HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US AND SEE IF TO A BETTER DRIVING FUTURE... PAT GOSS ON WHAT THAT IN OUR ENGINES ACTUALLY DOES... STEPHANIE HART WITH COVID CAR BUYING TIPS... THEN, WE'LL LIVE IN CADILLAC'S ALL-NEW 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: ALL-NEW CARMAKERS AND TRYING TO ESTABLISH A NEW BUT, WITH THE AUTOMOTIVE TRANSITIONING FROM FOSSIL THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER SO, LET US INTRODUCE YOU AND THEIR STRIKING GS-6.

* WHILE, THIS 2021 GS-6 YOU'VE HEARD OF KARMA IT'S ACTUALLY THE LATEST THAT'S BEEN AROUND AND IF YOU'RE THINKING THAT LOOKS AND SOUNDS FAMILIAR," YOU'RE ONTO SOMETHING, IS IN ORDER.

KARMA AUTOMOTIVE FORMED OF FISKER AUTOMOTIVE, WAS...YOU GUESSED IT, FISKER WAS OF COURSE, FORMER DESIGN DIRECTOR AND WHEN AT BMW BEFORE THAT, AND FIRST X5.

SO, WHAT WE SEE HERE IS A HIGHLY EVOLVED FISKER KARMA PLUG-IN HYBRID, AS THE REVERO WHEN KARMA THE CURRENT REVERO GT MOVING UPMARKET.

AFTER PICKING UP THIS GS-6 FIRST DRIVE, AND FOUND THE RIDE TO INDEED AND WELL-COMPOSED.

BUT ON CURVY ROADS, THE CAR REALLY CAME ALIVE; THOUGH, THE STEERING DOES FEEL AT TIMES.

REGARDLESS OF SPEED THE GS-6 REMAINED VERY QUIET; WHICH OF COURSE MEANS, YES, THIS ADVANCED PLUG-IN FOR 61 MILES OF PURE WITH A FULL TANK OF GAS, WHICH BRINGS US TO WHILE, THE GS-6 IS A PLUG-IN IT'S MORE PRECISELY-- A PURE-EV WITH A RANGE EXTENDING ACTS AS A GENERATOR.

THINK, CHEVROLET VOLT, AND SPEAKING OF BMW, OF THE RANGE EXTENDER ENGINE.

IT'S A 1.5 LITER I3 TURBO OF REAR-MOUNTED TO PRODUCE A TOTAL OUTPUT AND 550 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE, WHEN THE ENGINE KICKS IN, EXCEPT FOR SOME "ENHANCED" FROM THE CAR'S SPEAKERS.

TYPICAL FOR VEHICLES WITH ENGINE NOISE DOESN'T ALWAYS SO IT TAKES SOME WITH A FULL BATTERY, ACCELERATION IS NEAR GETTING TO 60 IN 4.5 SECONDS; TO KEEP THE BATTERY CHARGED.

CHARGING ONLY TAKES ABOUT NOW, WE'VE HAD MIXED RESULTS OVER THE YEARS, TO THE GS-6, WHICH IS IN ONLY 20 MINUTES.

HAVING A MOTOR DEDICATED ACTS AS A TORQUE-VECTORING VARYING POWER DISTRIBUTION FINE HANDLING.

GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE CAR DUE TO THE ULTRA-LOW AND TIGHT DOOR OPENINGS; WITH AN INTERIOR THAT'S EQUAL A FULL DIGITAL GAUGE DISPLAY, WITH SOMETIMES, TRICKY TO LENDS A NICE TECHY VIBE.

PADDLES BEHIND THE WHEEL AS THERE'S NO REAL TRANSMISSION; THE RIGHT ONE ADJUSTS BETWEEN WHILE THE LEFT ONE SELECTS THE ACTUAL SHIFTER IS IN THE CONSOLE.

IT'S SIMPLE ENOUGH TO USE, THE CENTER SCREEN LOOKS GREAT FOR ITS TOUCH CONTROLS.

