
2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye & 2022 Mitsubishi Outlande
Season 41 Episode 3 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye & 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander
Join us this week for track test fun in Dodge’s menacing Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye. Then Pat Goss reminds us to keep up with scheduled maintenance. And Brian Robinson throws a leg over one radical Indian motorcycle. Plus we test the reimagined Mitsubishi Outlander.
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2021 Dodge Charger Hellcat Redeye & 2022 Mitsubishi Outlande
Season 41 Episode 3 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Join us this week for track test fun in Dodge’s menacing Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye. Then Pat Goss reminds us to keep up with scheduled maintenance. And Brian Robinson throws a leg over one radical Indian motorcycle. Plus we test the reimagined Mitsubishi Outlander.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipHI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US FOR TRACK TEST FUN CHARGER SRT HELLCAT REDEYE... PAT GOSS REMINDS US, KEEP UP BRIAN ROBINSON THROWS A LEG OVER PLUS, WE TEST THE REIMAGINED SO, COME DRIVE WITH US, NEXT!
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ROCKAUTO HAS AUTO PARTS FROM OFFERING A VARIETY OF BRANDS, ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR John: IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHAT WHEN OUR REACTION TO THIS CHARGER SRT HELLCAT REDEYE ANOTHER 700 HORSEPOWER CHARGER, WELL, WHAT'S REALLY SPECIAL WE THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASK.
* AH, HELLCAT.
JUST SAYING THE NAME SENDS AND MAKES US GLAD TO KNOW THAT OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF BUILDING V8-POWERED REAR-DRIVE THEY EVEN BUILD THEM LIKE THIS 2021 DODGE CHARGER GETTING RIGHT TO THE FUN STUFF THERE ARE NOT TOO MANY CARS WITH A HORRIBLE CROSSED-UP AND STILL GET TO 60 IN LESS THAN HIT IT JUST RIGHT AND YOU CAN BUT, WE'LL TAKE 4.0 SECONDS FLAT YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE ALWAYS WHEN IT COMES TO THROTTLE INPUT UNTIL YOU'RE WELL INTO BETWEEN THE SUPERCHARGER WHINE OF EXHAUST SNARL; ACCOMPANYING YOU THROUGHOUT AS ALWAYS, AN 8-SPEED AUTOMATIC THE GEARSHIFTS WITH PRECISION.
IT'S A BLAST FOR SURE; FOR 12.0 SECONDS, BUT FINISHES NOT THAT YOU NEED ANY HELP BUT DODGE WAS NICE ENOUGH THE DEMON'S DRAG-STRIP LINE-LOCK NOW, UNLIKE THE CHARGER YOU BACK IN THE 1970s, IS BUILT TO HANDLE A ROAD COURSE YOU CERTAINLY NEED TO HAVE WHEN TAKING TO THE TRACK.
HERE AT SUMMIT POINT YOU'D THINK THERE WOULDN'T BE TO HARNESS THE HELLCAT'S WRATH.
BUT, CORNERING GRIP WAS PROVIDED OUR THROTTLE INPUTS AND DESPITE ITS FEROCIOUS IN TERMS OF HANDLING, IT GIVES YOU PLENTY OF TIME TO AND IT REMAINS EASY TO STEER THE FRONT SEATS PROVIDE AND OFFER GREAT COMFORT BUT HERE ON THE TRACK HOLD YOU IN PLACE, SO FAR ABOVE THE TRACK YOU'RE RIDING ON TOP OF THE CAR, NO UPGRADE FOR THE BRAKES; THEY TEND TO FADE QUICKLY, IS NOT CONFIDENCE INSPIRING BUT HAVING SAID THAT, IS A HEAP OF FUN ON THE TRACK; SO MUCH ON LAP TIMES AND JUST SO, HOW DID WE GET HERE?
