HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US FOR MODERN LUXURY FROM IN THEIR LATEST E-CLASS... PAT GOSS TRACKS DOWN FOR A DROP IN WE'LL PICK THE RIPEST FRUIT WHEN DOWN ON THE FARM... THEN, CHECK OUT THE REBORN TOYOTA VENZA...

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: WITH MERCEDES-BENZ APPEAL EXPONENTIALLY YOU MIGHT THINK THERE'S TO STEP UP TO THE MIDDLE WELL, MERCEDES WAS AFRAID YOU SO THEY'VE UPGRADED THE E LOFTIER APPEAL EVER MORE SO.

* BACK IN THE DAY, TO GET THE FULL MERCEDES-BENZ YOU HAD TO GO FOR AT LEAST AS ENTRY LEVEL MODELS WERE MORE THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE, THAT THE E-CLASS SEDAN IS THAN IT WAS BEFORE.

IN FACT, THE 2021 OFFERS BUYERS MORE THAN EVER.

STARTING WITH A REVISED THE TYPICAL UPGRADE IN BUT GOES A STEP FURTHER STEERING WHEEL FEATURING AS WELL AS SENSORS NEEDED OF SEMI-AUTONOMOUS DRIVING.

THE TWIN-SCREEN DASH DISPLAY AND THAT'S A GOOD THING, TO USE AS IT IS BEAUTIFUL THE CENTRAL SCREEN IS BUT THERE'S ALSO WHICH ALSO GETS AN UPDATE; ELIMINATING THE JOG-WHEEL LEAVING JUST THE TOUCHPAD, INTO THE CENTER CONSOLE NEW TECH MEANS FOR THE MERCEDES-BENZ WITH AUGMENTED NAVIGATION.

AS WELL AS UPDATED DRIVER INCLUDING BETTER FUNCTIONALITY FOR STOP-AND-GO TRAFFIC ASSIST, AND A NEW EXIT WARNING ASSIST.

THINGS OUTSIDE GET A RE-WORK THERE ARE UPDATED FASCIAS FRONT ALONG WITH A NEW TRUNK LID AND AND THERE'S ALSO, A DIFFERENT THAT HINT OF SOMETHING NEW UNDER AND INDEED THERE IS.

OUR E450 TEST CAR FEATURES 3.0 LITER INLINE-6 WHICH REPLACES THE PREVIOUS WITH AN ADDED EQ 48-VOLT THE INLINE RATES AND 369 POUND-FEET; SO, WITH NO ADDITIONAL POWER, MUST HAVE BEEN THE REASON AND INDEED, THE E450 OVERALL JUMP IN GOVERNMENT TO 23-CITY, 30-HIGHWAY, WHICH WE MATCHED EXACTLY, OF PREMIUM.

THE IMPROVED ENERGY IMPACT OF ANNUAL PETROLEUM CONSUMPTION AND 5.8 TONS OF CO2 EMISSIONS.

THE BASE 2.0 LITER FROM 241 TO 255 HORSEPOWER LAST SO IT REMAINS UNCHANGED.

BOTH WORK THROUGH A 9-SPEED WITH 4MATIC ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE STANDARD IN THE 450.

MERCEDES-BENZ HAS BEEN MAKING FOR AT LEAST AS LONG AS IN OUR VERY FIRST SEASON, PERFORMING THE TASK, ONLY WE CALLED IT THE WORLD'S AND, AT 28 MPG IT CERTAINLY BUT AT THE PRICE OF AT OUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME, THIS E450 4MATIC HOOKED RIGHT WITH THE HEALTHY SOUNDING I6 AND PLEASANT BACKGROUND MUSIC.

IT FEELS REALLY QUICK, IS INDEED INCREDIBLE FOR WITHOUT AN AMG BADGE.

STILL, WITH EVERYTHING FROM TO THE 9-SPEED AUTOMATIC'S PLUS, THE 450'S CALM DEMEANOR BEING SO SMOOTH, AND TRIPLE CHECKING GETTING THROUGH A QUARTER AT 107 MILES PER HOUR IS SOMETHING WE'RE ONLY USED TO THE FEELING WAS SIMILAR THROUGH AS WELL.

