
2021 BMW M440i & 2021 Buick Envision
Season 40 Episode 34 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
2021 BMW M440i & 2021 Buick Envision
Join us this week for a fast and fierce road test of BMW’s 4 Series Coupe. Then Pat Goss on how to tidy things up under the hood the right way. And Stephanie Hart celebrates 57 years of Ford Mustang! Then we’ll find out what premiums Buick has delivered in their newest Envision compact utility.
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2021 BMW M440i & 2021 Buick Envision
Season 40 Episode 34 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Join us this week for a fast and fierce road test of BMW’s 4 Series Coupe. Then Pat Goss on how to tidy things up under the hood the right way. And Stephanie Hart celebrates 57 years of Ford Mustang! Then we’ll find out what premiums Buick has delivered in their newest Envision compact utility.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipHI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US FOR A FAST OF BMW'S 4-SERIES COUPE... PAT GOSS ON HOW TO TIDY THE RIGHT WAY... STEPHANIE HART HEADS TO THEN, WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT IN THEIR SECOND GEN ENVISION 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: IT'S CORRECT TO SAY THAT OF THE SECOND GENERATION WE ALL KNOW THE HISTORY OF IS MUCH LONGER TO THE BRAND THAN THAT.
SO, THEY COULD CHOOSE TO GO OR THEY COULD GO BOLD.
WELL, ALL IT TAKES IS ONE LOOK TO SEE WHICH PATH THEY CHOSE.
* ONE THING'S FOR SURE, THIS 2021 BMW M440I XDRIVE YES, WE'LL ADDRESS RIGHT FROM THE GET GO.
BMW HAS MADE A DRAMATIC TWIN KIDNEY GRILLE, IT'S A "BIG" DEAL.
WE'VE BEEN SEEING FOR QUITE A WHILE IN PHOTOS; ON THE STREET, LIKABLE IN PERSON.
BUT, FEEL FREE TO MAKE UP SOCIAL MEDIA WITH YOUR OPINION.
BEFORE THERE WAS A 4-SERIES, IT WAS KNOWN AS A 3-SERIES AND WE GOT ACQUAINTED TESTING THIS 1982 318I.
ITS E30 CHASSIS GAVE BIRTH TO BUT IN OUR TEST OF THE 318, "LOOKING A BIT TOO ORDINARY" "UNDERPOWERED AND OVERPRICED," IT DELIVERED WHERE IT MATTERED WITH "COMPETENT BRAKING COMBINED MAKING FOR A CAR THAT WAS SO, PUTTING ASIDE THE LOOKS, STILL HAS IT WHERE IT COUNTS.
WHILE, IT'S NOT ALWAYS NEW GENERATIONS DO TEND AND BETTER PERFORMANCE, THE CASE HERE.
THIS M440 PACKS INLINE-6 TURBO WITH UP A HEALTHY 62 HORSEPOWER OVER LAST YEAR.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, BASE 430s GET AN UPDATED WITH 7.0 ADDITIONAL THE M440 IS NOT A FULL-ON BUT IT'S NOT PRICED YET, ITS PERFORMANCE IS WILL EVER NEED.
SO, WHAT BETTER CAR TO BREAK MASON DIXON DRAGWAY IN WITH STANDARD XDRIVE THE M440 HITS HARD WITH LITTLE TO NO WHEEL-SPIN JUST GREAT GRIP, IN ONLY 4.1 SECONDS.
NO MANUAL TRANSMISSION BUT THE 8-SPEED AUTOMATIC OF SELECTING THE GEARS PROVIDING A STEADY FLOW OF THE TRACK FOR A QUARTER-MILE AT 114 MILES PER HOUR.
THERE'S A HINT OF ASSISTANCE 48-VOLT MILD HYBRID SYSTEM; BUT TO KEEP EVERYTHING POWERED OF THE AUTO START/STOP SYSTEM.
THINGS GOT EVEN BETTER TO OUR HANDLING COURSE.
THE 4 IS OF COURSE, WHICH WAS REVISED FOR 2019.