WE'RE NOT IN LOVE WITH HAVING FOR THINGS LIKE AND HVAC, BUT AT LEAST, THERE'S A LIMITED AMOUNT OF IN THE REAR, WITH A CONTROL BUT, THE TIGHT CONFINES ARE FOR THE EXTRAORDINARILY PRESENTED HERE.

THE GS-6 IS A LOOKER ITS SMOOTH FACE AND ARE WELL INCORPORATED INTO TIGHTLY DRAPED OVER TWENTY-ONE INCH WHEELS CARBON-FIBER TRIM, OUR TEST CAR'S BLUE BRAKE THE OVERALL BUILD AND FIT, IS QUITE GOOD.

IT'S NOT OVER THE TOP LUXURIOUS, BUT CERTAINLY FEELS LIKE OF MACHINERY.

PLUS, KARMAS ARE ASSEMBLED IN GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY 70-COMBINED FOR THE MPGE.

RATING A MUCH BETTER THAN JUST 2.8 BARRELS OF WITH 1.2 TONS OF GS-6 PRICING STARTS AT OUR LUXURY TESTER AT $95,700.

KARMA HAS PLANS TO EVENTUALLY STARTING WITH THE GSE-6 THIS YEAR WITH A STARTING PRICE LOOKS LIKE, WHAT GOES AROUND WITH THE VERY 2021 KARMA GS-6.

WHETHER YOU LOOK AT IT AS OR A PLACEHOLDER UNTIL KARMA IT'S A STUNNING AUTOMOBILE WHEREVER IT RAPIDLY GOES.

* * Flashback WITH THE AVERAGE PRICE OF THE $10,000 MARK THESE DAYS, IT'S LITTLE WONDER THAT SOME LEASING THE CAR AS A SERIOUS IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A CAR OR DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HARD CASH THEN LEASING CAN BE HOW ELSE CAN YOU GET WITHOUT PLUNKING DOWN FINDING THE CAR OF CAN MAKE YOUR HEART BUT THEN, YOU HAVE TO COME AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO AND LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, AN EFFECT ON NEW AND USED SO OUR STEPHANIE HART LOOKED AT YOUR FUNDS AND STILL DRIVE OFF * Stephanie: BEFORE STEPPING YOU'LL WANT TO PREPARE YOURSELF BEFORE APPLYING FOR AFTER ALL, PANDEMIC OR NOT, THE SECOND LARGEST PURCHASE BEHIND A HOME.

FIRST: THE HIGHER IT IS ON AUTO-FINANCING.

IF IT'S LOW, SECOND: SET A BUDGET.

FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH YOU CAN THIRD: SAVE MONEY THE HIGHER THE DOWN PAYMENT, AND THE LESS YOU'LL PAY IN OF THE LOAN.

LASTLY, RESEARCH VEHICLES SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE EDUCATION EQUALS SAVINGS!

THE PROCESS CAN BE OVERWHELMING, BUT TAKE A DEEP BREATH, AND TAKE COMFORT IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ARE EAGER BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC'S EFFECT PLUS, AS A RESULT OF COVID-19, IT'S MORE POPULAR THAN DEALERSHIP WEBSITES TO INQUIRE ABOUT FINANCING.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN, MAY HAVE WE TALKED TO JONES JUNCTION, A NEW AND USED CAR DEALER Darlington Nwaba: USUALLY, LOW INTEREST RATES BUT DURING THE PANDEMIC, GIVING CUSTOMERS BOTH.

Stephanie: A DOUBLE DOSE BRING IT ON!

WE CHECKED AND MANY ARE ADVERTISING 0% INTEREST YOUR OPTIONS ESSENTIALLY ARE, A DEALERSHIP OR A BANK OR WRONG ANSWER.

AS A COMPARISON, CONTACT AND SEE WHAT KIND OF RATES THAT WAY YOU KNOW WHAT AND TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, FOR AN AUTO LOAN THROUGH A DEALERSHIP.