OTHER THAN OPTIONAL 19-INCH AMG ALLOY WHEELS, OR AMG HANDLING SO THIS CAR IS SET UP FOR SO, YOU'D THINK IT'D BE BUT THAT WASN'T REALLY TRUE, MOST OF THE FEEDBACK AND STEERING WHEEL IS MUTED; AND ACCURATE, AND THERE BRAKES KEPT THE SMOOTH BUT NOT THE WITH STOPS OF A STILL GOOD OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT MORE AS MERCEDES-BENZ AND CONVERTIBLE VARIETIES, NOT TO MENTION AMG VERSIONS E-CLASS SEDAN PRICING FOR A REAR-WHEEL-DRIVE OUR E450 4MATIC, AT $63,050; ESCALATING FROM THERE.

A MIDSIZE SEDAN HAS OF THE MERCEDES-BENZ LINEUP, A HEALTHY SHARE OF SUV BUSINESS THE E-CLASS REMAINS THE IN MERCEDES-BENZ HISTORY.

IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF CHANGES TO THIS 2021 MAY BE RELATIVELY MINOR.

BUT THE SMOOTH AND REFINED INLINE-6 ENGINE HAS THE 10TH GENERATION E CONTINUING THE E-CLASS EXCEPTIONAL LUXURY * MANY CAR MAKERS ARE PLEDGING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, OF HARD WORKING MACHINERY INCLUDING DOWN ON THE FARM IS TRULY THE PLACE TO BE.

* ALTHOUGH, FARM TRACTORS HAVE BECOME MORE SOPHISTICATED AND HIGH-TECH OVER THE YEARS, AND ENGINES UNDER THE HOOD WITH THAT PROGRESS AND MOST ON DIESEL FUEL.

HUMMINGBIRD EV IS ONE COMPANY THAT STATUS QUO APPLE CART.

THEY'VE TEAMED UP WITH CLEAN CITIES COALITION, AND OTHERS TO PLACE ZERO-EMISSION ELECTRIC AT ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S THESE EV TRACTORS ARE KILOWATT ELECTRIC MOTORS TIED TO AND SOFTWARE.

WITH 25 KILOWATT-HOUR BATTERY PERFORMANCE IS EQUIVALENT OF THE SAME SIZE.

MOONLIGHT COMPANIES, IS AN IDEAL TEST BED.

THEY OPERATE YEAR-ROUND, OF CITRUS AND STONE FRUITS... FROM PEACHES, PLUMS, TO GRAPES, LEMONS, ORANGES, LOTS AND LOTS OF MANDARINS -- TO MARKETS ALL OVER THIS THIRD-GENERATION ENVIRONMENTALLY-SOUND IN THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY.

THEY EVEN HAVE A TWO-MEGAWATT WHICH POWERS MUCH OF AND COLD-STORAGE OPERATIONS.

SO TRYING OUT THESE EV TRACTORS WAS AN EASY CALL.

Ty Tavlan: 80 SMALL DIESEL-POWERED THE HARVEST SEASON TO PULL FOR THIS PARTICULAR FUNCTION, AND THEN IT STOPS, AND AND THEN IT STOPS, WE CAN GET OF WORK OUT OF THE TRACTOR.

WHAT WE REALLY LIKE IT'S BASICALLY IT STARTS EVERY TIME, John: THE BATTERY-ELECTRIC ARE PAIRED WITH AN VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE ALSO DESIGNED BY HUMMINGBIRD.

IT CAN PROVIDE UP TO OF LEVEL 2 AC CHARGING, TWO TRACTORS SIMULTANEOUSLY, ROUND-TRIPS BACK TO A BIG ADVANTAGE, THE TRUCK ITSELF HAS AN 88 AND 90 MILES OF RANGE.

HUMMINGBIRD'S EXPERTISE IS ELECTRIC POWERTRAINS LIKE MINING, UTILITIES, AND THEY ARE CHALLENGING ONE SIZE FITS ALL Rakesh Koneru: EVERY TRACTOR IN TERMS OF THE BATTERY PACK HOW LONG THEY USE, SO ON AND SO FORTH, IS WE'RE TRYING TO ADAPT OF PARTS COME IN PLAY.

