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The Right Jack | The New RAV4 HPV | Driving Destinations | Lexus IS 350 | Auto History · In Wheel Time Podcast

• 0:05
  unknown: As well.
• 0:06
  Don Armstrong: Grab one that piques your interest.
• 0:07
  Don Armstrong: All right.
• 0:08
  Don Armstrong: Time now for Jeff's Car Culture this week.
• 0:10
  Don Armstrong: Car jacks.
• 0:11
  Don Armstrong: And all I can think of is those old school bumpers.
• 0:16
  Don Armstrong: Oh my God.
• 0:17
  Don Armstrong: Yes, the bumper jacks.
• 0:18
  Don Armstrong: Bumper jacks.
• 0:19
  Jeff Dziekan: Well, I'll tell you, I don't endorse any of these.
• 0:21
  Jeff Dziekan: These are just things that uh people might want to look into for their particular need for where what they're using on their vehicle.
• 0:27
  Jeff Dziekan: So not every tool needed software or the availability to connect to your Bluetooth.
• 0:31
  Jeff Dziekan: Sometimes all you need is a dependent mechanical tool, like a floor jack.
• 0:36
  Jeff Dziekan: Whether you're rotating tires or changing brakes, Quality Jack is the foundation of most of your do-it-yourself jobs.
• 0:42
  Jeff Dziekan: So here we go, Michael.
• 0:43
  Jeff Dziekan: If you're looking for a simple everyday garage jack, this Blackhawk may be one for you.
• 0:48
  Jeff Dziekan: After simple setup, you will be amazed at this 87-pound lift per pump.
• 0:53
  Jeff Dziekan: You know that, Don, with a mere one and a half pumps of the arm raising the jack to a full height.
• 0:59
  Don Armstrong: That's a NASCAR stuff.
• 1:01
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 1:01
  Jeff Dziekan: During the test, this car was raised 21 and a half inches, providing ample space to slide two jacks under the pinch welds, which is very important because you always want to do that.
• 1:10
  Jeff Dziekan: Additionally, that the jack's longest chassis design, making it easy to reach cross-member lifting points.
• 1:16
  Jeff Dziekan: So the next one, Mike, uh, you got a type of uh jack who are type, you're if you're the type who values efficiency and convenience, the power belt Unijack combines a classic bottle jack and jack stand into one space-saving tool.
• 1:30
  Jeff Dziekan: Very cool.
• 1:31
  Jeff Dziekan: In terms of safety features, the power belt was one jack tested that offered the most tactical safety feature utilizing familiar lock drop mechanism that you're used to seeing on jack stands and other hydraulic lifts.
• 1:43
  Jeff Dziekan: So this is more of a mini professional total car lift.
• 1:47
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh the one downfall was the short lever, which resulted in a low pump to lift ratio.
• 1:52
  Jeff Dziekan: So it's a little bit more compact.
• 1:54
  Jeff Dziekan: The next one, Mike, is a slick.
• 1:57
  Jeff Dziekan: It's I'm sorry, sick and tired of watching the cost of living rise by inflation.
• 2:01
  Jeff Dziekan: Why not watch your vehicle rise by inflation with a Viver pneumatic jack instead?
• 2:06
  Jeff Dziekan: Hey, how about that?
• 2:07
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh with the entire different modus operandi, this jack requires a compressor to operate.
• 2:14
  Jeff Dziekan: Attach the compressor, slowly open the valve, and watch in awe as the jack lifts in an impressive rate.
• 2:19
  Jeff Dziekan: Experts say lifting the and lowering the jack at variable speeds, it takes a little bit of practice, but it's possible to learn it in just a little bit.
• 2:27
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh you have to be careful of the height and the lowering availability, uh, closing the valves off and such.
• 2:33
  Jeff Dziekan: So the maximum height measured is 15.8 inches, plenty of room to lift the front vehicle for jack stands and a quick tire stop.
• 2:40
  Jeff Dziekan: That's a pretty neat little thing there.
• 2:42
  Jeff Dziekan: I like that.