THIS TACTIC HELPS YOU SECURE THESE DAYS THE PANDEMIC TO APPLY FOR AUTO LOANS ONLINE.

AT BALTIMORE'S THE STATISTICS TELL Adrian Johnson: IN 2020, WERE APPLYING ONLINE, SO THAT'S IN 2019, SO YOU CAN SEE THE JUMP.

Stephanie: IN GENERAL, A LOWER INTEREST RATE THROUGH A DEALERSHIP KEEP IN MIND, ARE TYPICALLY RESERVED EXCELLENT CREDIT SCORES.

Adrian: WE'RE TALKING THAT ARE 780 PLUS.

IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND, WE'RE CREDIT SCORES, ON AVERAGE, SO, THERE'S A LOT OF THAT JUST DON'T QUALIFY, Stephanie: IF YOUR CREDIT AND YOU DON'T HAVE FROM A CREDIT UNION OR BANK, IN MOST CASES, Darlington: WE DEAL WITH IN THE AREA AND WE CAN HELP THAT SUITS THE FINANCING Stephanie: IN THE END, THROUGH A DEALERSHIP DON'T RUSH INTO ANYTHING.

THE INCREDIBLE DEALS WHILE THE COUNTRY RECOVERS OF THE PANDEMIC.

John: WE ALL KNOW THAT ENGINE OIL IS CRITICAL BUT WHAT DOES ENGINE OIL TO FIND OUT, LET'S CRUISE * Pat Goss: WE ALL KNOW THAT ONE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO LAST A LONG TIME IS TO CHANGE BUT, HOW MANY PEOPLE WHAT OIL DOES IN AN ENGINE?

SEE, BACK IN THE DAY, A LOT LESS COMPLICATED YOU LOOK AT A MODERN ENGINE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

NUMBER ONE, OF COURSE, BUT TODAY, AND DIFFERENT CONTROLS THE OIL HAS TO HAVE TO MAKE ALL OF THESE THINGS BUT THE OTHER THING, THAT OIL DOES, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN'T HAVE THE COOLANT DOWN HERE WHERE THE OIL IS.

IT CAN'T MIX TOGETHER, THAT SO, ALL OF THESE LUBRICATED THEY ALL GET HOT DUE TO COMBUSTION GASSES IT GETS VERY HOT.

IT IS THE JOB OF THE OIL NOW, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE OIL FLOW HAS TO BE NOW AGAIN, BACK IN THE DAY, COMPUTER DESIGNED.

THEY WEREN'T COMPUTER SO, THE TOLERANCES INSIDE AS THEY ARE TODAY.

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OIL HAS TO FLOW THROUGH IT WASN'T AS TIGHT AS IT SO THAT MEANS, WHEN YOU COULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE, THIS, WE CAN SEE IS ALRIGHT.

NOW...TODAY, WE MIGHT LIKE THIS, MUCH THINNER.

AND THE REASON THAT THE GAPS THAT IT HAS TO AND IT HAS TO FLOW THROUGH NUMBER ONE TO MAKE ALL OF DEVICES WORK PROPERLY AT THE PROPER RATE, TO KEEP THE BEARINGS AND SO, ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT RECOMMENDS AS FAR AS THICKER IS NOT BETTER.

AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT HERE AT MOTORWEEK .

[CAR HORN BEEPS] John: THIS RED 1959 RAMBLER IS OUR MOTORWEEK 40TH RICK MYERS FROM HAS OWNED IT FOR ALMOST FROM CAMPING IN THE DESERT, AND HIS CHILDREN'S IT'S ALWAYS BEEN HIS SUBMIT PHOTOS OF YOUR FOR CAR OF THE WEEK TIME TO HIT ON A NEW ROUND OF * Greg Carloss: THERE'S BEEN FROM NISSAN RECENTLY, FEATURING A LARGELY MIDSIZE PICKUP TRUCK, AND AN ALL-NEW GENERATION WE ALL KNOW THAT PICKUP TRUCKS LIFE CYCLES THAN CARS BUT THE FACT THAT THE CURRENT HAS BEEN SOLDIERING ON FOR IS PRETTY REMARKABLE.

