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STATE FARM IS PROUD TO SUPPORT John: WE ALL KNOW THAT TO INCREASE FUEL ECONOMY MOSTLY BECAUSE OF EVER, WELL INCREASINGLY, TO GET THAT DONE.

EVEN PORSCHE IS NOT IMMUNE HAVING APPLIED THE PLUG-IN BACK IN 2014.

BUT NOW, THEY'RE GETTING AND WHAT BETTER VEHICLE TO ECO-PERFORMANCE IN, * YES, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE LUXURY MARKET THESE DAYS, SO THIS 2017 WILL ALMOST ASSUREDLY DRUM UP NOW, SOME MIGHT STILL LOOK AT AS A BIT SILLY, BUT KEEP IN MIND THESE VEHICLES A EUROPEAN MARKET THAT THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SO OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A MARKET MAINTAIN THEIR CURRENT LEVEL OF YET HAVE THE BENEFITS OF POWERTRAIN STATS BEGIN WITH DELIVERING 333 HORSEPOWER ON ITS OWN.

ADD IN A 70KW ELECTRIC MOTOR, 416 HORSEPOWER THE 10.8KWH BATTERY ALLOWS FOR SPEEDS UP TO 78 MILES PER HOUR.

BOTH AN 8-SPEED TIPTRONIC AND ALL-WHEEL DRIVE ARE LIKE THE BEST OF PLUG-INS THAT THE CAYENNE DELIVERS SEAMLESS REQUIRING YOU TO KEEP AN EYE OR POWER METERS IF YOU CARE YOU CAN BE CERTAIN THAT PORSCHE PERFORMANCE IMAGE AT ALL COSTS, SO THIS CAYENNE IS INDEED VERY ESPECIALLY, AND BOOST MODE IS AVAILABLE, BATTERY ASSISTANCE.

AT THE TRACK, WE HIT 60 IN JUST 5.4 SECONDS.

THAT'S ALMOST TWO SECONDS THE NO LONGER AVAILABLE THERE'S A DECENT AMOUNT OF AND IT BUILDS EVEN MORE AS YOU SHIFTS WERE NOT PDK-QUICK, THE GEARS COMING, THE QUARTER MILE IN 13.9 SECONDS AND AS SPIRITED AS THAT IS, WHEN YOU START THROWING CURVES THROUGH THE CONES, WE FOUND LITTLE TO NO OVER JUST GREAT BALANCE, AND POINT, WITH VIRTUALLY NO BODY ROLL DESPITE PUSHING 5,200 POUNDS OF STEERING IS QUICK, AND SURE IT BUT NO MATTER HOW HARD IT SEEMED TO BE BEGGING US PORSCHE LIKES TO DIFFERENTIATE ACID GREEN BRAKE CALIPERS, AND WHILE THEY TEND TO A SILVER OR BLACK VEHICLE, WITH OUR CAYENNE'S MAHOGANY THAT ASIDE, THE CAYENNE'S FORM ALL THAT MUCH IN ITS 14 YEARS THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF COMBINED WITH A SLEEK PROFILE ITS PERFORMANCE POTENTIAL.

THE INTERIOR IS BUSY, THERE ARE UNIQUE GAUGES AND BUT OTHERWISE, THROUGHOUT THE REST OF AVAILABLE PLATINUM TRIM ADDS ILLUMINATED DOOR SILLS, HEATED FRONT SEATS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, STILL NO BACK-UP CAMERA.

GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS IN GASOLINE ONLY MODE, WHEN EV DRIVING IS ADDED IN.

OUR LOOP WAS AN EV-FREE ONE; PER GALLON OF PREMIUM.

THERE IS A GREAT ENERGY IMPACT ANNUAL OIL USE, ACCOMPANIED CAYENNE S E-HYBRID'S START AT ALMOST 20 GRAND OVER BUT A PLATINUM EDITION WITH FOR ONLY A BIT MORE AT $82,650.

WE CAN SURELY APPRECIATE THAT WENT INTO CREATING THE 2017 BUT REALLY, THIS TIME, LIKE A LOT OF OTHER LUXURY IT REMAINS A NICHE VEHICLE BUILT MORE THAN BEING A MUST-HAVE IN OUR EYES, WITH MUCH MORE EV RANGE, AH, BUT IT STILL DRIVES LIKE AND AFTER ALL, ENOUGH REASON FOR THIS ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE.

OUR SUCCESS STORY THIS WEEK WHERE ONE UTILITY COMPANY IS FROM LIGHT TO HEAVY DUTY, SALT 2300 PIECES OF MOTORIZED WITH OVER 40% POWERED BY BUT THIS GREEN WAY OF GETTING AS A LONG TERM PARTNER WITH THE VALLEY OF THE SUN THEY BEGAN USING BIODIESEL Becky Lawrence: WE REALIZED THAT WAS GOING TO HAVE AND WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD John: WITH OVER 15 MILLION AND OVER 900,000 GALLONS OF SALT RIVER HAS FOUND THEIR IN THE GRAND CANYON STATE.