SO, WHEN YOU TRY TO SCALE IT'S EASY TO MIX AND MATCH WITH DIFFERENT SCALE WITH THE SAME SYSTEM.

John: LIKE ANY FARM IN AMERICA, ECONOMICS COMES INTO PLAY DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN CALIFORNIA HAVE FORCED GROWERS TO CULTIVATE TO CONSERVE WATER, IS THE KEY TO MAKING SO TRACTORS OF THE FUTURE MAY TO FIT UNDER CLOSELY-PLANTED OR BE EXTRA SKINNY TO DRIVE Rakesh: THE MAIN IDEA THE CAPABILITY OF WHAT CAN BRING INTO FARMING, WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING THE IDEA OF FOR THE FARMER TO BE READY AND EVERY FARM HAS UNIQUE, REQUIREMENT.

IF YOU GO TO A VINEYARD, THEIR NEEDS ARE COMPLETELY SO WHEN WE SEE THE MARKET WE WANT TO EXPLORE LET'S DESIGN A CHASSIS WHICH IS WELL THOUGHT THROUGH, WHICH CAN STICK ON FOR John: THIS TYPE OF CUSTOM DESIGN FOR THE FLEXIBLE PACKAGING BATTERY PACKS.

SO, IT LOOKS THE E-VOLUTION OF IN THE NEAR FUTURE MAY THE EV REVOLUTION OF TODAY.

OUR MOTORWEEK 40TH ANNIVERSARY IS THIS 1984 MERCEDES-BENZ ANTHONY HOLZMANN FROM BOUGHT HIS FIRST CAR WHEN HE WAS JUST 16, "EVEN AT 230,000 MILES, SUBMIT PHOTOS OF YOUR DEPENDABLE FOR CAR OF THE WEEK * Flashback Pat Goss: IT'S TIME TO GET AND THAT MEANS TO THE THINGS TIRES AND WHEELS.

John: LOW TIRE PRESSURE?

YOU'RE REINFLATED AND IT SLOWLY OVER SEVERAL DAYS.

WELL, YOU PROBABLY THINK IN THE TIRE.

NOT SO FAST.

PAT GOSS SHOWS US WHY MAY BE POINTING TO * Pat Goss: THIS TIME LET'S TALK THAT WE ALWAYS SEE ALMOST DAILY AND THAT IS PROBLEMS WITH BUT ESPECIALLY CHROME PLATED OVER HERE, WE HAVE WHEN OF IT OF COURSE.

AND WE CAN SEE WHERE AND IS COMING LOOSE THIS IS ONE UGLY LOOKING OVER HERE, WE SEE THE BACK OF HERE, WE HAVE ALL TYPES OF AND CORROSION SETTING IN BUT, THE PROBLEM GOES SEE, IN A CASE LIKE THIS, THE WHEELS IF YOU WANT IT BUT ALL WHEELS, NOT SO MUCH STEEL WHEELS A TENDENCY TO CORRODE.

NOW, WHAT WE SEE IS, WHAT WE SEE IN THE SHOP IS THAT AND THEY HAVE ALL THESE BLISTERS NOW, IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROBLEMS MAYBE A WARNING LIGHT LOOK LOW OR DRIVE LOW OR GO FLAT USUALLY, AND SAYS, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AND WE GO ABOUT CHECKING AND OTHER THINGS THAT ULTIMATELY, WE FIND THAT IS ALL CORRODE LIKE THIS ONE.

SOMEBODY'S TRIED TO FIX THIS, LIKE SOMETHING WE HAVE HERE.

IT DIDN'T WORK, SO THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO BE YOU CAN HELP PREVENT THIS THAT IS WORKING ON USES A LUBRICANT TO MOUNT IN WATER CONTENT.

ALSO, MAKE SURE THAT THE AIR COMES FROM A COMPRESSOR THAT HAS SO YOU DON'T GET ANY WATER BECAUSE REMEMBER, SO IF THE AIR CAN'T GET OUT, THE AND IT SITS IN HERE AND IT EATS AT THE ALUMINUM ALLOY.