WELL, THAT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE.

THE 2022 NISSAN FRONTIER MODERN "HARDBODY" LOOK; WITH BEST-IN-CLASS FROM ITS 3.8 LITER V6, WITH OFF-ROAD ASSIST FOR AND 6,720 POUNDS WITH STANDARD TRAILER BUT STREET RIDE HAS ALSO DESPITE CARRYING OVER BASIC THE NEW FRONTIER INCLUDES IN THE SEGMENT WITH AND ANDROID AUTO, PLUS, SAFETY SHIELD 360 DRIVING Jessica Ray: GOOD NEWS.

THE SIZE OF THE NEW FRONTIER FROM THE LAST GENERATION.

THE WHEELBASE, THE HEIGHT, VIRTUALLY THE SAME WHILE 5.0 INCHES OF OVERALL LENGTH.

SO, THE COMPACT FEEL THAT SEEM TO HAVE WILL LIKELY BUT WITH A MODERN INTERIOR IN LINE WITH THE REST AND UTILITY LINEUP.

Greg: THE NISSAN PATHFINDER OVER ITS 35 YEARS AS BOTH A 3-ROW CROSSOVER THIS 2022 5TH-GEN. PATHFINDER 3-ROW CROSSOVER PATH, TOOLS ALONG FOR THE JOURNEY.

STANDARD, 3.5 LITER V6 WITH DELIVERING 6,000 POUNDS AND A NEW DRIVE AND FOR THE ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE SYSTEM FOR SUCCESS IN A WIDE VARIETY CONDITIONS.

ALL WRAPPED IN SOME THAT THANKFULLY SAYS, GEN'S JELLYBEAN GENERIC-NESS TRUCK-LIKE PROPORTIONS TAKEN FROM THE ORIGINAL Brian: AS MUCH AS MAY NOT HAVE LIKED TRANSFORMATION FROM RUGGED TO THE MORE FAMILY CROSSOVER IT WAS ABSOLUTELY, AS FAR AS SALES ARE CONCERNED BUT AT THE SAME TIME, OF THAT LOOK BACK OF THE OFF-ROAD CAPABILITIES SEND IT OVER THE TOP.

Greg: LOOK FOR BOTH AND NISSAN PATHFINDER THIS SUMMER.

AND WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE INFO HERE ON MOTORWEEK !

John: AND SIMPLY FLAUNTING IT, IS HARD TO BEAT.

BUT, THIS BIG SUV IS A ROLLING PIECE OF IT'S A LOT OF TRUCK, AND YES, A LOT OF BLING.

* THERE'S PREMIUM, AND THEN THERE'S WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THIS 2021 ESCALADE, THE LEVEL OF TRIM THAT INTO 6-FIGURES.

YEP, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT TO BIG LUXURY UTILITIES.

OF COURSE, IN THE 2020s, JUST SOFT LEATHER EXCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY IS TO THAT END, THE ESCALADE IS TO FEATURE OLED CURVED THE 38 INCH DISPLAY FLOWS ALL THE WAY TO ABOVE AND IS COMPRISED OF THREE A 14.2 INCH ONE FOR THE A 7.2 INCH TOUCH PANEL AND A 16.9 INCH INFOTAINMENT SURROUND VISION MEANS CAMERAS WITH THE REAR DISPLAY IF YOU CHOOSE.

REAR SEAT PASSENGERS WITH THE AVAILABLE REAR SEAT MORE THAN JUST FOR MOVIES THESE 12.6 INCH TOUCHSCREENS AND EVEN ACCESS THE VEHICLE'S ALONG THE WAY.