IT MAKES FOR A COUPE THAT IS ALSO LONGER AND WIDER, WITH CENTER OF GRAVITY HERE, PLUS, IT GETS SOME TO DELIVER BETTER RESPONSE THAN EVER BEFORE.
IT FELT FANTASTIC THROUGH TIGHT, STABLE, STEERING IS SHARP IN FEEL, THERE'S THE ABILITY TO FIND DEPENDING ON YOUR LEVEL OF AND THROTTLE APPLICATION.
LEAVING IT UP TO THE DRIVER, THAT'S HOW A PERFORMANCE EVEN WHEN PUSHED TO IT NEVER FELT UNSTABLE, TO GET AWAY FROM YOU; IT JUST PERFORMED PHENOMENAL BRAKES AS WELL; FROM 60 IN JUST 95 FEET.
THE 4 SERIES MOSTLY SHARES SO NOT SO MUCH NEW THERE; JUST OF BMW'S COMMITMENT TO AS MUCH AS RATCHETING UP WITH A BASE REAR-DRIVE IT'S A HEALTHY STEP UP TO THIS AT $59,495.
BUT, WELL WORTH IT, IS A NECESSARY PART OF AND THERE IS INDEED PLENTY OF IN THE 2021 BMW M440I XDRIVE, WHAT IS AN INCREASING AMOUNT NOT TO MENTION, WITH A NEW FACE THAT'S AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE * NEW NAMEPLATES LAST 50 YEARS, THE FORD MUSTANG IS CERTAINLY FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS AGO, MADE ITS DEBUT AT THE 1964 AND EVERY YEAR, GET TOGETHER IN APRIL FOR TO CELEBRATE MUSTANG'S BIRTHDAY.
AND THIS YEAR, WAS INVITED TO THE PARTY.
* Stephanie Hart: IN HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA THERE ARE ABOUT 250 REPRESENTING EVERY GENERATION.
PARKED SIDE BY SIDE MAKING QUITE A STATEMENT, CHUCK SENNETT'S FIRST CAR AND LIKE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE HE'S REMAINED FIERCELY LOYAL TODAY, HE OWNS THIS 2013 WHEN YOU DRIVE THIS CAR WHAT Chuck Sennett: [LAUGHS] Stephanie: I THOUGHT, I DID.
Chuck: YOU FEEL LIKE Stephanie: THAT FEELING YOU ESSENTIALLY HAS REMAINED WHEN THE MUSTANG WAS IT WAS MUSTANG MANIA.
FORD SAYS, RUSHED AN INDIANA DEALERSHIP THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO BECAUSE THE CROWDS GOT Ted Ryan: SOMEONE ACTUALLY IN DALLAS, TEXAS BECAUSE AND HE WANTED TO SLEEP IN THEY DIDN'T SELL IT UNTIL THE CHECK CLEARED.
Stephanie: MORE THAN 450,000 IN ITS FIRST YEAR, Jeffrey E. Bliemeister: AND A 4-SPEED TRANSMISSION WHICH IS AN UNCOMMON MOST 4-SPEEDS WERE V8 CARS IT ALSO HAS A RALLY PACK WHICH THAT GOES ACROSS IT HAS A TACHOMETER IT KIND OF GIVES IT Stephanie: BACK THEN AND TODAY, IN 2015 NATIONAL IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER, TO SHOW THEIR LOVE OF [ENGINE REVS] Stephanie: IT SEEMED LIKE OR VIDEO OF THIS CUSTOM WITH A SUPERCHARGED YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE A CAR [ENGINE REVS] WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART Paul Carlevale: IT'S JUST OBNOXIOUS, KINDA LIKE ME.
Stephanie: PAUL CARLEVALE Paul: IT HAS A TURBO AND A FORD REAR.
IT'S A LOT OF FUN, Stephanie: IT'S SIBLING, ALSO SHOWED UP.
IT WAS ONE OF ABOUT 1600 BACK IN 1969.
SO, MANY AMAZING MUSTANGS!
THIS ONE IS A 1992 GT, UNITIZED CHASSIS, Sam Armstrong: THAT'S JUST ORIGINAL A LITTLE FRESHENING UP.
