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HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US AS WE KICK OFF THE RAREST OF RARE FROM PAT GOSS HAS ADVICE ON HOW TO ZACH MASKELL HEADS TO THE TRACK AND HONDA'S ALL-NEW ODYSSEY AND TECH...

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CHANCES ARE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LAMBORGHINI CENTENARIO.

IF YOU GO TO THE LAMBORGHINI YOU'LL FIND THAT THE CENTENARIO THEIR MOST EXCLUSIVE LIMITED BUILT FOR SELECT CLIENTS.

WELL, WE'RE NOT NEARLY MAKE THAT LIST, BUT WE'VE GOT TO DRIVE THIS ONE, * YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN A CLUE BUT THIS 2017 WAS CONCEIVED TO CELEBRATE NOT OF LAMBORGHINI THE BRAND, BUT OF FOUNDER LOOSELY BASED ON THE CENTENARIO HAS A UNIQUE ITS CARBON-FIBER MONOCOQUE YES, THAT DOES MAKE FOR SO HOPEFULLY, YOU'RE A FAN OF CLAIMED DRY WEIGHT IS UNDER EVEN THE WHEELS ARE TRIMMED WITH BLADES THAT SUPPOSEDLY TIRES, 20s IN THE FRONT, A HOST OF COLORS ARE AVAILABLE, CARBON-FIBER LOOK JUST FINE.

THE REAR WING HAS BEEN EXTENDED WHEN APPROACHING THIS CAR'S NO REAR BUMPER, MAKING UP A GINORMOUS REAR REMINDS YOU OF A BATMOBILE YET, THROUGH IT ALL, CLASSIC LAMBORGHINI SHAPE EVEN THOUGH SOME OF OUR STAFF A BIT MORE VIDEO GAMISH THERE'S NO DENYING HAS SOME SERIOUS PRESENCE.

AND PROOF OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN FULL FREEDOM TO CREATE WITHOUT BEING RESTRAINED [ENGINE REVVING] AVENTADOR BONES ALSO MEANS, NATURALLY-ASPIRATED 6.5 LITER PRODUCING 759 HORSEPOWER; THANKS TO LAMBO BOOSTING MAX 0-60 IS 2.8 SECONDS AND LESS.

A TRIO OF EXHAUST TIPS MOUNTED TRUMPET EXHAUST NOTES THAT Brian Roberts: NOW, YOUR HEART POUNDING INSTANTLY, I'VE BEEN DRIVING IT MAYBE AND THE ONE THING THAT WHEN YOU MASH ON THE THROTTLE, IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE GOING IT IS INSANE.

John: BEHIND THE WHEEL, THAT INSANITY IN A TRULY AGAIN, THERE ARE HINTS OF ITS BUT EACH INTERIOR IS WITH VIRTUALLY ANYTHING SEATS ARE THINLY COVERED THEY'RE NOT TOO OVERLY BUT THEY CERTAINLY SURPRISINGLY ROOMY CABIN.

OUR TESTER FEATURED A BLACK MATCHED THE EXTERIOR.

PLENTY OF CARBON-FIBER HERE AS AND FULLY INCLUSIVE TOUCHSCREEN EVERY ASPECT OF THE CAR.

INCLUDED ON THE TABLET ARE PERFORMANCE DATA RECORDER, Dave Scrivener: IS NOT SO MUCH A CAR YOU DRIVE, OF THE THOUSANDS OF CARS, THIS ONE IS PROBABLY John: MOTORWEEK HAD A RARE THE HECK OUT OF THIS ONE, AND IT WAS EXTRAORDINARILY LAMBORGHINI'S NEW REAR-WHEEL AS WELL AS ALL THE BASICS OF INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT AND MAGNETIC SHOCKS.

OUR LIMITED ADVENTURE TIME ANY TRACK TIME, TO EXPERIENCE ANY OF PROVIDED BY THE NEW BODYWORK.

