
2021 Ford Bronco & 2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness
Season 41 Episode 10 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
2021 Ford Bronco & 2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness
Join us this week for a rough, tough, and ready road test of the reborn Ford Bronco. Then Pat Goss hitches up to some great towing advice down at Goss’s Garage. And Stephanie Hart hops aboard for a bus ride through history. Finally we’ll head to the outback with a Subaru built for the wilderness.
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2021 Ford Bronco & 2022 Subaru Outback Wilderness
Season 41 Episode 10 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Join us this week for a rough, tough, and ready road test of the reborn Ford Bronco. Then Pat Goss hitches up to some great towing advice down at Goss’s Garage. And Stephanie Hart hops aboard for a bus ride through history. Finally we’ll head to the outback with a Subaru built for the wilderness.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipHI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US FOR A ROUGH, TOUGH, OF THE REBORN FORD BRONCO... PAT GOSS HITCHES UP TO SOME DOWN AT GOSS'S GARAGE... STEPHANIE HART HOPS ABOARD FOR THEN, WE'LL HEAD TO THE OUTBACK FOR THE WILDERNESS...
SO COME DRIVE WITH US, NEXT!
CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY * Announcer: MOTORWEEK , TELEVISION'S ORIGINAL BROUGHT TO YOU BY... 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."
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"LIKE OUR TIRE DECISION GUIDE.
IT'S, UH, TAKE A LOOK."
"OH!"
FIND, DELIVER, INSTALL.
John: THE ORIGINAL, IS A TRUE AUTOMOTIVE ICON.
TIDY, SIMPLE, AND WHILE, FORD CLAIMS THAT IS ITS DIRECT DESCENDENT, YET, LIKE THE ORIGINAL, GIVE JEEP'S WRANGLER SOME SO, LET'S FIND OUT HOW WELL INFUSES ITS HERITAGE WITH * IT'S HARD TO TAKE A DRIVE A JACKED-UP JEEP WRANGLER DRIVER JACKED-UP WRANGLER DRIVER AND ADMITTEDLY, ON THE ROAD WE SAY THAT TO POINT OUT THAT 2021 FORD BRONCO NECESSARILY THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM IN THE RUGGED UTILITIES THAT LOOK LIKE IN ANY SITUATION.
OUR BRONCO TWO-DOOR BUT, FOR THOSE THAT ACTUALLY YOU'D BETTER BE ABLE TO BACK UP OFF-PAVEMENT PERFORMANCE.
FOR BRONCO THAT STARTS WITH ONE WITH A BASIC 2-SPEED HI-LO AND A MORE ADVANCED THE BRONCO, NOT TO BE CONFUSED BRONCO SPORT, STEEL FRAME WITH PLENTY OF ADD-ON UNDERBODY AND THERE'S A MAXIMUM OF UP FRONT, AN INDEPENDENT AND LONG-TRAVEL COIL SPRINGS; IS A SOLID AXLE 5-LINK REAR, WITH UP TO 35 INCH TIRES OUR 2-DOOR BLACK DIAMOND SERIES ON ITS 17 INCH STEEL WHEELS.
BLACK DIAMOND TRIM INCLUDES A BLACK GRILLE, ROCK RAILS, AND VINYL UPHOLSTERY WITH OF COURSE, LIKE MOST THESE DAYS, TO DO MUCH OF THE HEAVY LIFTING; FOR THEIR TERRAIN AVAILABLE TRAIL CONTROL, AND EVEN ONE-PEDAL DRIVE.
IT'S NOT A CHORE AT ALL TO DRIVE FOR DAILY USE, WITH PLENTY OF AND UNIQUE TOUCHES INSIDE ANOTHER BIG PART OF IS THE ABILITY TO REMOVE BRONCO NOT ONLY ACCOMPLISHES THE TWO FRONT ROOF PANELS BUT DOES WAY BETTER WHEN IT MORE POWER THE BETTER, AS FAR AS AND FORD OFFERS A PAIR OF TURBO STANDARD IS THIS 2.3 LITER AND 325 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.