Stephanie: THE ARMSTRONG'S 2001 BULLITT.
IT'S A COMMEMORATIVE PACKAGE STEVE MCQUEEN MOVIE, "BULLITT!"
Sam: IT'S LIKE, AND I LOVE IT.
I LIKE DRIVING THAT TOO, THE FOXY LADY ON THE TIRES KIND OF FUNNY.
[LAUGHTER] [REVVING ENGINE] Stephanie: MUSTANG MEMORIES, HAPPY AND SAD, ARE ALL ALONG FOR THE RIDE!
AND WOW HAS IT BEEN Man: MUSTANGS FOREVER MAN * Flashback Pat Goss: THERE ARE A LOT OF THERE'S FANS, FAN BELTS, AND ALL SUCH THINGS AS THAT.
AND LOOSE...LIKE THIS COULD BE John: KEEPING THINGS NEAT AND MAY NOT BE HIGH ON YOUR BUT IT CAN PAY OFF PAT GOSS SHOWS US WHY AND * Pat: ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO, UNDER THE HOODS OF YOU KNOW, ALL OVER MAKES IT WORTH BUT KEEPING IT CLEAN UNDER MAKE IT LAST LONGER AND IT NOW, THE REASON FOR THAT IS AND EVERYTHING, AND RELATED PARTS, THE OILS AND GREASES IT CAN DETERIORATE AND DETERIORATE HOSES ANYTHING MADE OUT RUBBER, THE OTHER THING IS THAT CAUSES IT TO RUN HOTTER AS AN INSULATOR, AS MUCH AIR MOVEMENT, FROM THE ENGINE.
SO, IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO BUT HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT DOING DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK SKUNKY ALRIGHT, THAT YOU CAN DO OF COURSE, AN ENGINE DEGREASER.
THE ENGINE DEGREASER, AND FOLLOW LABELED BECAUSE IN MANY CASES-- IN YOUR PARTICULAR SO WE DO THAT, TO CAPTURE THE GREASE OF THE ENGINE, PLASTIC SHEET UNDER THE CAR AND THE NEXT THING THAT WE CAN USE A POWER WASHER OR A GARDEN HOSE ONCE WE'VE AND PUT THE CLEANER ON THEN WE SO, POWER WASHER NOW, SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU IS JUST USING A REGULAR ON A LOT OF THE PLASTIC PARTS BUT REMEMBER UNLESS YOU USE YOU JUST SPRAY THIS STUFF ON IT WILL LOOK GREAT WHILE ITS WET IT LOOKS JUST AS NASTY AS EVER AND SCRUB IT CLEAN.
ALSO, YOU MAY FIND THAT YOU IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING AN AIRFORCE DRYER, AND THE RELATED PARTS OUT.
NOW, THE OTHER THING IS, ALL THESE PARTS IN THERE CLEANLINESS IS REALLY GOOD YOU'RE CLEANING THINGS YOU THE THROTTLE BODY AND IF THAT ARE APPROPRIATE ALSO, ANYTIME THAT YOU REMOVE A REPAIR OR ANYTHING USE TO KEEP THE MOISTURE AND SO, IF YOU DO THIS YOU CAN OF YOUR ENGINE.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT HERE AT MOTORWEEK .
[CAR HORN BEEPS] John: THIS CHOPPED, BRIGHT 1929 FORD MODEL-A 40TH ANNIVERSARY TERRY TASKER FROM FINALLY GOT TO BUY HIS DREAM, AT AGE 72.
SUBMIT PHOTOS OF YOUR FOR CAR OF THE WEEK NOW, LET'S HEAD INSIDE AND ALL THE LATEST Lauren Morrison: HUMMER EV LINEUP THEIR 2024 HUMMER EV SUV.
THE 2024 SUV JOINS THE 2022 AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE SUV WITH RESERVATIONS ALREADY SOLD OUT!
THE SUV WILL BE POWERED BY AND WILL HAVE A RANGE OF 830 HORSE POWER, IN 3.5 SECONDS.
THE EDITION ONE SUV WITH WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY MODELS ADDED TO THE LINEUP BOTTOMING OUT WITH IN SPRING OF '24.