SO WE CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT AN TO SAY IT'S A GREAT DAILY DRIVER BUT, IT FEELS SUPER NIMBLE, AND MAKES YOU ALMOST FEEL A SERIOUS LACK OF SOUND FULL OF HARD SURFACES CAN OR QUITE POSSIBLY THE GREATEST COULD CONJURE UP.

AS THE ARIA OF POWER SURGING ECHOES THROUGHOUT THE SPACE FROM HELL.

ONLY ONE GUESS ON WHICH SIDE THE CENTENARIO ITSELF, THE "IF YOU HAVE TO ASK, BUT WE DID ASK, IT'S HARD TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT THAT ANY CAR IS WORTH THAT MUCH BUT APPARENTLY, AT LEAST AS ALL 20 COUPES BUILT HAVE ALREADY BEEN NO WONDER!

THIS 2017 LAMBORGHINI CENTENARIO AUTOMOTIVE ART THAT WILL BE AND A FITTING TRIBUTE TO WHO BELIEVED NOTHING WAS * AS CARS BECOME FASTER THERE SEEMS TO BE FEWER PLACES HIT THE PAVEMENT AND LET-ER-RIP.

WELL, OUR OVER THE EDGE GUY A GENUINE PROBLEM SOLVER, ENTHUSIASTS WHO HAMMER AROUND ALMOST EVERY WEEK.

* Zach Maskell: THERE'S SOME AND SURELY V8 POWER PLANTS.

PAR FOR THE COURSE REALLY...

BUT FOR US, WE WROTE IN Zach: TEN CYLINDERS, THE BEST FEELING AND SOUNDING NOW, SHOULD YOU HAPPEN TO BUY YOU GET A SPLASH OF LAMBORGHINI IT'S THE SAME ENGINE OUT OF IT'S A 5.2 LITER V10 TODAY, WE'RE AT DOMINION RACEWAY THE MEMBERS ONLY DRIVER'S CLUB.

FOR MY TRIP TO VIRGINIA'S NEWEST AUDI ANSWERED OUR PRAYERS, ONE THAT TRANSFORMS INTO ON THE TRACK.

LOCATED ABOUT AN HOUR OUTSIDE I WAS ABLE TO ADD A FEW HIGHWAY AND IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY IT JUST "BEST OF BOTH WORLD'S" SUPERCAR.

SO JIM TELL ME JUST A LITTLE Jim Lorimer: WELL, 12 TURNS, ABOUT 70 FEET OF 36 FEET WIDE, Zach: DRIVER'S CLUBS BUT MANY ARE RELATIVELY NEW.

THIS ONE GIVES YOU AND NOW, YOU DON'T EVER HAVE TO Jim: THERE'S VERY FEW THINGS THAT CAN TAKE YOUR MIND OFF WHEN YOU COME OUT HERE, OR EVEN A COUPLE HOURS, ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S HEAVY ON Mike Powell: A LITTLE SECRET, AN ENTIRE DAY BECAUSE THAT BY THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE YOU'RE A MEMBER OF YOU GET 40 DAYS A YEAR, Zach: SURE, WE HAD ONE OF THIS DAY, BUT STRAIGHTAWAYS CORNERS ARE FOR FAST DRIVERS.

WHETHER, A LOW OR HIGH THERE'S NO REPLACEMENT Mike: IT'S ADDICTIVE.

IF SOMEONE HAD TOLD ME HOW MUCH ON BRAKES AND TIRES I WOULD'VE TOLD THEM Zach: NOT ONLY CAN YOU DRIVE THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE, THERE'S INSTRUCTORS AND OTHER TO HELP THESE RACERS BREAK ANY Steve Hunt: HIGH PERFORMANCE DRIVING WHERE THEY'VE KIND OF PLATEAUED.

THEY'RE NOT REALLY GAINING TIME.

THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY BETTER.

SO THIS IS THAT NEXT STEP UP ON THE TRACK.

Zach: AT DOMINION RACEWAY, VEHICLE SPEED, BRAKING, AND SO MUCH MORE.

YOU CAN LITERALLY, AND FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU NEED THE DRIVERS ARE ALSO, BY SKILL LEVEL.

Howard Korn: IT'S JUST FUN.