OPTIONAL, IS A 2.7 LITER V6 ONLY HAS 30 MORE HORSEPOWER, POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.
A 7-SPEED MANUAL TRANS WITH IS STANDARD WITH THE 2.3 LITER; COMES STANDARD WITH THE V6.
SO, IT'S OFF TO MASON DIXON 2.3 MANUAL IS CAPABLE OF.
WELL, ALL OF THAT TORQUE IS TO GET YOU OVER ROCKS, SO, IT'S A LITTLE SLOW TAKING A FULL 8.0 SECONDS TO 60.
NOT MUCH FRICTION ZONE AND A GOOFY VERTICAL BAR SELECTING SPORT MODE ALSO EVEN THOUGH WE WERE GETTING MUCH ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, SHIFTER THROWS, AND ENABLED SMOOTH, THROUGHOUT THE 16.1 SECOND ENDING AT 85 MILES PER HOUR.
WITHOUT A BACK TO BACK SPEC'D RIGS, TO THE WRANGLER WHEN IT COMES TO BOTH OVERSTEER AND UNDERSTEER AND THE COMPUTER IS QUICK TO NEVER FEELING CLOSE TO BEING ULTIMATELY, LIKE THE WRANGLER, BUT NOT EXACTLY FUN TO LOTS OF FORWARD PITCH DUE TO LED TO LENGTHY STOPPING FROM 60 MILES PER HOUR IN OUR GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY WITH 4-WHEEL-DRIVE SYSTEMS OUR ADVANCED 4X4 BLACK DIAMOND AND MANUAL TRANSMISSION COMES AND 21-COMBINED.
WE SAW A RESPECTABLE 22.4 MILES TWO-DOOR PRICING STARTS AT $4,700 MORE FOR THE 4-DOOR.
LOTS OF UNIQUE VERSIONS OF OUR BLACK DIAMOND TESTER AND LIMITED FIRST EDITIONS LET'S FACE IT, WHEN IT COMES OFF-ROAD CAPABILITY, AND ITS CJ PREDECESSOR HAVE IT'S DOUBTFUL THAT THE 2021 TO ITS REIGN, THAT DOES A LOT OF THINGS WELL, NECESSARY TRAIL-CRED OF BOTH AND THOSE THAT JUST LIKE * [CAR DOOR CLOSES] John: WE TALK A LOT ABOUT AND TRUCKS HERE ON MOTORWEEK , OF THE HISTORY OF WELL, THE LARGEST AND MOST IN THE COUNTRY CAN BE FOUND AT A OUR FYI REPORTER STEPHANIE HART PEOPLE-MOVERS TOOK TO THE OPEN * Stephanie Hart: 1954 SCENIC CRUISER.
WE TOOK THIS BUS AND OTHERS OUT TO CELEBRATE THEM.
THESE BUSES DON'T HIT THE ROAD THEY'RE NOISY AND HARDER TO FAGEOL MOTORS BECAME THE FIRST FROM THE GROUND UP IN 1921.
THIS "24" FAGEOL IS ONE OF THE AACA MUSEUM, HAS TWO ON DISPLAY.
John Oakman: IT WAS BASICALLY, IT WOULD GO FROM SANTA MONICA Stephanie: PEOPLE ARE STILL ATTRACTED AND INTRIGUED BY THEIR HISTORY.
Wendy Martin: I AM A BIG FAN JUST REALLY EXCITING TO SEE AND Stephanie: AND PRESERVING IS COMMITTED TO DOING.
J. Oakman: THERE'S NO ONE ELSE TODAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAS DONE AND HOW THEY GOT THERE.
Stephanie: THAT'S WHY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT-FOR J. Oakman: ONE OF THE BUSES THE KIDS THAT WERE HELPING US, "WHAT'S A CARBURETOR?"
AND THEN, SOME OF THE GUYS WHO "WELL, I'VE NEVER REBUILT SO, I SHOWED THEM HOW TO REBUILD GET IT BACK ON THE BUS AS ELECTRIC CARS BECOME THERE'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE IN SOME VEHICLES INCLUDING SO WE'RE TRYING TO Stephanie: PRESERVING THAT, ONCE A YEAR DURING THE MUSEUM SPRING FLING.