THE U.S.
POSTAL SERVICE HAS NEW MAIL TRUCK, THE POSTAL SERVICE 482 MILLION DOLLARS THESE FUTURISTIC LOOKING "THE NEXT GENERATION UNDER THE CONTRACT, TO 165,000 NEW VEHICLES, AND GAS POWERED VERSIONS.
THE FIRST ONES WILL BEGIN IT'S EASY TO SET IT WHEN IT COMES TO ADAPTIVE BUT THE TOOL MEANT TO MIGHT BE CAUSING US THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE LOOKED AT 40 DRIVERS OVER THEY FOUND THAT THEY WERE TO DRIVE OVER THE SPEED LIMIT OR SMART CRUISE CONTROL THE AMOUNT THEY DROVE WAS ALSO GREATER.
THE IIHS SAYS, "YOU CAN'T AND DRIVING FASTER AND NOT VERY SMART."
AND THAT DOES IT FOR * Greg Carloss: SOMETIMES, SO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR 2019 WE'VE JUST AVOIDED SITUATION ALTOGETHER.
STILL HERE AFTER 19 MONTHS, WITH THIS 5-PASSENGER OF ITS BUSIEST IN A WHILE; TO BRING OUR TOTAL TO 26,500.
IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED OVER THAT TIME, IS BY FAR OUR FAVORITE TWENTY-TWO MILES OF EV AND LIGHTNING QUICK WHEN YOU NEED THAT TOO, THANKS TO THE TWIN-MOTOR FUEL ECONOMY HAS STAYED FOR A WHILE NOW, OUR CURRENT AVERAGE OF BUT, THINGS JUST GOT AS 2021 MODELS GET THE GAS ENGINE GOES FROM AND THE ELECTRIC MOTOR FROM 60 KILOWATT TO 70; 221 HORSEPOWER, STILL BETTER, A LARGER BATTERY PACK INCREASES ALL WITHOUT SO, CONGRATULATIONS TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO IN OUR FLEET, 7,500 MILES AND 6-MONTHS FUEL ECONOMY SITS 27.8 MILES PER GALLON WE'RE DIGGIN' THE INTERIOR VIBE YOU SEEM TO SIT REALLY CLOSE TO WHICH KEEPS CONTROLS WITHIN YET, YOU DON'T FEEL NOW THAT IT'S WARMING UP, WE'RE ON LONGER WEEKEND TRIPS, HIGHWAY TIME.
NOT ONLY DOES THIS SMALL TURBO 4 TO KEEP UP AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, BUT THERE'S AMPLE MID-RANGE IN TERMS OF COMFORT, IT'S NOT FOR REALLY LONG JOURNEYS A MID, OR FULL-SIZE SUV, THIS WEEK, WE ALSO WELCOME THIS 2021 SUBARU WE'LL BID FAREWELL TO AND THEN CHECK IN ON THE ON THE NEXT MOTORWEEK John: IN 2017, A NEW TYPE OF BUICK.
ONE THAT WAS NOT ONLY BUT DESIGNED TO COMPETE LUXURY COMPACT UTILITY AND GIVEN THAT BUICK AN SUV BRAND HERE, THERE'S MORE SO, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE * THE 2021 ENVISION IS AS BUICK'S ENTRY COMPACT LUXURY SUV MARKET.
AND, WHILE THE ENVISION TO A SLOW START IN THE U.S., FIVE TIMES AS MANY THAT MAKES FOR BIG BRAND ORIGINALLY BASED ON THE ALL-NEW ENVISION MOVES PLATFORM.
STILL, ASSEMBLED IN CHINA, AN INCH, WHILE OVERALL LENGTH BUT, IT'S ALMOST AND SITS MORE THAN WITH A WIDER TRACK.
FOR A LOOK THAT'S MORE THE SOLE ENGINE IS AT 228 HORSEPOWER AND IT'S A LITTLE DOWN ON POWER OPTIONAL 2.0 LITER; BUT A NEW BETTER MANAGES POWER AND NO TRADITIONAL SHIFTER, OF ELECTRONIC SWITCHES A LITTLE SLOW TO RESPOND.
ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE IS AVAILABLE, A FRONT DRIVE TESTER.
SO, IT'S OFF TO MASON DIXON POWERTRAIN MEASURES UP.
IT'S QUITE SPIRITED WITH NOTICEABLE TORQUE STEER WE HIT 60 IN 6.5 SECONDS, QUICKER THAN BEFORE.
THE ENGINE CONTINUES THE WHOLE TRIP DOWN GEAR SHIFTS ARE QUICK, IT EVEN SOUNDS GOOD.
OUR BEST QUARTER-MILE TIME, 15.1 AT 94 MILES PER HOUR.
BUT, THAT'S WHERE TAKING TO OUR SLALOM COURSE, OF THIS ENVISION IS CLEAR.
THERE WAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF WITH STEERING THAT WAS BOTH BUT, WHAT HELD US BACK THE A HINT OF UNDERSTEER, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE NOTED CHEVROLET TAHOE ROAD TEST.
WE SURE HOPE THIS SAFETY AT DOESN'T FILTER ITS WAY ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, ALSO, IT SEEMS ANOTHER NICE, STABLE STOPS FROM 60 110 FEET.
THE ENVISION IS AVAILABLE IN PREFERRED, ESSENCE, EACH WITH SPECIFICS THAT THE AVAILABLE SPORT TOURING INCLUDING DARK TRIM OUR ESSENCE HAD WELL DONE WITH VERY COMPETITIVE EITHER, A STANDARD 8.0 INCH, BUICK INFOTAINMENT TOUCHSCREEN INTEGRATED INTO THE DASH, TOWARDS THE DRIVER.
HOWEVER, SYSTEM OPERATION FIVE-PASSENGER SEATING FRONTS ARE MORE FIRM BUT HOLD UP WELL FOR A POWER LIFT-GATE IS STANDARD THE SLIGHTLY TIDIER EXTERIOR HAS SHRUNK A LITTLE STILL 25.2 CUBIC-FEET 52.7 WITH REAR IS AGAIN COMPETITIVE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, BUICK HAS PACKED IN PLENTY OF AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING, SIDE BLIND ZONE ALERT, ARE ALL STANDARD.
POSSIBLY THE MOST LUXURIOUS IS RIDE QUALITY.
IT REMAINS VERY SMOOTH OVER AND BUICK'S QUIET TUNING IS IT IS INDEED VERY THE NEW ENGINE AND NOT ONLY IMPROVE PERFORMANCE, GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY TO 24-CITY, 31-HIGHWAY, FOR FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE.
OUR AVERAGE, RIGHT ON, OF REGULAR.
GOVERNMENT RATINGS EQUAL AN AT 12.7 BARRELS OF ANNUAL WITH 5.6 TONS OF ENVISION PRICING IS MORE THAN SITTING AT THE LOWER END OF THE CROSSOVER CLASS AT JUST $32,995 $36,995 FOR ESSENCE, ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE FOR WELL OVER 100 YEARS, AS A "PREMIUM" CAR BRAND, WITH THAT ARE A CLEAR STEP UP YET, NOT QUITE FULL-TILT OR PRICE.
WHILE, THAT DISTINCTION OF TODAY'S CAR BUYERS, CLEARLY EMBODIES THAT LOADED WITH SAFETY, TECH, YET, STILL VERY ATTAINABLE.
NO WONDER ENVISION AND, IT DESERVES WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL WHEN WE PUT FORD'S NEW BRONCO THEN, WE'LL PLUG INTO WITH THE ID.4 EV UTILITY.
TIL THEN, I'M JOHN DAVIS; WE'LL SEE YOU RIGHT HERE ON Announcer: TO LEARN TELEVISION'S ORIGINAL MOTORWEEK HAS BEEN BROUGHT ROCKAUTO HAS AUTO PARTS FROM OFFERING A VARIETY OF BRANDS, ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR * THIS PROGRAM WAS PRODUCED BY WHICH IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE [SOUND OF CAR ENGINE REVVING] * YOU'RE WATCHING PBS.
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