YOU GET SOME SKILLS, AND IT'S REALLY ABOUT Zach: SOME BASICS LIKE KEEPING YOUR HANDS AT THE AND BRAKING EARLY... WILL ALL HELP YOU GET THE WHEEL SO YOU CAN GET BACK ON Zach: WHEN PEOPLE FIRST COME OUT THEY INTIMIDATED PRETTY MUCH TO REMEMBER, OTHER THAN Jim: THEY ARE.

AND THE MORE YOU DO IT, A LOT OF THOSE THINGS DOWN AND DO THEM AUTOMATICALLY.

AND THEN, YOU START IMPROVING, Zach: SO, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO AND INSTEAD OF BUYING MAKE YOURSELF THE BETTER John: SOME PARTS OF A CAR ARE EASILY MORE CRITICAL THAN SO PAT GOSS HAS ADVICE ON HOW FROM LETTING YOU DOWN!

Pat Goss: ONLINE PARTS EXPERT TOM, WELCOME BACK TO Tom Taylor: Pat: ALRIGHT, YOU TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THESE PARTS WE DEAL WITH THEM YOU SEE SOME OTHER THINGS.

WHAT DO YOU GOT HERE?

Tom: TODAY I HAVE AND THIS IS A PART THAT IT'S, IT CIRCULATES THE COOLANT AND THE ENGINE TO KEEP AND ONE WAY IT COMMONLY FAILS IS THAT, THAT PUSHES THE COOLANT UM, COOLANT STARTS LEAKING PAST THE SPRING LOADED SEAL IN THE SYSTEM AND GETS INTO AND WHEN IT GETS THERE, A SMALL HOLE IN THE WATER PUMP THAT LETS THAT DRAIN OUT.

AND YOU MIGHT THINK YOU HAVE PERIODICALLY JUST BECAUSE WELL, NO IT'S LIKELY LEAKING OUT OF HERE AND IT WILL JUST AND IT MIGHT GET A LOT WORSE OR OVERHEAT THE ENGINE SO IF YOU SEE A STALACTITE OF OR A SPOT OF COOLANT ON IT'S TIME TO REPLACE Pat: WE TAKE THAT WE LOOK AT ALL OF THEM AND EVEN OF A LOSS OF COOLANT, COMING OUT OF THAT HOLE DOWN AND THAT'S TELLING US, PHYSICALLY LEAKING ONTO THE BUT THE SEAL IS BAD AND Tom: SURE, YEAH, FOR EVAPORATING AWAY BEFORE Pat: THE OTHER THING WE A WATER PUMP LIKE THIS, THE TIMING BELT AND OF COURSE, AND SO ON, SOME OF THESE, BUT SOME OF THEM IT'S HARD TO Tom: RIGHT, SO THAT WOULD AS PART OF ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, YOU SEE FLUID COMING OUT AND YOU'LL BE IN TROUBLE.

Pat: AND THAT'S TOO LATE.

WE RECOMMEND, WE DO A KIT WITH THE WATER PUMP.

Tom: RIGHT, THEY'RE CONSIDERED REALLY.

Pat: RIGHT.

Tom: ALL OF THE TENSIONERS THE TIMING BELT REPLACEMENT.

Pat: TOM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, DROP ME A LINE, RIGHT HERE, John: WE'RE ALWAYS UP FOR NO MATTER WHAT WE'RE DRIVING.

SO, IT'S TIME NOW FOR INFINITI'S PHILOSOPHY OF IS EVIDENT IN THE 2018 FOUR YEARS AGO, WITH THE "Q."

NOW, THE LUXURY BRAND'S A REFRESH...MOST NOTICEABLE ON THE FRONT FASCIA IS MORE WITH WIDER AND LOWER AIR AROUND BACK THE SLEEKER LED A TWO-TONED REAR DIFFUSER, STRADDLED BY UNIQUE TWIN INSIDE THIS PREMIUM SPORT SEDAN, THE COLUMN TO THE STEERING WHEEL Garick Zikan: "SO HERE WE ARE 2018 INFINITI Q50.