• 2:43
  Jeff Dziekan: Unless your vehicle is a military grade tank, you're be hard pressed to find a car in your fleet that the big red can't lift.
• 2:49
  Jeff Dziekan: The big red has an impressive weight capacity of 8,000 pounds, and that shows it's heavy-duty steel frame and reinforced lifting arm.
• 2:58
  Jeff Dziekan: Another thing about the Big Red is that the low profile jack can be used in low profile vehicles with low, low height of 3.8 inches and its lowest setting.
• 3:07
  Jeff Dziekan: The max lift of this is 20.5 inches.
• 3:10
  Jeff Dziekan: The lifting range is versatile enough for a variety of cars, strong enough to handle the heaviest of the lot.
• 3:16
  Jeff Dziekan: So that's a pretty good little jack there.
• 3:18
  Jeff Dziekan: Last one, Mike.
• 3:19
  Jeff Dziekan: If you're looking for low, uh light and long-lasting trusty jack, the Pittsburgh Low Profile Aluminum Racing Jack may be just what you're looking for.
• 3:28
  Jeff Dziekan: The low profile design is specifically tailored for vehicles with minimal ground clearance, making it a great choice for racing enthusiasts or low profile vehicles.
• 3:36
  Jeff Dziekan: Experts say what makes it different is the traditional floor jack in its aluminum material design.
• 3:43
  Jeff Dziekan: Uh weighing in at 24 pounds less than an exise up makes all the difference in maneuverability and portability.
• 3:50
  Jeff Dziekan: So it's important to move those things around if you put it in your trunk or in the back of a pickup.
• 3:54
  Jeff Dziekan: You got to have that lightweight and also be able to lift your vehicle up.
• 3:57
  Jeff Dziekan: So uh again, check them out if you've got a specific need for it, be it racing or just everyday do-it-yourself stuff, check them out.
• 4:04
  Don Armstrong: And my Corvette.
• 4:06
  Don Armstrong: Even the lowest of the low jacks, I still have to get under there and kind of give it an elbow thing up, just you know, like a quarter of an inch to get the jack underneath there.
• 4:18
  Don Armstrong: And there are four jacking points on the car, two on each side, and you're supposed to have what is called a puck.
• 4:25
  Don Armstrong: And it's a thing that goes into the frame and you twist it to hold it there.
• 4:30
  Don Armstrong: So that makes it even lower because the puck is probably about uh half to three-quarters of an inch thick.
• 4:36
  Don Armstrong: What a pain.
• 4:37
  Don Armstrong: All right, well, there you go.
• 4:39
  Don Armstrong: Thank you, sir.
• 4:39
  Don Armstrong: All right, Mr.
• 4:45
  unknown: Okay.
• 4:46
  Don Armstrong: Time now for this hour's car review.
• 4:47
  Don Armstrong: I had a chance to drive the 2026 Toyota Rav 4, built in Aichi, Japan, but not built this week.
• 4:56
  Don Armstrong: That's for sure.
• 4:56
  Don Armstrong: They're still trying to recover from the earthquake stuff.
• 4:59
  Don Armstrong: Here are the trim levels.
• 5:00
  Don Armstrong: They are available in the SE, the Woodland, the XSE, and the GR Sport.
• 5:07
  Don Armstrong: Top of the line.
• 5:08
  Don Armstrong: I had the GR Sport.
• 5:09
  Don Armstrong: This is a plug-in hybrid all-wheel drive that I had.
• 5:14
  Don Armstrong: Small SUV seats five.
• 5:16
  Don Armstrong: Completely redesigned for 2026.
• 5:19
  Don Armstrong: Now in its sixth generation.
• 5:22
  Don Armstrong: That's how popular.
• 5:23
  Don Armstrong: It's a good-looking little car.
• 5:24
  Don Armstrong: It is.
• 5:25
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, and the updates to it, really something.
• 5:27
  Don Armstrong: Edgy front end is a welcome element.
• 5:30
  Don Armstrong: A big open mouth lower grille includes faux brake ducting.
• 5:36
  Don Armstrong: Black wheel opening accents adds an off-road look to it.