WHATEVER IT IS, AND YOU HAVE TO BUY NEW WHEELS.

AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION RIGHT HERE AT MOTORWEEK .

John: TIME NOW AND ALL THE LATEST * * Lauren Morrison: IS FAST APPROACHING, FROM TOP MANUFACTURERS.

JUST LOOK AT GENERAL MOTORS, ALL-ELECTRIC ON LIGHT DUTY VOLKSWAGEN, MAKING THE MOVE OR ELECTRIC VERSIONS OF EVERY FORD JUST ANNOUNCING IT'S AND WILL BE ALL ELECTRIC AND VOLVO'S CHIEF TECHNOLOGY "THERE IS NO LONG-TERM WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION AND THE COMPANY PLANS TO BY 2030.

THEY ALSO PLAN TO MOVE THEIR BUT EVEN THOUGH AUTOMAKERS ALL IN ON ELECTRIC, ALMOST 60 PERCENT OF ARE ON THE FENCE ABOUT A BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE OR LEASE, U.S. ELECTRIC VEHICLE JD POWER SAYS, "THIS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AUTOMAKERS ON THE IDEA OF AN EV."

THE STUDY ALSO FOUND THAT ACTUALLY OUTWEIGHS NEW-VEHICLE SHOPPERS WHO TAKE ARE MORE LIKELY TO A BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE THAN ROAD TRIPS.

AND PEOPLE WHO COMMUTE FOR MORE ARE MORE LIKELY TO CONSIDER WHO DON'T HAVE A COMMUTE.

HYUNDAI AND FORD CAME OUT NORTH AMERICAN CAR, TRUCK, AFTER HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF AND EVALUATION, THE HYUNDAI ELANTRA THE FORD F-150 AS AND THE FORD MUSTANG MACH-E OF THE YEAR.

THE FORD MUSTANG MACH-E GETTING FROM US TOO, DRIVERS' CHOICE AWARDS AND THAT DOES IT FOR * Greg Carloss: TIME TO OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF A LITTLE BETTER, THIS 2021 THE CROSS SPORT IS THE 2-ROW BIGGEST SUV, THE ATLAS; STYLISH BODYWORK.

OUR SEL TESTER STICKS 2.0 LITER I4 TURBO ENGINE, ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE.

SEEING HOW WELL ITS THIS UTILITY MOVING, KEEPING AN EYE ON.

WE'RE STILL GETTING OF A 4-CYLINDER TURBO IN BUT IT'S QUICKLY BECOMING AS WE'RE SEEING IN THIS ATLAS THE LOW-END TORQUE GETS THINGS AND THEN, ONCE IT'S UP TO IT KEEPS UP JUST FINE.

S-E-L TRIM MEANS WITH A PANORAMIC SUNROOF, AND A GREAT-LOOKING DIGITAL INSTRUMENT DISPLAY; FOR A PLEASANT TIME FROM THE NEWEST, THIS 2020 HYUNDAI PALISADE HAS FOR 15-MONTHS NOW, 19,500 MILES WITH IT, PER GALLON.

THE FRONT SEATS HAVEN'T SOFTENED BUT THEY REMAIN ALL-DAY HAVING GOTTEN US THROUGH WITH IMPRESSIVE TRACTION, ITS ATTENTION TO RUNNING AND PICKING UP SUPPLIES AROUND THE HOUSE THAT SEEM TO THUS, ITS SECOND AND THIRD MOST OF THE TIME, INTO ONE CLASSY CARGO HAULER.

WE'LL ACQUAINT OURSELVES LONG-TERM ADDITION, ON THE NEXT MOTORWEEK John: MANY OF YOU MAY NOT BUT THE TOYOTA VENZA ARRIVED AS SORT OF A REPLACEMENT WHILE ALSO TRYING TO CASH IN WELL, NOT BUILDING A BIG IT DISAPPEARED FROM WELL, THE VENZA IS BACK, WITH A MUCH MORE * FOR 2021, THE VENZA RETURNS TO NOW FULLY EMBRACING THE SUV AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO NOW, YOU MAY HAVE THE SAME WITH SO MANY UTILITIES THE TOYOTA BRAND, ONE EVEN ABOUT WHAT DOES IT ADD?