SOME PEOPLE TRAVELED AS FAR AS HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA TO CHECK GARY HATT OWNS THIS 40 FOOT INTO A MOTORHOME.
Gary Hatt: IT'S OUTSTANDING.
I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE, ON FACEBOOK AND TALKING TO ON SO NOW I GET TO MEET THEM SO IT'S WORKED OUT GREAT.
Stephanie: THESE BUSES FROM WERE EXTREMELY POPULAR.
PEOPLE REMEMBER RIDING THESE OR TO GO ON VACATION.
J. Oakman: THE PUBLIC WHO RODE WOULD HAVE RODE ON THE 4104, THE 4106 AND THIS SCENIC THEY ARE PREDOMINATE GM AND AND EVERYONE RECOGNIZES THEM.
Stephanie: PEOPLE ALSO THIS WAS THE BACKUP BUS USED IN STARRING KEANU REEVES AND J. Oakman: IT WAS BACKUP BUS, THE FLOORS UP OF THE VEHICLES SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE THEY COULD CONTINUE TO SHOOT WAS WITHOUT A FLOOR BECAUSE SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT BUS BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS USED Stephanie: COOL, REGARDLESS.
FUELING THE TIMELESS FASCINATION Rafiq Nelson: I'VE BEEN DRIVING BUSES STARTED WORKING OVER AT WITH A STICK SHIFT.
HAD A LOVE AND APPRECIATION I WAS A LITTLE KID.
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS SO WHEN I GOT OFF OF SCHOOL, SO I WOULD ALWAYS GET ON MY GRANDFATHER NEVER BUT I FOUND OUT THAT I FELL THE WAY THE SUSPENSION WAS- AND I BECAME A BUS NUT.
Stephanie: AND HE MADE US ONE, John: WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT TRUCK BUT WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY MEAN?
WELL, PAT GOSS IS HERE TO MAKE BEFORE HITCHING-UP AND * Pat Goss: HERE'S ANOTHER SEE...THESE CARRIERS...WELL, TO CARRY THINGS ON THE OUTSIDE YOU CAN ADD A LOT OF CARRYING BUT, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS ONE, NOW, WHY?
WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE THE PERSON PROPER PLANNING.
YOU SEE, THE HITCH THAT'S ON THEY ADDED THAT SO THAT THEY IT IS A CLASS ONE.
THE CARRIER HAS A LARGER ON THE FRONT OF IT, THE TWO THINGS TOGETHER, THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S SPACE AND THAT SPACE ALLOWS THE, UH, WE SEE HERE.
PLUS, BECAUSE IT'S EXTENDED OUT, ON THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE, AND IT DROPS DOWN LIKE THIS.
PROPER PLANNING: KNOW WHAT THEN MATCH THE TOWING EQUIPMENT NOW, THE MOST POPULAR IS GOING THAT'S THIS ONE RIGHT HER...UH, TO A CLASS FIVE.
THIS IS FOR 21,000 POUNDS, SO, YOU HAVE TO MATCH THAT.
YOU ALSO HAVE TO MATCH BECAUSE THESE COME IN DIFFERENT THE AMOUNT OF DROP DOWN YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE TONGUE SO YOU GET THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT AND, IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE BALLS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OF THOSE MOUNTED RIGHT TO IT.
PLUS, IT HAS A HOOK THAT YOU OR MAYBE YOU HAVE TO HAUL SOME IT WORKS WELL FOR THAT-- PUT A CHAIN ON IT AND John: TIME TO PICK SOME TASTY WITH ANOTHER QUICKSPIN!
* THE LAMBORGHINI HURACAN BACK IN 2014 AND WITH IT FOR THE ITALIAN BRAND.
