HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US AS WE DROP THE TOP IN THE LEXUS LC500 PAT GOSS HAS HUGE CAR TIPS JUST THE FACTS... ROGER MECCA SPEEDS IN AN AMERICAN AND WE ENJOY THE HIGH LIFE IN THE ROLLS ROYCE CULLINAN...

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: STYLE, PERFORMANCE, THE LEXUS LC 500 DELIVERED IN A LUXURY FLAGSHIP COUPE THREE YEARS AGO.

HOW TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER?

WELL, OPEN THE TOP TO ENHANCE WHILE STILL BEING PAMPERED * IF, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE, FROM ALL OF TODAY'S PROBLEMS FOR THE 2021 LEXUS LC 500 IS THE PERFECT GETAWAY VEHICLE.

ALL OF THE THINGS YOU EXPECT IN AS WELL AS A FEW THINGS STARTING WITH THE GORGEOUS THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE, NEARLY PERFECTLY INTEGRATED FLUSH DOOR HANDLES LEXUS' WIDE-MOUTH IN BACK, THE CENTER BRAKE LIGHT TO THE DECK LID.

TWENTY INCH ALLOYS ARE STANDARD, THE FOUR-LAYER SOFT TOP ITSELF DOWN IN 15 SECONDS, A TONNEAU-STYLE LID, ARE ON STAND-BY TO DEPLOY TOP UP OR DOWN, PROOF THAT LEXUS HAS INDEED AS WHEN WE FIRST MET THE BRAND WHEN TOYOTA LAUNCHED WITH THE 1990 LS400 SEDAN; BEHIND THE VEHICLE, FOR PLAYING IT SAFE WITH DEFINITELY, NOT THE CASE HERE.

UNLESS YOU'RE ALREADY FAMILIAR IT MAY SURPRISE YOU TO FIND 5.0 LITER V8 UNDER THE HOOD; JUST PURE MUSCLE-CAR STYLE OF 471 HORSEPOWER AND NO WORD YET ON IF THE COUPE'S WILL BE AVAILABLE IN MASH THE GAS, AND IT'S EASY TO WITH ALL THE NOISE AND RAUCOUS IN 4.9 SECONDS, ACTUALLY A TENTH BUT, THE FAST AND FROM THE 10-SPEED AUTOMATIC QUARTER-MILE COMPLETED AT 110 MILES PER HOUR.

ON THE STOPPING END THE BRAKES WERE UNBELIEVABLY BRINGING US TO A HALT FROM 60 IN WHEN IT COMES TO HANDLING, STAYING EXTREMELY FLAT WHILE WITH ONLY MINOR UNDERSTEER; THAT ULTRA-SMOOTH LUXURY FEEL.

A COMPLETE OVERHAUL FOR AND THE ADAPTIVE VARIABLE RECALIBRATED TO HANDLE THE EXTRA FOR THE SOFT TOP AND ITS BUT SOMEHOW, THE CONVERTIBLE THAN THE COUPE TO US.

AND THERE IS INDEED PLENTY OF THE CONVERTIBLE'S INTERIOR, OF THE COUPE; THE DIGITAL INSTRUMENT CLUSTER YOU DEFINITELY, AND WHEN SWEEPING OF YOUR FAVORITE BACK ROAD, THANKS TO ADDED STRUCTURAL AND A WHOLE NEW TORSION BOX AND WITH THE TOP UP, AND CALM AS IN THE COUPE.

THE CONVERTIBLE ALSO BRINGS MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM THAT IS ADDING ANDROID AUTO INTEGRATION.

BUT SORRY, YOU'RE STILL STUCK AND, YOU'LL ALSO SACRIFICE FALLING FROM THE COUPE'S GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS AND 18-COMBINED.

WE AVERAGED A GOOD 20.6 MILES PRICING STARTS AT $102,025, THIS CAR'S V8 CERTAINLY HAS THE AND OVERALL THE 2021 SHOULD WAKE SOME OTHER LUXURY, STYLE, PERFORMANCE; AND DRIVE THE HECK OUT OF IT * * FLASHBACK :[ENGINE REVVING] [LAUGHTER] [INDISCRIMINATE CHATTERING] FLASHBACK : ONE MORE TIME!