WELL, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THE ORIGINAL 707 HORSEPOWER IN BOTH CHALLENGER COUPE OVER THE YEARS, HERE AND THERE, AS WELL AS ADDED GOING NEXT-LEVEL, A DE-TUNED VERSION OF 6.2 LITER SUPERCHARGED HEMI V8; SUPERCHARGER DELIVERING MORE HIGHER 6,500 RPM LIMIT, AND LARGER INTAKE FEATURING BUILT FOR THE STREET AND NOT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ULTRA-HIGH SO, OUTPUT COMES IN AT AND 707 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.
THERE'S ALSO A UNIQUE GRILLE UP SATIN BLACK TRIM, AND 20 INCH WHILE INSIDE, WITH A 220 MILES PER HOUR NOT TO MENTION PLENTY OF ROOM OR A FEW FRIENDS ALONG GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS AND 15-COMBINED; PER GALLON OF PREMIUM FUEL.
THE FACT THAT DODGE PUTS HELLCAT FOR AS LITTLE AS $74,165 STEPPING UP TO REDEYE COSTS SORRY, NO MATTER HOW MANY OR THE THEORETICAL POUND-FEET OR HOW FAST ANY EV IS; THE SENSATION THAT A CAR DODGE CHARGER SRT HELLCAT AND, IT REMAINS THE MOST MASS-PRODUCED SEDAN THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT IT THAT'S MODERN.
AND THAT'S WHY WE LOVE IT.
LONG LIVE THE HELLCAT!
* NOW THAT INDIAN MOTORCYCLES AS A MAJOR PART OF THE AMERICAN IT'S TIME FOR THE BRAND AND EXPLORE NEW TERRITORIES.
BUT AS BRIAN ROBINSON IS ABOUT AT INDIAN, EVEN WHAT'S NEW * Brian Robinson: THE INDIAN HAVE A VERY LONG HISTORY BUT THIS FTR 1200 IS NOT AS IT IS ABOUT THEIR FUTURE.
RACING DOESN'T GENERALLY OF INDIAN MOTORCYCLES OR BUT, WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING OF THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SCATTERED ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, FOR AS LONG AS IT'S BEEN AROUND.
AND THAT CONTINUES TO THIS DAY REGULARLY WINNING IN AND THAT'S WHERE THIS 2022 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, OF A FLAT-TRACK RACER, WHICH IS ACTUALLY BECAUSE AS AWESOME AS IT SOUNDS ON THE STREET EVERY DAY, AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE.
BUT IT'S NOT ALL FLAT TRACK UPSWEPT EXHAUST, BIG FORK TUBES, WITH METZELER SPORTEC TIRES, THE MODERN SPORTBIKE PLAYBOOK.
THIS FTR S ADDS RIDE MODES, VARIOUS RIDER ASSISTANCE OUR TESTER ALSO MADE INDIAN'S ACCESSORIES CATALOG UPGRADED OHLINS SUSPENSION, THE S ALSO COMES WITH 4.3 INCH RIDE COMMAND LCD.
IT WORKS BOTH AS A TOUCHSCREEN AND TOGGLE SWITCHES.
IT DOES FALL WELL OUTSIDE OF ESPECIALLY WITH A FULL FACE SO IT REQUIRES A CLEAR LOOK DOWN YOU'RE CURRENTLY VIOLATING AND THAT'S EASY TO DO THIS LIQUID-COOLED V-TWIN THAT YOU EXPECT A BIG TWIN YET, SEEMS TO ADD PLENTY MORE THE REVS BUILDING, THOUGH NOT WITH I4 THE FTR ACTUALLY, AND MOST OF THE UPDATES FOR '22 THE RIDING EXPERIENCE.
THAT ENGINE HAS BEEN RETUNED FOR AND FUEL DELIVERY IMPROVED AND MORE LINEAR THROTTLE MEASURES WERE ALSO TAKEN AWAY FROM THE RIDER.