• 5:40
  Don Armstrong: Uh the rear lights hug the back glass in a smooth transition with a spoiler sunshade up on top, which is different.
• 5:49
  Don Armstrong: Usually it's just a sunshade, but this is a spoiler sunshade.
• 5:53
  Don Armstrong: What I liked about it, the overall edgier design, I think it really does look good.
• 5:57
  Don Armstrong: Interior highlights include, well, our GR anyway, had leather and cloth combo seating with red piping for a nice racy look.
• 6:08
  Don Armstrong: Big center infotainment screen as much as a multi-function affair that works very well.
• 6:15
  Don Armstrong: Uh the dash design carries through to the door panels.
• 6:19
  Don Armstrong: This is a well-screwed together vehicle.
• 6:22
  Don Armstrong: Uh the cargo is competitive with others in its class with only two rows of seating.
• 6:28
  Don Armstrong: Used to have a third row option.
• 6:30
  Don Armstrong: They've done away with that because it's just too cramped back there.
• 6:33
  Don Armstrong: It makes absolutely no sense.
• 6:34
  Don Armstrong: What could use improvement?
• 6:36
  Don Armstrong: Absolutely nothing.
• 6:37
  Don Armstrong: Good-looking vehicle all the way around.
• 6:40
  Don Armstrong: Engine is a 2.5-liter four-cylinder that, when combined with the electric motor, remember now this is a plug-in hybrid, the one that I had.
• 6:50
  Don Armstrong: It gets 324 horsepower combined.
• 6:54
  Don Armstrong: Uh, runs a CVT transmission.
• 6:57
  Don Armstrong: Till rating is only 1,305 pounds.
• 6:59
  Don Armstrong: That's not what this is meant for.
• 7:01
  Don Armstrong: Miles per gallon, 86 miles per gallon electric.
• 7:06
  Don Armstrong: Uh gas and electric combo gets 37 miles per gallon on the gas only.
• 7:12
  Don Armstrong: I got 83.1 miles per gallon electric over 355 miles.
• 7:18
  Don Armstrong: But remember, the electric is only good for a very short period of time.
• 7:23
  Don Armstrong: It is a plug-in electric hybrid.
• 7:25
  Don Armstrong: Uh, what I liked about it, it can drive up to 52 miles on a full charge on the electric without the gas kicking in.
• 7:34
  Don Armstrong: And what could use improvement?
• 7:35
  Don Armstrong: Well, I used 70% of its full charge over 40 miles.
• 7:39
  Don Armstrong: That's doing the highway.
• 7:41
  Don Armstrong: And I plugged it in at work and I plugged that in at home.
• 7:44
  Don Armstrong: And so I basically drove for free.
• 7:48
  Don Armstrong: Well, except for the price of the electricity.
• 7:51
  Don Armstrong: Riding handling, the GR Sport offers a little more feel to it, but it is still a family SUV.
• 7:58
  Don Armstrong: What could use improvement?
• 7:59
  Don Armstrong: Nothing, because of the different trim levels offered.
• 8:04
  Don Armstrong: The base trim price, trim price on this GR plug-in hybrid is$48.5.
• 8:12
  Don Armstrong: Price is tested$51,335.
• 8:15
  Don Armstrong: That's pretty expensive.
• 8:16
  Don Armstrong: Now you can get into one with just a plain gasoline engine four-cylinder for$42,950.
• 8:22
  Don Armstrong: I don't want to discourage you from putting it in the mix if you're shopping for an SUV like this.
• 8:28
  Don Armstrong: Competitors, Hyundai Tucson plug-in hybrid.
• 8:31
  Don Armstrong: It goes for$40,325 as a starting price.
• 8:35
  Don Armstrong: The Kia Sorrento plug-in hybrid starts at$48,290.
• 8:41
  Don Armstrong: And the Ford Escape plug-in hybrid starts at$354.35,400.
• 8:49
  Don Armstrong: That's the plug-in hybrid.
• 8:51
  Don Armstrong: And those are all are the competitors to it.
• 8:54
  Don Armstrong: I think I'd look at that Hyundai, Tucson starts at$43.25.