THE NEW C-8 MID-ENGINE CHEVROLET IN THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD SO MUCH SO WE EVEN NAMED IT BEST OF THE YEAR.

BUT, OF COURSE, THAT CAR MADE AN EVEN BIGGER OF DETROIT IN 1963.

AND OUR OWN ROGER MECCA HAS HAD THIS LEGENDARY AMERICAN MUSCLE SIX DECADES IT'S STILL * Roger Mecca: FEW CARS ARE AS SYNONYMOUS FROM AS THE CHEVROLET CORVETTE.

SINCE, THE FIRST "PLASTIC IT'S BEEN THE EPITOME OF AND NUMERO UNO POSTER CHILD BUT, EVEN WITH THAT, BEFORE CHEVY GOT SERIOUS ABOUT IN 1963, GM UNLEASHED OF THE CORVETTE, THE C2.

THE FIRST ONE TO HAVE IT CARRIED OVER MANY OF THE SAME FROM THE ORIGINAL MAKO CONCEPT LARRY SHINODA AND BILL MITCHELL.

AND TODAY, IN MY OPINION, OF THE BEST LOOKING THINGS Greg Connelly: THIS CAR WAS FROM THE '50s AND EARLY '60s, Roger: GREG CONNELLY IS 1963 STING RAY COUPE, THE FIRST AVAILABLE FOR BUYERS.

AND THOUGH, HE'S OWNED MANY HE'S LOVED THE C2 HARDTOP FIRST LAYING HIS EYES ON ONE.

Connelly: AND LOOKED AT THAT AND THEN EVEN FROM AT THE BACK OF THE CAR AGAIN, IT LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING AND THE CAR PERFORMED SO THAT WAS THE BEST PART OF IT.

Roger: IT SHOULD COME AS THAT BOTH BUZZ ALDRIN AND AND PART OF THAT FAR OUT LOOK IS IN THE TAPERED REAR DECK, LEAD CORVETTE DESIGNER WAS A FAN OF BIOMIMICRY, HE WAS ABLE TO BRING HIS AQUATIC SEA CREATURE TO LIFE.

HE INSISTED THAT THE CAR'S RUN THE FULL LENGTH OF THE CAR, AND THE ONLY ANSWER WAS G-M BRASS HATED THE IDEA, BUT IN Roger: BUT THERE WERE ISSUES, THE REAR VISIBILITY.

BECAUSE OF THAT CENTER STRIP, OUT OF THE BACK IN ANY AND THEN, DOUBLE THE WINDOWS MEANT AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A YEAR, IT QUICKLY BECAME SO GM KILLED THE FEATURE FOR BUT MANY THINGS DID INCLUDING POP-UP HEADLIGHTS, ELECTRONIC IGNITION, AND POINTED FRONT END THAT EVEN WHEN STANDING STILL.

BUT ASIDE FROM THE REAR WINDOW, THAT GM LEADERSHIP SHOULD NOT HOOD VENTS THAT WERE PART OF THE ENGINEERS WANTED TO RELIEVE PRESSURE AS THE CAR BUT THE BEAN COUNTERS AT GM OF A HASSLE, SO THEY PUT FAKE IT TURNS OUT THAT THE ENGINEERS BECAUSE AS YOU APPROACH 100 THE CAR STARTS TO LIFT.

WHICH CAN BE TERRIFYING.

BUT YOU WOULDN'T REALLY WANT TO THIS IS A 57 YEAR OLD CAR WITH SO TEARING AROUND AT BREAKNECK THAT SAID, IT'S AN EASY CAR THE C2 HAS NEAR 50/50 AND COMBINED WITH TIGHT STEERING YOU WILL HAVE PLENTY OF FUN ALL 63'S FEATURED WITH ANYWHERE FROM 250 STANDARD WITH FUEL INJECTION, BUT NOT ALWAYS A POPULAR ONE.