THE CABIN IS QUIET, AND IT'S EASY TO GET COMFORTABLE WE'RE IN THE RED SPORT 400, SPORTINESS IN HERE, 400 HORSES UP THERE VERY LITTLE COXING.

John: THAT'S FROM ITS UNIQUELY THE MOST POWERFUL OF 4 Q50 THE 400s 7-SPEED AUTOMATIC THE GEARS, AS THIS REAR STAYS NEARLY DEAD FLAT AROUND YET EVEN IN SPORT MODE, THE 2018 INFINITI Q50 AT JUST OVER $34,000, AT 51,000.

THE ALL-NEW 2018 A NICE IMPROVEMENT ON THE LIFTED IMPREZA HATCHBACK BUT THIS SECOND-GEN MINI-UTEs WIDER, AND MORE SCULPTED.

USING SUBARU'S NEW GLOBAL IT IS 70% MORE RIGID, WHILE REDUCING NOISE.

WE PUT THOSE CLAIMS TO THE TEST DEADWOOD, SOUTH DAKOTA.

Lauren Morrison: SO, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF OFF-ROADING AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN IS THE LACK OF VIBRATIONS WHEN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CHASSIS AND TO SUPPRESS THAT.

John: WITH ALL-WHEEL DRIVE BOTH ON AND OFF PAVEMENT AND MORE RESPONSIVE.

HANDLING ALSO IMPROVES WITH THE NOW STANDARD ACTIVE THE 2.0 LITER 4-CYLINDER DIRECT FUEL INJECTION, THE STANDARD 6-SPEED MANUAL A CVT THAT NOW INCLUDES X-MODE IS AN OPTION.

EYESIGHT DRIVER ASSISTANCE SO ARE REVERSE AUTOMATIC BRAKING HEADLIGHTS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, NEW STARLINK MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM AND ANDROID AUTO.

NOW IN DEALERSHIPS, STARTS AT UNDER $22,000.

UTILITIES ARE A GROWING AND CHEVROLET IS CERTAINLY THE ALL-NEW 2018 TRAVERSE.

THIS SECOND-GEN 3 ROW CROSSOVER AS THE GMC ACADIA.

BUT, WHILE THE ACADIA SHRINKS, AND OVERALL LENGTH, MAKING IT ALMOST 11-INCHES SINCE IT FIRST ARRIVED FOR 2009, A TOP COMPETITOR WITH ITS SOLID HANDLING AND STABLE THAT TRADITION CONTINUES FOR DIRECT STEERING DELIVERING SECURE RESPONSES TO DRIVER STYLING IS SLEEKER NOW, LED ACCENT LIGHTING LENDING A MORE UPSCALE LOOK.

THE LINEUP NOW INCLUDES HIGH COUNTRY TRIMS.

THE 3.6 LITER V6 RATES A NEW 9-SPEED AUTOMATIC IT SHOWED US PLENTY OF ZIP AND ALL THEIR STUFF.

THE SPORTIER TUNED RS MODEL ON SALE THIS FALL, STARTS AT JUST UNDER $30,000.

AND WE'LL HAVE MORE HONDA DIDN'T INVENT THE MINIVAN, THEY JUST MADE IT A WHOLE LOT INDEED, THE ODYSSEY HAS COME FROM ITS BEGINNINGS AS A MODEST 5-DOOR PEOPLE MOVER, AMERICAN STAPLE IT IS TODAY.

HOW DID THEY DO IT?

BY ASKING FAMILIES WHAT THEY AND THEN, GIVING THEM MORE AND FOR 2018, HONDA HAS A KNACK FOR WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE HAD; LIKE, THE NEW CABIN WATCH CAMERA AND CABIN TALK THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PIPE PUBLIC ADDRESS SPEAKER INCLUDING HEADPHONES.

