR ME IT'S A BIT UPRIGHT, BUT THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL I SET IT AND FORGET IT.

I HAVEN'T TOUCHED THE PEDAL AREN'T GETTING TIRED.

SO, THE 500X HAS BEEN A GREAT Greg: IT'S OUR PAIR OF THE KIA SELTOS ON THE NEXT MOTORWEEK * [ENGINE REVS] John: ADMITTEDLY, INTO THE WHOLE SUV COUP THING.

EITHER, YOU WANT A PRACTICAL AHH, IF THINGS WERE ONLY COULD THIS PORSCHE CAYENNE COUPE MAKE US BELIEVERS?

* THIS 2021 PORSCHE CAYENNE GTS BASED ON THE 3RD GENERATION TWO-YEARS AGO, AND IS POSITIONED FOR THOSE WITH SOMEWHAT FEWER THIS GTS IS THE MOST RECENT AND LIKE THE REST OF SLOTS IN BETWEEN S IT BRINGS WITH IT, NEW V8 POWER, UNIQUE CHASSIS TUNING, BOTH INSIDE AND OUT.

STARTING WITH THAT STYLING, WITH PORSCHE'S SPORT DESIGN IT'S STANDARD HERE ON THE GTS.

THAT MEANS, LOTS OF BLACK TRIM; WITH BODY-COLORED WHEEL ARCH AND RED BRAKE CALIPERS.

THE COUPE'S STEEPLY FALLING FLOW-THROUGH SPOILER UP TOP, LIP SPOILER LOWER DOWN IN ADDITION, YOU CAN LOSE FOR A CARBON FIBER ONE, SPORT PACKAGE, AN EXTRA NINE-GRAND BUT, YOU'LL ALSO GET AND A CENTER-MOUNTED THE BLACK TRIM FINDS ITS WAY WITH DARK BRUSHED ALUMINUM JOINING BLACK LEATHER THERE'S ALSO, RED SEAT BELTS THERE ARE PLENTY OF WITH THE CAYENNE COUPE; THE EASY A CONSOLE PANEL WITH TRADITIONAL AND OF COURSE, BUTTONS AND DIALS ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE IS STANDARD REAR-AXLE STEERING AN OPTION.

GTS GETS A STANDARD AIR SUSPENSION MANAGEMENT DAMPERS.

PERHAPS THE BEST PART IS WHAT LIES UNDER THE HOOD.

IT'S THE CAYENNE TURBO'S SLIGHTLY DETUNED HERE AND 457 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

MUCH LIKE, ITS PORSCHE SIBLINGS PERFORMANCE START PERFORMANCE BRUTALITY, AS PICKING YOU UP AND THROWING THIS GTS COUPE IS NIMBLE, AND FEELS LIKE DRIVING AROUND OKAY, NOT QUITE, BUT IT PERFORMS AS TO THE PRACTICAL, YOU MIGHT EXPECT.

SEATS UP, THERE'S WHICH IS 6.1 CUBIC-FEET LESS BUT MORE THAN SOME MUCH LARGER MAX SEAT FOLDED SPACE IS BUT HEY, IF YOU CAN'T FIT IT AS YOU CAN TOW AN IMPRESSIVE THE CAYENNE COUPE COMES IN AS THE REGULAR CAYENNE SUV, FOR THE SPORTIER NATURE, COMING IN AT $77,850; TO THIS POINT, FROM GERMANY HAVE LOOKED BUT THE 2021 PORSCHE CAYENNE GTS FROM THE SUV IT'S BASED ON, WITH ONLY A MODEST LOSS SO, MAYBE IT'S ALL STARTING REGARDLESS, THIS CAYENNE GTS THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPERIENCED AND, WE DO!

WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US WHEN WE TRY OUT THE SMALL, MERCEDES AMG CLA 35.

AND TURBO DIESEL OUR WAY CHEVROLET SILVERADO DURAMAX.

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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