RUMOR HAS IT THAT SO FEW HOW TO WORK ON FUEL INJECTOR THEY WOULD TELL CORVETTE OWNERS AND PUT IN A CARBURETOR, WHICH AND IN THE PROCESS, THAT MADE THIS CAR SO SPECIAL.

GM KEPT THE NEW C2 DESIGN UNTIL THE C3, FASHIONED AFTER DEBUTED IN 1968.

BUT NO OTHER YEAR WOULD EVER AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ONE TO WELL, GET READY TO SHELL OUT AT AND FAR MORE IF YOU WANT ONE LIKE THE RACE READY Z06 WERE EVER MADE.

BUT HONESTLY?

YOU DON'T NEED ANYTHING FANCY DRIVING SPIRIT AND HISTORY THERE'S ONE SURE-FIRE WAY TO BE A CAR REALLY IS AND THAT IS IT LEAVES ON PEOPLE AS YOU THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY, WAVE, TOP AND TAKE PICTURES.

AND THAT TELLS ME THAT EVEN THIS CAR IS JUST AS IMPRESSIVE John: RIGHT NOW, FOR GOOD USED CARS BUT AS BEFORE YOU BUY, * Pat Goss: BUYING A USED CAR BUT YOU NEED TO DO RESEARCH IS A GOOD VALUE.

AND TO GIVE US SOME POINTERS, EMILIE WELCOME TO GOSS'S GARAGE.

Emilie Voss: I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.

Pat: ALRIGHT...NOW, WHAT'S THAT YOU RUN ACROSS AS FAR AS Emilie: IT'S IMPORTANT, TO KNOW THE VEHICLE'S HISTORY WE SEE IS ODOMETER FRAUD.

I THINK...A LOT OF PEOPLE, THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

THAT THERE ISN'T ODOMETER WITH THE DIGITAL ODOMETERS THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ABOUT 450,000 CARS ARE SOLD OF ODOMETER ROLL BACK ABOUT ONE BILLION DOLLARS SO, THOSE NUMBERS ARE Pat: YEAH...ABSOLUTELY.

AND THERE IS THIS MISCONCEPTION THAT YOU CAN'T ROLL BACK BUT THAT'S COMPLETELY WRONG.

Emilie: IT IS COMPLETELY WRONG, IF YOU ARE BUYING A USED CAR YOU CAN DO TO TRY AND PROTECT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OF THE VEHICLE AND INSIDE THE MILEAGE READING.

AND ONE OF THE GOOD WAYS TO DO INSPECT THE VEHICLE.

SOMETIMES, THEY CAN NOTICE MAYBE, SOMETHING HAVE THAN WHAT THE MILEAGE READING ALSO, CARFAX HAS A FREE TOOL THE ODOMETER READING TO SEE IF RECORDED MANIPULATION VEHICLE HISTORY REPORT FLAGGED FOR A POTENTIAL ODOMETER Pat: CRITICAL INFORMATION.

EMILIE THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Emilie: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

Pat: ALRIGHT, TAKE CARE.

AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT HERE AT MOTORWEEK.

John: TIME TO HIT THE START WITH A FRESH BATCH OF * Greg Carloss: THERE'S AN ALL-NEW HEADED OUR WAY THIS SUMMER!

AND IT'S SO NEW, THAT'S RIGHT, THE KIA OPTIMA TAKING MORE THAN JUST VISUAL PERFORMANCE SEDAN, PERFORMANCE, AND TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S BASED ON FRONT-WHEEL-DRIVE N3 CHASSIS AND WIDER THAN THE OPTIMA, AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME BUYERS WILL HAVE A CHOICE OF LXS, GT-LINE, AND EX, 1.6 LITER TURBO I4.

IT'S PAIRED WITH AN 8-SPEED AND IS THE SETUP REQUIRED THE GT GETS A NEW 2.5 LITER AS WELL AS A NEWLY 8-SPEED DUAL CLUTCH Jessica Ray: THE K5'S NEW LOOK THE PREVIOUS GENERATION OPTIMA.