NOT ONLY DID IT CHURN UP BUT IT BROUGHT ON A FLOOD OF INCLUDING THREE STRAIGHT WINS AT WHICH HAS LED TO THIS 2021 STO STANDS FOR SUPER BEFORE YOU GO DIGGING FOR YOUR OMOLOGATA MEANS HOMOLOGATION.
SO, THIS STO IS A STREET-LEGAL THE HURACAN SUPER TROFEO AND THAT'S EVIDENT EVEN AT THE FRONT BONNET, FENDERS AND WHILE THESE NEW DUCTS DIRECT AND DOWNFORCE.
SPEAKING OF DOWNFORCE, HAS THREE MANUAL SETTINGS AGGRESSIVE POSITION, CAN CREATE THIS SHARK FIN AND AIR SCOOP ARE AIR MANIPULATING FEATURES WHICH ITSELF IS 75 PERCENT AND THERE'S MORE OF IT WHICH HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING "PULL TYPE WEIGHT-SAVINGS.
THE ENGINE IS STILL, A 5.2 LITER WITH 631 HORSEPOWER GOING TO BY WAY OF A 7-SPEED DUAL CLUTCH IT'S NO MORE POWERFUL THAN BUT QUICKER GEAR CHANGES, AND REAR-WHEEL STEERING ON A ROAD COURSE.
WHICH IS WHY LAMBORGHINI BROUGHT FAST DESERT OASIS KNOWN AS Greg Carloss: IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE.
I'M TAKING THIS CORNER AT JUST WHEN I THINK, BECAUSE I'M GONNA RUN OUT OF IT NEVER RELENTS.
John: WITH A PRICE TAG LAMBORGHINI ADMITS MOST BUYERS TO A RACETRACK AND IF THAT IS THAT'S JUST A DEPRESSING WASTE AND WE'LL HAVE MORE QUICKSPINS, * Jessica Ray: WELL, HERE'S OUR LONG-TERM, ALL-ELECTRIC IS HEADING AWAY FOR GOOD, FOR JUST A SHORT 4-WEEKS' TIME.
SO, WHAT DID WE LEARN ABOUT THIS FROM OUR ORIGINAL TAYCAN TURNS OUT, A LOT!
Greg: WITH PORSCHE, PERFORMANCE THAT JUMPS OUT, I THINK IT TAKES A BACK SEAT THIS THING IS SO SMOOTH ON ANY ROAD OR WIND NOISE-- AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT THAT IF YOU'RE TRYING TO PASS PLENTY OF TORQUE ON TAP OF THE THROTTLE.
Jessica: WE STABBED THAT THE 3,900 MILES WE TRAVELED, OF THE UNRELENTING RUSH OF THE FACT THAT NO MATTER HOW MANY WE STILL DIDN'T NEED TO STOP AT JUST POP 'ER ON THE OLD CHARGER AS FOR CONVENIENCE, THERE'S OF THE VEHICLE, SO YOU CAN PARK WE CONSISTENTLY WERE ABLE TO WITH ACTUAL DRIVING MILES ON ONE PARTICULAR DAY TRIP, YET ONLY USED 72 MILES OF HOOKED UP TO A COMMERCIAL WE GOT 170 MILES OF RANGE AT A COST OF AROUND $16.00.
SO, DRIVING THE TAYCAN PROVED TO GAS-POWERED CARS, BUT WHEN BRANDS LIKE PORSCHE ARE PRESERVE THEIR DNA WHILE THIS 2021 TAYCAN REMINDS US THAT NOT GOING TO BE SO BAD.
IN THE NEARER FUTURE, SUBARU CROSSTREK AND ON THE NEXT MOTORWEEK John: THE SUBARU OUTBACK FIRST AS A PRACTICAL STATION WAGON ABLE TO TAKE YOUR FAMILY ON OVER THE YEARS, AND DESPITE NOW THEY'VE BUILT UPON THAT THEME CAPABILITIES.
NOW FOR 2022, * THE SUBARU OUTBACK PRIDES ITSELF FAMILY ADVENTURE VEHICLE, A BIG ROLE IN THE ALMOST OF ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE TODAY.