* LET'S SAY, THE MONEY TREE IN NOW, SOME WOULD PLAN SOME A NEW MINI MANSION, HE WOULD BE DESIGNING ONE WITH ENOUGH ROOM FOR AND HIS TANK?

SO HE CAN GO OVER THE EDGE Zach Maskell: IF I'VE EVER SEEN SQUARE IN THE FACE AND STEAL TODAY WE'RE PLAYING WITH EVER PRODUCED.

IT CAN DO 65 MILES PER HOUR, ON ONE TANK OF FUEL.

COIL OVER SUSPENSION, ALLOW FOR 13 INCHES OF TRAVEL.

SURE, YOU MOVE AROUND...

BUT COMPARED TO ANY OTHER IT'S A MAGIC CARPET RIDE.

BEHOLD THE RIPSAW EV2.

MADE BY HOWE AND HOWE YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE IT FROM THIS ONE, IN THE CAR WORLD, THIS ONE IS BUILT IN THAT'S EV2, AND IT'S THE BRAINCHILD OF WHO WERE ALWAYS THE ONES MIXING IN THE BACK OF CLASS.

Geoffrey Howe: I CAN REMEMBER BUILDING UM, YOU KNOW... MAKING OUR OWN BIKE... BECAUSE WE COULDN'T AFFORD IT, AND PIECES.

AND SO, IT STARTED THERE, EACH PROJECT, WE ALWAYS SAID, WE ALWAYS MADE A PACT.

WE'RE LIKE, THE NEXT ONE'S THE NEXT ONE'S GOING TO BE Zach: THEY HAND BUILD OTHER THIS IS A ROBOTIC FIREFIGHTER, AKA "THERMITE."

AND THIS IS THE RIP CHAIR.

Geoffrey: IT ALLOWS PEOPLE IN THE WOODS.

TO GO HIKING, FISHING, HUNTING, THAT WE CAN STILL DO.

Michael Howe: AND REALLY WE BUILD REALLY, THE WORLD'S TO HAVE A TRACKED IT HAS TO BE LIGHTWEIGHT.

WE'RE NOT BUILDING A SLOW, WE'RE BUILDING A FAST, AGILE, Zach: EV2 IS THE CIVILIAN MS, OR MILITARY SPEC VERSION.

THE U.S. ARMY HAS BEEN TESTING THE EV INCLUDES THE SAME SUSPENSION, AND TRACKS.

THEY TELL US THEY BUILD EACH YEAR.

WE GOT AN LCD SCREEN.

WE HAVE AIR CONDITIONING.

I SEE SPEAKERS IN HERE.

Michael: WELL, IF YOU WANT "FAST AND THE FURIOUS" Zach: [LAUGHS] I WAS GOING TO BE JUGGLING BUT WE HAVE A GAS, AND WE HAVE A STEERING WHEEL?

Michael: THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

Zach: ALRIGHT, RIGHT ON.

HOW DO WE FIRE THIS THING UP?

Michael: NOW, WHAT YOU'LL FIND OR WHERE IT'S AT.

Zach: AFTER A FEW MINUTES I FOUND THE SWEET SPOT IN JUST A BIT IS ALL YOU THE REST IS ALL THROTTLE THIS IS THE 6.6 LITER DURAMAX 700 HORSEPOWER AND JUST ABOUT Zach: IT'S THE SAME ENGINE AND GMC PICKUPS, AND VANS.

SNOW, MUD, SAND, THE RIPSAW IS NOT SCARED.

NOW, ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS IS THEY'LL DO JUST ABOUT ALLOWED TO, WE HAVE THE OLD "EJECTO SEATO" AND WE ALSO HAVE, TO REALLY ILLUMINATE ANYTHING WE WENT STEALTH MODE, AND BUT WE DON'T THINK IT WAS THE BOYS WEREN'T KIDDING.

THIS IS THE NEXT STAGE THE SSR.

BUILT STRICTLY FOR SPEED.

DOUBLE THE POWER OF THE EV2, THAT 400,000 DOLLAR MACHINE, Michael: THAT WAS AWESOME.

Zach: [LAUGHS] Michael: YEAH, YOU GOT SOME AIR!

Zach: AS FOR TRYING OUT I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT John: CLASSIC CARS ARE GREAT, BUT WE ALSO LIKE OUR MODERN PAT GOSS SAYS WE CAN HAVE BOTH.

Pat Goss: LOTS OF FOLKS WOULD LIKE THIS ONE.