THE FRONT END HAS A TIGER FACE THAT EXTENDS CONTINUOUSLY INTO ALONG WITH HEARTBEAT AND TAIL LIGHTS THAT SPAN THESE CHANGES OUTSIDE MATCH THIS MID-SIZE SEDAN SPORTIER Greg: THINGS INSIDE ARE NOT A BUT THERE IS A MORE ALONG WITH SLEEKER FINISHES.

AND DEPENDING ON TRIM, OR 10-INCH TOUCHSCREEN; FOR YOUR APPLE CARPLAY Jessica: PRICING FOR THE 2021 K5 FOR FRONT WHEEL DRIVE FOR ALL WHEEL DRIVE.

THE K5 WILL BE GOING ON SALE BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL Greg: THE REDESIGNED 2021 F-150 AND THE PREVIOUS GENERATION TO THE LIGHT-DUTY PICKUP TRUCK AS WELL AS MADE TURBO POWER, THIS GEN. SEES FORD DELIVER FULL-HYBRID THAT WILL TOW MORE OR GET YOU 700 MILES ON PLUS AN ONBOARD PRO POWER CAMPSITE, NO DENYING THE MORE RUGGED TO THE EXTERIOR, ABOUT THE SAME AS THE CURRENT JUST A TAD OF INCREASED WIDTH; SUPERCAB, AND SUPERCREW CABS CONFIGURATIONS CARRY OVER IN ADDITION TO THE 3.5 LITER THERE ARE FIVE OTHER ENGINES 3.3 LITER V6, 5.0 LITER V8, AND 3.0 LITER POWERSTROKE ALL ARE UPDATED OVER AND COME WITH A 10-SPEED AND AVAILABLE 4-WHEEL-DRIVE.

* FORD ENGINEERS PUT IN SOME TO HELP YOUR DAY JOB NOT ONLY ARE THERE ONBOARD GENERATORS RANGING FROM 2.0 TO 7.2 DEPENDING ON DRIVETRAIN; SUCH AS A LAPTOP WORKSTATION, AND EVEN MAX RECLINE SEATS "BRAINSTORMING SESSION," LOTS OF NEW TECH AS WELL; OVER-THE-AIR UPDATES, CO-PILOT 360 ACTIVE DRIVE ASSIST, TRAILER REVERSE GUIDANCE PRICING WILL BE ANNOUNCED AND AS ALWAYS WE WILL HAVE MORE ON AN UPCOMING EPISODE OF John: OUR MOTORWEEK 40TH IS A JAW DROPPING 1972 ANDY OLESKO LIVES IN BERKLEY, BY THE IMPERIAL'S MOTORBOAT SUBMIT PHOTOS OF FOR CAR OF THE WEEK MOTORWEEK@PBS.ORG.

* Greg: TIME WITH OUR 2020 AS WE'RE 9-MONTHS INTO OUR TEST, WITH THE ODOMETER CREEPING OVER IT'S EASY TO FALL IN LOVE OF HYUNDAI'S BIGGEST BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF UTILITY AND THIS SUMMER SOME STEEP PROVED IT'S QUITE CAPABLE WHEN WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF AND THE SLEEK STYLE HAS A WAY OF BUT NOT STANDING OUT TOO MUCH.

IT REALLY IS A GREAT LOOKING John: I'VE TAKEN SEVERAL AND I AM MOST IMPRESSED AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS.

THERE'S ALSO, PLENTY OF TECH AND ENTERTAIN THE FAMILY.

RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX, FULLY COMPETITIVE WITH 3-ROW Greg: WITH AN 11,000 FUEL ECONOMY IS SETTLING IN TO POWER FROM THE 291 HORSEPOWER MORE THAN AMPLE.

ONE THING, WE STILL FEEL THE INFOTAINMENT BUT AT LEAST THERE ARE LOTS OF WE'LL HAVE UPDATES ON OUR AND FIAT 500X ON THE NEXT MOTORWEEK LONG-TERM John: THESE DAYS, EVERYTHING BUT IN THE AUTOMOTIVE WORLD AS A ROLLS-ROYCE SUV.