Ben Davis: HEY, WHAT DO YOU John: AND BEST NOT TO LET THE CABIN CONTROL APP, AS YOUR LOTS OF ADDITIONAL SOUND TO ELIMINATING TYPICAL MINIVAN EVEN WHEN THE ALL SEATS ARE IT ADDS TO AN ULTRA-SMOOTH ONE THAT MAKES THE ODYSSEY AND SOPHISTICATED LUXURY CAR THAN JUST TWO-BOX FAMILY THERE'S A HIGHER STYLE EXTERIOR THAT IS STILL FAR FROM YET, WE'RE GLAD HONDA AVOIDED LAST GEN'S "LIGHTNING BOLT" IS THOUGH THERE'S STILL A SLIGHT AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN FLOATING ROOF.

INSIDE, AS WELL AS FLEXIBILITY, PARTICULARLY, THE NEW SIDEWAYS MAGIC SLIDE THE CABIN WITH EASE.

AND, IT ALL OPERATES WITH EMPTY NESTERS THAT USE THEIR MORE THAN FOR AN OVERSIZE WILL FIND THAT HONDA STILL HAS THE CHRYSLER PACIFICA'S VERSATILITY, AND NEITHER IS BUT SPACE IS STILL ABUNDANT; ALL SEATS UP, AND 144.9 WITH THE SECOND ROW ALL NUMBERS SLIGHTLY HIGHER TOP LEVEL ELITE TRIM IS GOING TOE-TO-TOE WITH MOST OF THOSE FEATURES WITH INCLUDING STORAGE CUBBIES THE ODYSSEY HAS OPTIONAL LTE ONE CEILING MOUNTED SCREEN, HAS APPLE CARPLAY AND ANDROID THE ODYSSEY'S NEW INFOTAINMENT FEATURING A LARGE, BUT IT STILL TAKES WAY TOO MANY LIKE TUNING THE RADIO.

SOME ALSO FOUND THE HIGH-MOUNTED SO, WE STILL PREFER UCONNECT.

FORTUNATELY, IN ODYSSEY, MANUAL CONTROLS, VERY QUIET EVEN CRANKING AT FULL POWERTRAIN IS ANOTHER CHECK STILL POWERED BY A 3.5 LITER V6, EARTH DREAMS TECHNOLOGY.

HORSEPOWER CLIMBS 32 TO 280, WHILE, TORQUE JUMPS FURTHER NEWNESS COMES BY WAY OF A 10-SPEED AUTOMATIC ONLY IN TOURING AND ELITE TRIMS.

TOGETHER, THEY DELIVER A MUCH ANY RIVAL MINIVAN.

ALL OTHER TRIMS HAVE ONE GEAR OUR ELITE GOT US TO 60 ALMOST THAN BEFORE AT 7.6 SECONDS.

THERE'S PLENTY OF POTENCY THE ENGINE SOUNDS STRONG, AND QUICK SHIFTS AS WE FINISHED FLAT AT 91 MILES PER HOUR.

GOVERNMENT FUEL ECONOMY RATINGS 19-CITY, 28-HIGHWAY, THAT'S, MOSTLY THE SAME JUST ONE BETTER MPG ON WE AVERAGED A GOOD 23.4 MILES FOR AN AVERAGE ENERGY IMPACT ANNUAL OIL CONSUMPTION PRICING STARTS AT $30,930.

BUT FOR ALL THE ELITE'S BELLS YOU'RE LOOKING AT A HEFTY MOST ODYSSEYS WILL TRANSACT THE 2018 HONDA ODYSSEY PROBABLY OF "ARE WE THERE YET?"

TO "WHAT, WE'RE THERE ALREADY?"

BUT IT WILL MAKE BOTH MORE PLEASANT.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S REALLY WHEN IT COMES TO EVERYDAY IT'S STILL HARD TO BEAT AND WITH THE NEW ODYSSEY, FINDING A GREAT ONE IS NOW WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW, NOW, FOR MORE MOTORWEEK ; PODCASTS, HEAD ON OVER TO AND I HOPE YOU'LL FOR A HIGH STYLE GRAND TOURER, AND HYUNDAI'S ALL-NEW IONIC UNTIL 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 Man: "IT'S GOT 430 FOOT UNITS Announcer: TIRERACK WANTS YOU THEY CAN HELP YOU CHOOSE THE Man: OOPS!

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