BUT THEY DON'T WANT THE WAY SO, TO TELL US HOW TO GET AROUND FROM FLEMING'S ULTIMATE GARAGE.

TONY, WELCOME BACK Tony Fleming: THANKS PAT.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

Pat: ALRIGHT, NOW WHAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS CAR.

Tony: WELL FROM THE OUTSIDE 1968 CHEVROLET CAMARO.

AND THAT MIGHT BE GREAT FOR BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T LOVE DRIVES LIKE AN OLD CAR.

FOR INSTANCE, THEY MADE A LOT OF BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE GREAT THEY DIDN'T HANDLE WELL.

THEY'RE MISSING A LOT OF SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO FROM TODAY'S MODERN CAR, SO YOU GET THE BEST OF BOTH Pat: ALRIGHT, SO STEERING.

WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT Tony: SO YOU CAN EITHER FAST RATIO STEERING, RACK, AND PINION STEERING TODAY'S MINIVAN, WHICH MAKES Pat: ALRIGHT AND PERFORMANCE Tony: A VERY MODERN DRIVETRAIN.

SO, A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL PLUCK OR CAMARO'S AND THINGS LIKE AND BECAUSE THE ENGINES ARE THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE OVERDRIVE, AND IT JUST RIDES, YOU CAN TAKE IT ON THE HIGHWAY HAVING THAT OVERDRIVE ABILITY.

Pat: ALRIGHT, AND ALSO, POWER WINDOWS AND SO ON?

Tony: EVEN THINGS LIKE AND HEATED SEATS ARE KIND OF AND THEY'RE NOT A LOT MORE A CAR LIKE THIS COULD TYPICALLY FOR A REALLY COOL CAR ALL THE WAY UP TO $100,000, YOU WANT IT.

Pat: SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD WHAT ARE THESE CALLED?

Tony: THESE ARE CALLED SHORT FOR RESTORED, Pat: TONY, HERE WE'RE SEEING THIS CONVERSION.

Tony: YEAH, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY, A RESTOMOD.

FOR INSTANCE HERE, WE HAVE WITH FUEL INJECTION, THIS MAKES ABOUT A REAL IT STARTS WHEN IT'S COLD, IT DOESN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT CAR MIGHT.

Pat: AND UNDERNEATH IT, MODERN BRAKES AND TIRES?

Tony: YEAH FOR SURE, WE'VE IN FACT THE REASON THIS CAR AND TIRES ON IT IS BECAUSE TO MAKE THE BRAKES FIT.

SO THESE ARE LIKE 50% BIGGER AND THE TIRES ARE THREE TIMES FROM THE FACTORY.

Pat: SO ALL IN ALL, Tony: AND LOOKS GREAT GOING Pat: TONY, THANK YOU.

AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, DROP ME A LINE RIGHT HERE, John: 5-MONTHS INTO OUR THE 2017 MAZDA CX-9, AND THE ODOMETER IS ZOOM-ZOOMING IT JUST RETURNED FROM A 1600 AND BACK.

THE ALL-WHEEL DRIVE CARRIED OUR DRIVER AND A LOAD WHO NEEDS A V6?

THE 6-SPEED AUTOMATIC AND UNOBTRUSIVE EVEN IN THE A/C WAS CERTAINLY UP THIS SUMMER'S SIZZLE.

AND THE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM FUEL ECONOMY IS VERY CONSISTENT.

OUR OVERALL AVERAGE IS NEARLY THERE HAVE BEEN NO MAKING US FEEL EVEN BETTER BEST LARGE UTILITY PICK.

PROPERLY WRAPPING UP A YEAR'S 2016 KIA OPTIMA SEDAN IN BUT, WE'LL ATTEMPT TO SUM IT UP A FANTASTIC MIDSIZE 4-DOOR; THE FAMILY PRACTICALITY ALONG WITH THE STYLE A WELL-APPOINTED SPORT SEDAN.

WITH OUR SX LIMITED'S ODOMETER WE AVERAGED A VERY GOOD FROM ITS TURBO 2.0 LITER THE EXTERIOR STILL LOOKS AND THE GORGEOUS INTERIOR BUT HELD UP VERY WELL.

ISSUES HAVE BEEN MINOR, THE SUNROOF THAT CURED ITSELF, TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFT CLEARLY WE LOVED OUR YEAR A SEDAN THAT IN A WORLD STANDS APART EVEN MORE.

WE'LL CHECK IN ON ON OUR NEXT MOTORWEEK SOME QUICKSPINS ARE FASTER SO HOLD ON TIGHT, * WE'RE CONSTANTLY BEING ASKED.

"HAVE YOU DRIVEN WE CAN NOW SAY YES!

AND WHILE IT WAS THE 2018 DODGE CHALLENGER SRT BELIEVE US, IT'S EVERYTHING BUT TO RECAP, SUPERCHARGED 6.2 LITER HEMI BY FORCING IN MORE AIR, TO HANDLE IT.