IT'S CALLED "THE CULLINAN," THE ROLLS-ROYCE BRAND, TO PLACES THEY'VE NEVER BEEN * THIS 2020 ROLLS-ROYCE CULLINAN BUT, ROLLS-ROYCE DIDN'T WANT TO A LOT WOULD BE RIDING ON THIS AND NEEDED IT TO BE TRULY WORTHY THAT REQUIRED, FOR STARTERS, TO THE ALUMINUM PHANTOM CHASSIS AND DESPITE ITS VERY FULL SIZE; AS THE NEW TAHOE; TO MAKE IT CLEARLY A ROLLS.

YOU MAY STRUGGLE TO SEE BUT IT SURE HAS PRESENCE.

THE FACE CLEARLY SAYS, THE NOSE IS TALL WITH A HIDEAWAY SPIRIT OF WHILE, THE SILVER SATIN FINISH CULLINAN'S BONNET, TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE REAR IS ALSO MODERN, MAKING UP IN STANCE WHAT IT THE CENTERPIECE OF IT ALL, TWIN-TURBO V12 ENGINE.

IT OF COURSE, BUT TOTALLY BUILT BY ROLLS, AND THEIR OWN IMMENSE POWER IS ALSO; 571 HORSEPOWER MORE THAN ENOUGH TO GET THE PRECISELY, 4.5 SECONDS TO 60.

DON'T FORGET, ROLLS HAS A LONG AN 8-SPEED AUTOMATIC AS IS ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE, WITH TRACTION CONTROL STYLE SHUFFLING POWER AROUND.

AS FOR OFF-ROADING, THE PHANTOM'S REAR STEERING FOR EVEN MORE TURNING.

RATHER THAN TERRAIN STYLE DRIVE AND THE CULLINAN KNOWS SIDE BODY PROTECTORS ARE THE HARSH THINGS OF THIS WORLD HAND-CRAFTED BODY.

FOR PAVEMENT, THERE'S AN AIR AND IT DELIVERS THE MAGIC AIDED BY A CAMERA THAT AND PRIMES THE SUSPENSION YEAH, IT DOES THAT.

FOR AS BIG AND HEAVY AS IT IS, DRIVING IT, IS GRACEFUL YOU'RE LOCKED AWAY IN FEELING INVINCIBLE AND THAT WHICH OF COURSE, ROLLS-ROYCE KNOWS THAT THEIR TO BE BOTHERED WITH PHYSICALLY SO PROCESSES ARE ELECTRICALLY YOU CAN EVEN CLOSE THE DOORS JUST A TOUCH OF A BUTTON.

NOT TO MENTION, IS THIS COOL TAILGATING SETUP; THE POLO MATCH.

IT DOES ROB A LITTLE BIT OF LUGGAGE SPACE THOUGH.

MULTIPLE REAR SEAT SETUPS FOR THREE TO FIRST-CLASS OPULENCE AND HAND-CRAFTED TO THE INTERIOR.

WITH THE USUAL ROLLS-ROYCE WOOD SURFACES, DOOR-MOUNTED UMBRELLAS, MUCH LIKE THE LARGEST DIAMOND WHICH THE CULLINAN IS THERE TRULY IS NOTHING ELSE AND AN ABSOLUTE GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS 12-CITY, 20-HIGHWAY, OUR AVERAGE, 15.4 MILES UP UNTIL THIS POINT, WE'VE TESTED WAS THE $235,000 THAT HAS NOW BEEN BUMPED BY WITH THE CULLINAN AT $335,350 BUT, ONLY WITH ROLLS-ROYCE IN OPTIONS.

OUR TESTER CAME IN, SO, IT'S EASY FOR US COMMONERS 2020 ROLLS-ROYCE CULLINAN OR PERHAPS THE WHOLE SUV THING BUT, DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT.

DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT OF PRECISELY TARGETED AUTOMOTIVE AND ACTS EXACTLY LIKE, YOU WOULD WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US WHEN WE'LL FIND OUT WHAT NISSAN FULL SIZE TITAN PICKUP.

THEN, TEST A PORSCHE CAYENNE 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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