WELL, FOR STARTERS, IT BRINGS TO TOYOTA IN BOTH STYLE MUCH LIKE THE TOYOTA AVALON.

IT'S NOT QUITE OVER THE TOP BUT HAS A GENERAL FEEL CLOSER TO LEXUS THAN YOUR JUST 2-ROWS OF SEATING HERE THE FRONTS ARE WIDE WITH AVAILABLE HEATING AND IT'S NOT JUST A FAN REAR SEAT ROOM IS AKIN TO ON WHICH THE VENZA IS BASED.

SOMETHING YOU'LL FIND NOWHERE IS THE STAR GAZE FIXED AS A $1,400 STANDALONE OPTION, IT'S A BIT PRICEY, A WOW FACTOR, FROM FROSTED TO CLEAR WITH OUR LIMITED TESTER FEATURES MOUNTED UP HIGH IN FRONT OF RECESSED INTO IT, EASY REACH AND IN YOUR LINE LESSER TRIMS COME WITH THE START BUTTON IS THE CONTROL PANEL, FROM THERE TO THE SHIFTER CVT TRANSMISSION; YES, NO BUTTONS OR TOGGLES.

THANK GOODNESS!

LIMITED ALSO COMES WITH WITH NAVIGATION; GAUGES WILL HAVE EITHER MULTI-INFORMATION DISPLAY.

OTHER UPSCALE AMENITIES A DIGITAL CAMERA AND 10 INCH COLOR THE VENZA'S WHEELBASE ARE IDENTICAL TO THE RAV4, SOFTER, AND THERE'S NOT FOUND IN THE RAV.

THAT MADE FOR A FAIR THROUGH OUR HANDLING COURSE, WHILE, WE REALLY HAD TO WORK CLEANLY, OVERALL, ACTIVE CORNERING ASSIST SELECTIVE BRAKING TO AND HELP THE CAR ROTATE; AS OUR TEST DRIVERS MADE FRONT PLOW.

NOW, WE'VE MADE IT THIS FAR WHAT'S UNDER THE VENZA'S AND, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO POWERTRAIN THAT YOU WON'T WHAT'S UNDER THERE EITHER.

YES, ALL VENZA'S ARE HYBRIDS, AND SMOOTH OPERATION WILL LEAVE OF THAT FACT.

SAME AS THE RAV4 HYBRID, WITH A COMBINED OUTPUT OF IN ADDITION, ALL VENZA'S ARE THE ELECTRONIC ON-DEMAND AN ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR A PROVEN SYSTEM THAT IN THE HIGHLANDER HYBRID FOR YEARS NOW.

IN NORMAL DRIVING THE REAR WHEN THE FRONT WHEELS SLIP.

AND WHILE, IT IS CAPABLE OF WITH THE VENZA'S 7.8 INCHES IT WILL MOSTLY PAY OFF IN THERE IS, HOWEVER, WHEN LAUNCHING FROM WHERE THE HYBRID SYSTEM FOR NEAR INSTANT TORQUE AND INDEED IT LEAPS OFF BUT, FROM THERE, THE ENGINE'S AND THE CVT CONSPIRE AGAINST A RELATIVELY SLOW 7.8 SECOND AND A QUARTER-MILE TIME OF AT 87 MILES PER HOUR.

THE VENZA IS AVAILABLE IN THE BASE LE STARTING AT $34,070, TOP LIMITED AT $41,400, SURE, TOYOTA COULD HAVE A HIGHLANDER SPORT, RAV4 XL, TO CAPITALIZE ON THOSE HIGHLY INSTEAD OF RESURRECTING BUT, ITS COMBINATION OF ALL-HYBRID POWERTRAIN, AND AMENITIES, SOMETHING UNLIKE ANYTHING AND TOTALLY WORTHY OF A NAME WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US FOR AN AUDIO SPORT SEDAN WITH AND PRESTIGE.

THEN, IT'S A TEST OF THE MOST THE RAM 1500 TRX.

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] *