WHEEL SIZES ALSO CHANGE FROM TO 17s ALL AROUND, AND GREATLY INCREASING YOUR WHICH ONLY ADDS TO THE THE FTR FEELS NOTHING LIKE RATHER LIKE A BIG HAIRY THAT'S ABOUT TO SPIT YOU OFF, ENCOURAGING YOU TO DO THINGS DETRIMENTAL TO YOUR PRICING STARTS AT $12,999 WITH MANY OPTIONS TO ESCALATE THIS S COMES IN JUST UNDER THE 2022 INDIAN FTR S THAT DEFIES CATEGORIES; FUN MACHINE THAT DELIVERS THE MORE FAMILIAR YOU BECOME ALL OF THIS FROM AMERICA'S John: EVERYONE WANTS AND KEEP THEM SAFE ON THE ROAD.
WELL, AS PAT GOSS EXPLAINS IT'S ALL ABOUT NEVER IGNORING * Pat Goss: IN MY MANY YEARS I'VE BEEN GIVING YOU POINTERS LAST LONGER.
AND THAT COMES DOWN TO PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.
TAKE CARE OF IT SO IT DOESN'T UNTIL IT DOES BREAK WELL THAT MEANS THINGS LIKE AND FLUSHING THE AUTOMATIC THE POWER STEERING IF YOU HAVE DIFFERENTIAL SERVICES AND FLUSHING THE COOLING SYSTEM, IN THE VEHICLE ALL THE TIME.
WELL, SOME OF YOU HAVE GIVEN ME OVER-EXAGGERATE THESE THINGS.
WELL, HERE WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE.
THIS VEHICLE BELONGS TO A FRIEND THE RULES THAT I SUGGEST AS FAR THIS CAR IS TEN YEARS OLD, HAS NEVER HAD ANY KIND OF THE ENGINE IS ALL ORIGINAL, AND THE ORIGINAL DRIVETRAIN SO, IT'S A CLASSIC EXAMPLE WITH PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.
SO, THE BIG THING HERE IS TO ARE CRITICAL, ESPECIALLY ON YOU'VE GOT TO CHANGE THE OIL, THE PROPER OIL FILTER AND ALSO REMEMBER, THICKER IS NOT BETTER HAVE YOU BELIEVE.
NOW ALONG WITH THAT, AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS AND MAINTAINING A VEHICLE.
IF YOU DO THAT, YOU CAN DOUBLE OF YOUR VEHICLE, AND LET'S FACE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE THAN AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT HERE AT MOTORWEEK !
John: NO CAR IS TOO BIG OR THE OTHER WAY, SO LET'S HEAD OUT FOR MORE * Jessica Ray: DOMESTIC BRANDS SUV MARKET EVERY YEAR AND THIS WITH SOME WORTHY COMPETITION; AND GRAND WAGONEER.
BUT YOU WON'T FIND ANY JEEP BECAUSE WAGONEER IS NOW WITH SEATING FOR UP TO EIGHT THE WAGONEER WILL COMPETE IN WHILE THE GRAND WAGONEER EYES THE FRONT OF THE WAGONEER IS GRAND CHEROKEE BEFORE SQUARING THERE'S ALSO AMERICAN FLAG YOUR CHOICE OR 20 OR 22 INCH THE GRAND WAGONEER'S WITH DIFFERENT FRONT FASCIA, AND A BLACK ACCENT ROOF.
POWER FOR THE WAGONEER COMES WITH 392 HORSEPOWER AND WHILE THE GRAND WAGONEER'S PRODUCES 471 HORSEPOWER AND BOTH ARE PAIRED WITH AN 8-SPEED AND CAN TOW UP TO AND WHILE THIS SUV ISN'T THE FULL-SIZE WAGONEER'S STILL CAPABILITY COURTESY OF JEEP'S THE WAGONEER MADE QUICK WORK WHEN WE HAD THE CHANCE THIS AFTERNOON, 2022 GRAND WAGONEER AND BUT IT IS PRETTY "GRAND."