LIKEWISE, TRANSMISSION, AND REAR END ALL ARE UPDATED THAT POWER GETS TO THE PAVEMENT MAKE NO MISTAKE, DRAG CAR TO DO ONE THING; THE QUARTER MILE IN WELL AND WE CAN ATTEST IT Brian Robinson: SO, TO UNLEASH SOME EVIL FROM AND IT IS AS AWESOME AS BUT, AT THE SAME TIME; IT'S NOT JUST BECAUSE THE CAR IS SET UP AND IT LAUNCHES SO HARD, DOWN THE TRACK WITHOUT ANY John: ONLY 3,300 WILL BE MADE, IN THE U.S.A. HOPEFULLY, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ITS $85,000 BASE PRICE, [ENGINE REVVING SOUND] NOW, IF YOU NEED TO HAUL MORE SRT HAS YOU COVERED THERE TOO, DODGE DURANGO SRT SPORT-UTILITY.

PACKING 475 HORSEPOWER FROM IT WILL GET YOU THROUGH OR TOW 8,700 POUNDS.

IT'S ALSO ON SALE NOW, AND WE'LL HAVE MORE LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN HARDER AFTER DEFINING WHAT IT MEANS LUXURY SPORT SEDAN FOR 45 YEARS, AND EVEN BEAT THEM AT THEIR BUT FOR ITS DIEHARD FANS, AND FOR THEM, * FEW CARS HAVE THE ABILITY TO THE BMW 5-SERIES.

INDEED, DRIVING THIS LATEST ALL-NEW FOR 2017, FOR SOME OF OUR STAFFERS.

WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BRING OUT SUCH SENTIMENT FOR A 4-DOOR WELL FOR STARTERS, THERE ARE FROM ONE OF THE BEST HEAD-UP TO A DYNAMIC INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, BOWERS & WILKINS SURROUND SOUND, ALLOWS YOU TO CONTROL THE CAR NO AND EVEN HAS THE CAR PULL OUT OF BUT THE SLICKEST FEATURE BY FAR, SYSTEM THAT LETS YOU SEE AROUND PERSONAL CAMERA DRONE.

YOU CAN EVEN ACCESS THE CAMERAS WHEN YOU'RE AWAY FROM THE CAR.

BUT MUCH MORE IMPORTANTLY BMW HAS BEEN ON A MISSION OF TO BRING THE BMW BACK TO BEING BY GIVING US SOME HONEST EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE THERE'S MORE POWER AS WELL.

BASE ENGINE IS A NEW PUTTING OUT 8-MORE HORSEPOWER WITH 258 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

OF COURSE IN BMW LOGIC, FROM 528I TO 530I.

[ENGINE STARTS UP] NEXT UP IS A NEW 3.0 LITER A GAIN OF 35, LIKEWISE, XDRIVE ALL-WHEEL DRIVE IS AN "M" V8 AND ALTERNATIVE POWER [WHEELS SCREECH] THE 540I XDRIVE WAS OUR WEAPON AND AFTER NAILING THE GAS, AS WE GO DOWN THE TRACK; AND LOADS OF XDRIVE GRIP, ALL 5-SERIES' COME WITH BMW'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, FIRM SHIFTS WHETHER TRIGGERED THE 540 CLEARED THE QUARTER AT 109 MILES PER HOUR.

THERE WAS GREAT BALANCE ON WITH THE ABILITY TO DIAL UP OVER OR UNDERSTEER DEPENDING ON WITH THROTTLE AND STEERING GOOD HEFT TO THE WHEEL, MADE THINGS MUCH BETTER TOO.

OF COURSE, THERE ARE ENOUGH ACTIVE BORDERLINE AUTONOMOUS DRIVING; IT DOES SO WITH MILD AGGRESSION.

DESPITE DROPPING A FEW POUNDS THE NEW 5 IS A LITTLE OVER AS WELL AS MARGINALLY TALLER THINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL INSIDE, AS BEFORE, THOUGH THE LAYOUT DEFINITELY, A MORE INVITING AND AT THE RISK OF SOUNDING ALMOST ACURA-LIKE IN ITS BASE PRICING TICKS UP A GRAND FOR A 530I; WITH XDRIVE ADDING ANOTHER SO WHILE, THINGS MAY BE TOUGHER LUXURY SPORT SEDAN SEGMENT, IS BETTER EQUIPPED THAN EVER AS THE BENCHMARK OF THE SEGMENT.

BAD NEWS IF YOU'RE A RIVAL; ON YOUR CURRENT 5-SERIES IS WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW, FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, CRUISE ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US WHERE IT'S ALL ABOUT TOUGH IN THE FORD RAPTOR.

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