THERE'S A TREAT FOR THE EARS WE WERE QUITE LITERALLY BLOWN STUDIO AUDIO SYSTEM; WITHOUT ANY DISTORTION.

AND ONLY LATER REALIZED THIS THERE'S ALSO A STUDIO WITH 36 SPEAKERS ROCK ON, CADILLAC!

AND THANKS TO SUPER CRUISE YOU CAN EVEN SAFELY YOUR AIR-GUITAR AND ON THE HIGHWAY.

SPACE IS ALSO LUXURY.

PLENTY OF IT HERE FOR BOTH ESCALADE HAS GROWN BY MORE ITS NEW INDEPENDENT REAR PROVIDES A LOT MORE SPACE PACKED BOTH SECOND AND THIRD ROWS REAR STORAGE SPACE GROWS FROM 63 BEHIND THE SECOND ROW, PLUS, THERE'S STILL THE IF YOU NEED EVEN MORE.

PLENTY OF STORAGE AREAS FOR IT ALL MAKES FOR A TREMENDOUS WHETHER YOU'RE GOING OR ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THAT INDEPENDENT REAR HAS OF A TRUCK-LIKE RIDE.

THIS BEING A CADILLAC, AND AN AIR RIDE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE.

PROVIDING THE STEAM LUXURY LINER IN MOTION IS OUTPUT IS SAME AS LAST YEAR AND 460 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

GM'S DURAMAX 3.0 LITER MAX TOWING IS 8,200 POUNDS; IT WAS ALSO OUR CHOICE SO EQUIPPED, LEAP OFF THE LINE, POWER REALLY POURS ON.

DON'T BE SURPRISED IF 0-60 AND THE QUARTER-MILE AT IT WAS, HOWEVER, IT'S TRULY CAPABLE OF IN IT ACTUALLY, AND SMALLER THAN IT IS.

BUT, ONCE THE SPEEDS GOT MUCH THE VERY AGGRESSIVE DRAMATICALLY DAMPENS BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN TO HONE THOSE SLOWING-DOWN AS WHEN WE GOT TO OUR THE ESCALADE STOPPED FROM 60 PHENOMENAL FOR A VEHICLE THIS STOPS WERE CONSISTENTLY AND STRAIGHT AS AN ARROW.

WITH THE POSSIBLE EXCEPTION THE ESCALADE HAS NEVER BEEN INTO ITS SURROUNDINGS.

NOT MUCH CHANGES HERE; AND MORE IMPOSING.

LOTS OF SMALL DETAILS CHEVROLET AND GMC GRILLE, BRIGHT TRIM-WORK, AND OF COURSE, WHEELS; FOR CLIMBING ABOARD, WITH ACCENT LIGHTING GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY 19-HIGHWAY, AND 16-COMBINED; BASED ON OUR 16.6 MILES PER BUT THAT DOES MAKE FOR ENERGY IMPACT SCORE; RESPONSIBLE FOR 20.6 BARRELS WITH 9.2 TONS OF PRICING STARTS WITH LUXURY FOR THE "MONEY IS THERE'S PREMIUM LUXURY WHICH STARTS AT $101,290; 4-WHEEL-DRIVE, FOR ANY ESCALADE.

NOW, YOU MAY BE THE 2021 CADILLAC ESCALADE FOR PEOPLE THAT FEEL A NEED BUT, IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

BEYOND THE EXCLUSIVE AND CADILLAC STYLE; CAPABLE UTILITY VEHICLE.

IT'S A FIRST-CLASS CARGO AND YOUR FAMILY ON ONE OR JUST MAKE YOUR DAILY SOMETHING TRULY EXTRA SPECIAL.

WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US TO FIND OUT HOW SPORT LUXURY AND IN ACURA'S MDX.

THEN, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS A HELLCAT MOTOR INTO WE'LL MAKE A PITSTOP GREG CARLOSS TAKES YOU HERE AT MOTORWEEK .

PLUS, A BRAND NEW QUICKSPIN.

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.