I THINK, ONE OF MY FAVORITE AIR SUSPENSION WHICH IS STANDARD AND AVAILABLE ON THE WAGONEER.
I MEAN, THE RIDE IS JUST IS SO QUIET, IN ANY OF THESE WAGONEER'S THIS IS MEANT TO BE AND THE INTERIOR SEEMS TO IT'S CERTAINLY A HUGE STEP INTO SPEAKING OF LONG HAULS, THE IS ROAD TRIP HEAVEN.
IT COMES EQUIPPED WITH SO YOU CAN WATCH JUST ABOUT AND WANT TO CONTROL WHAT THE AVAILABLE FRONT PASSENGER LETS YOU CONTROL THE REAR VEHICLE CAMERAS, ALL WITHOUT BEING DISTRACTING DON'T FORGET THE WAGONEER THAT COME WITH YOUR PURCHASE: FIVE YEARS WORRY-FREE 24/7 CONCIERGE SUPPORT, AND DELIVERY FOR SERVICE, PRICING FOR THE WAGONEER WHILE THE GRAND WAGONEER THE WAGONEER'S WILL BE BUILT AND YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE THEM WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THE DUO RIGHT HERE ON MOTORWEEK !
Stephanie Hart: RUMORS HAVE BEEN A NEW MEMBER OF THE CORVETTE WELL...NOW, OUR SPY PHOTOGRAPHER SPOTTED FIVE PROTOTYPES OF ITS UPCOMING PERFORMANCE HYBRID ALONGSIDE AND ITS HIGH-PERFORMANCE HYBRID SPYS SAY THE SOUND OF THE C8 OF THE NEW VETTE VARIANT'S INTENSIFYING THE CAR'S CURRENT AS FAR AS STYLE, THE C8 HAS CHEVROLET HAS ANNOUNCED FOR THE C8 Z06 MODEL.
NO MENTION OF THE E-RAY'S DEBUT, TO PRODUCTION... A LOT STILL REMAINS A MYSTERY * Greg Carloss: SINCE, THEY SEEM THESE DAYS, WE LOVE HAVING LIKE THIS 2021 VOLKSWAGEN TO BREAK IN THIS JETTA GLI A LITTLE DADDY-DAUGHTER TRIP AND WITH THE FRONT PASSENGER MARGOT HAD PLENTY OF ROOM AND WITH THIS SMOOTH SHIFTING EVEN I HAD A LITTLE FUN.
BUT THE SEATS, WHILE SUPPORTIVE, FOR TRIPS LONGER THAN THE 29.8 MILES PER GALLON KEEPS AND AT 228 HORSEPOWER, DELIVERS QUICK ACCELERATION.
MORE GOOD TIMES TO COME IN THE IT'S NOT THE FIRST EV, WE'VE BUT IT'S BY FAR THE MOST IT'S THE PORSCHE TAYCAN, BUT FIRST, MOTORWEEK LONG-TERM ROAD TEST John: IT'S COMMON FOR US TO SAY OR EVEN REIMAGINED.
BUT SELDOM DO THEY GET THE MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER HAS.
IT'S NOT JUST A NEW VERSION BUT AN ALL-NEW COOPERATIVE SO, LET'S HIT THE ROAD IN IF IT'S A WIN FOR AND FOR COMPACT CROSSOVER * WHILE, WIKIPEDIA WILL THE 4TH GENERATION OUTLANDER; A RESULT OF WORKING WITH REPRESENTS A MAJOR THREE GENERATIONS.