BUT, BUYERS ARE ALWAYS LOOKING OF CAPABILITIES, OF ENGINEERS GETTING PAID SO, WE HAVE THE 2022 A NEXT-LEVEL OUTBACK BUILT FOR FURTHER INTO THE WILD FOR THEIR THANKFULLY, IT'S FAR MORE THAN AND BOLD NEW GRAPHICS.
WILDERNESS STARTS WITH AS ALL MACHO MAKEOVERS SHOULD; JUST SHY OF AN INCH HAS BEEN COURTESY OF LONGER SHOCKS AND THAT BOOSTS GROUND CLEARANCE THEN, 17 INCH MATTE BLACK ALLOY ALL OUTBACK'S ARE ALL-WHEEL AND THE WILDERNESS GETS BUT THEY'VE ALSO DONE SOME AS REVISED SOFTWARE ALLOWS IN AND OUT OF LOW SPEED MODE.
THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL HAS AND SUBARU'S LINEARTRONIC CVT LOW-END TORQUE DELIVERY TO THE WILDERNESS USES THE OUTBACK 2.4 LITER BOXER-4 ENGINE AND 277 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE; BUT, THE FACT THAT THE COMBO IS DOES GIVE SOME CREDENCE TO BOTH FRONT AND REAR BUMPERS A LITTLE MORE ABUSE AND, THERE'S ALSO A NEW SKID PLATE COPPER-TONE ACCENTS, AND A BLACK ANTI-GLARE HOOD UP TOP, THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL THAT OVERLANDING TENT, THE INTERIOR FEATURES DURABLE WITH NEW WILDERNESS LOGOS AND THAT COPPER FINISH IS MIRRORED AND BOTH GUNMETAL GREY REPLACE THE TYPICAL CHROME NATURALLY, ALL-WEATHER AT OUR TEST TRACK, QUARTER-MILE EXPERIENCE STARTED BUT THE FULL SHOW ARRIVED AT THAT POINT, AND TO 60 IN A BRISK THE CVT IS WHAT IT IS WE'VE COME TO TERMS WITH ITS BUT AT LEAST THE ENGINE AND PULLS STRONGLY.
WE FINISHED THE QUARTER-MILE AT 98 MILES PER HOUR.
HIGHER GROUND CLEARANCE TO MORE ROLL AT THE TRACK; PLENTY OF IT IN THE WILDERNESS, AT TIMES THE STABILITY SYSTEM WITH HAMMERING THROUGH HERE WITH SOME OVERSTEER.
AND AT OTHER TIMES, AT THE FIRST HINT OF UNDERSTEER.
THROUGH IT ALL, AND ONCE, WE FOUND A SPEED, IT WAS EVEN A LITTLE BRAKES FELT STRONG INITIALLY, STOPPING DISTANCE FROM 60, SOME FADE AFTER FIVE ALL OF THE REVISIONS ON GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY FALLING JUST A BIT TO 22-CITY, SURPRISINGLY, THE WILDERNESS BUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OUTBACK WITH A STARTING PRICE OF IT'S AMAZING HOW LITTLE CHANGES MUCH LIKE WHEN SUBARU TOUGHENED CALLED IT THE XV CROSSTREK, BECAME OUR FAVORITE SUBARU WELL, MOVE OVER CROSSTREK, THE 2022 SUBARU OUTBACK LOOKING TO TAKE YOU WHERE NO OTHER OUTBACK HAS.
EVEN BETTER NEWS, AND NAME ARE SET TO SPREAD CROSSTREK WILDERNESS?
YES, PLEASE!
WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW, FOR MORE MOTORWEEK , PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US FOR A TEST OF ONE OF THE MOST THE MERCEDES MAYBACH GLS 600.
THEN IT'S BACK TO THE REAL WORLD COURTESY OF NISSAN.
UNTIL THEN, I'M JOHN DAVIS.
WE'LL SEE YOU RIGHT HERE 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.
* Announcer: THIS PROGRAM WAS MARYLAND PUBLIC TELEVISION, FOR ITS CONTENT.
[SOUND OF CAR ENGINE REVVING] *
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