NOW RIDING ON RENAULT-NISSAN'S THAT IT SHARES WITH WHEELBASE AND OVERALL LENGTH BUT THE NEW OUTLANDER IS THAT MAKES FOR A MORE PLANTED COMPLIMENTED BY GREATLY IMPROVED AND HARSHNESS SUPPRESSION OVER ENGINE IS NISSAN'S 2.5 LITER WITH 181 HORSEPOWER AND THEORETICALLY, POWER SHOULD BUT IN ACTUALITY IT FEELS THOUGH NOT TO THE POINT SO, WHY'S EVERYONE IN SUCH WELL, WE WERE IN A HURRY TO AT BOONSBORO'S MASON DIXON TACKLING THE HANDLING PORTION THE OUTLANDER FELT QUITE NIMBLE STEERING IS FEATHER LIGHT, AND THERE WAS ONLY MINOR NO EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND OUTLANDERS WHEN THEY USED TO BOAST A RARE OR EVEN SPENT ANY TIME IN LAST IT'S HARD TO SEE THE AS ANYTHING BUT A LETDOWN.
WE FELT VERY LITTLE LOW-END AND IT WAS ONLY ONCE WE GOT UP HINT OF ONCOMING POWER.
IT TOOK US 8.5 SECONDS THE SAME AS THE LATEST ROGUE.
NISSAN'S CVT TRANSMISSION ONLY INTEGRATING FAKE SHIFTS INTO THE HIGH REV DRONING.
STILL THE QUARTER-MILE WAS AT 16.5 SECONDS AND 84 MILES THE OUTLANDER'S WIDER PLATFORM ADDITIONAL STABILITY, BUT FRONT TO BACK, IT CLEARLY FEELS FOR THE MOST PART, THE LAYOUT THOUGH YOU CAN DETECT AS THINGS BOTH LOOK AND FEEL THE STANDARD 8.0 INCH FULL SMARTPHONE CONNECTIVITY.
ADDING NAVIGATION REQUIRES THE 9.0 INCH SETUP.
OVER IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER, DISPLAY IS STANDARD, FULLY DIGITAL DRIVER DISPLAY FRONT SEATS FEEL QUITE SOFT, RESHAPED FOR ADDITIONAL COMFORT ONE OF THE FEW COMPACT A THIRD ROW, MITSUBISHI MAKES A WIDE CENTER CONSOLE PROVIDES WHILE IN BACK, JUST BEHIND THE THIRD ROW, 33.5 WITH IT FOLDED; EXPANDING GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS ARE 24-CITY, 30-HIGHWAY, WE SAW A SPOT ON 26.8 MILES IF YOU LOVED THE PHEV VERSION OF YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW A NEW BUT FOR NOW, JUST THREE TRIMS AT ES FOR A BASE OF $27,745.
TOP SELS START AT $34,090; AN $1,800 OPTION ON ALL GRADES.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT HIGH COSTS FOR CAR COMPANIES TO WORK AND USUALLY THAT RESULTS IN AND INDEED THE 2022 MITSUBISHI BY MOST PRACTICAL MEASURES.
STILL, WE CAME AWAY FEELING ADVENTUROUS BARGAIN IT WAS LIKE YOUR FAVORITE INDIE BAND SO, WE'LL KEEP OUR MEMORIES.
FOR PERSPECTIVE BUYERS, IS A WELL-DONE COMPACT CROSSOVER AND A CLEAR WIN FOR MITSUBISHI.
WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU JOIN US WHEN WE SEE IF KIA'S IS SOMETHING MORE THAN THEN, IT'S A TOP-DOWN TEST OF 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 TO FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS HAS HELPED PEOPLE TACKLE IN THE AUTOMOTIVE, MARINE, FROM OUR ORIGINAL LUCAS OIL HAS DEVELOPED OVER TO HELP BOTH PROFESSIONALS TO LEARN MORE VISIT LUCAS OIL, YOU'RE SHOPPING FOR TIRES ONLINE "I DO."
WE'RE TIRERACK.COM AND, TOOLS TO HELP.
"LIKE, OUR TIRE DECISION GUIDE.
IT'S, UH, TAKE A LOOK."
"OH!"
FIND, DELIVER, INSTALL.
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.
[SOUND OF CAR ENGINE REVVING] *
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