• 8:57
  Jeff Dziekan: Or just get the non-plug-in hybrid part of it.
• 8:59
  Jeff Dziekan: And aren't they going to discontinue the escape?
• 9:02
  Jeff Dziekan: Is it Ford putting that aside?
• 9:07
  Jeff Dziekan: You're asking me to remember that?
• 9:08
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah, yeah.
• 9:09
  unknown: No, I don't remember that.
• 9:11
  Jeff Dziekan: Tune in next week for the answer.
• 9:13
  Jeff Dziekan: Yeah.
• 9:13
  Jeff Dziekan: Or not.
• 9:20
  SPEAKER_03: Thank you, sir.
• 9:21
  Don Armstrong: All right, Mr.
• 9:22
  Don Armstrong: Mars.
• 9:22
  Don Armstrong: Time now for driving destinations.
• 9:24
  Don Armstrong: I know you've got something fun and exciting for us.
• 9:28
  Mike Marrs: It's different.
• 9:29
  Mike Marrs: Let me put it that away.
• 9:31
  Mike Marrs: So, you know, it it is hurricane season down here along the coast.
• 9:34
  Mike Marrs: We just recently had a little tropical storm, and everybody got all hot and bothered over it, thinking that we were going to get washed away again.
• 9:40
  Mike Marrs: But there's a lot of things that we have done in this area, particularly in Houston.
• 9:46
  Mike Marrs: You know, Houston wasn't simply built, it was engineered.
• 9:49
  Mike Marrs: And so a lot of things happened behind the scenes with reservoirs, bios, and channels to kind of help check some of that flooding that goes on in one of the country's biggest cities.
• 9:59
  Mike Marrs: Now, the first thing that we're going to talk about is the Attics Reservoir.
• 10:03
  Mike Marrs: Now, this was built by the U.S.
• 10:06
  Mike Marrs: Car Corps of Engineers after the floods at 1930.
• 10:09
  Mike Marrs: This is when this started.
• 10:10
  Mike Marrs: It's not really a lake in the traditional sense.
• 10:13
  Mike Marrs: Most of the time, it just looks like a big plain or like a big prairie or something out there, like a big park, a green space inside of Houston, but it's designed so that it will store billions, literally billions of gallons of water, to keep it from rushing downstream into Buffalo Bio and right down into downtown Houston.
• 10:31
  Mike Marrs: Now, the earthen dam there actually stretches for miles.
• 10:34
  Mike Marrs: A lot of people drive by it, they don't even realize what they're really looking at, but it's really part of the flood control structures.
• 10:40
  Mike Marrs: It was all engineered for this purpose, but they also used it to create some parks.
• 10:45
  Mike Marrs: There's some trailheads that you can actually go to, park, go do some walking out through the open beast basin whenever it's not full of water.
• 10:53
  Mike Marrs: The second one we want to look at is the Barker Reservoir.
• 10:57
  Mike Marrs: Now, this is just south of Attics, and it's kind of the twin that works together with it.
• 11:01
  Mike Marrs: And the two of them, they create the largest flood control project in Texas.
• 11:06
  Mike Marrs: They work as a team, they hold the stormwater, and they release it slowly as the weather clears.
• 11:11
  Mike Marrs: Now, during Hurricane Harvey, when my house in particular, I know it flooded, uh, both reservoirs reached record levels, and that just gives you an idea how much water they will hold.
• 11:21
  Mike Marrs: But again, they've created parks, they've engineered this so that they got use when it's not flooding to create parks.
• 11:27
  Mike Marrs: You can go fishing, you can go hiking.
• 11:29
  Mike Marrs: There's a lot of areas and picnicking that you can do with these areas.
• 11:33
  Mike Marrs: Then uh the third one that we want to look at is the Buffalo Bio itself.
• 11:37
  Mike Marrs: Now, Houston knows that as a big scenic park.
• 11:40
  Mike Marrs: You can go kayaking, you can go jogging down the trails, but the real purpose of that is part of flood control.
• 11:47
  Mike Marrs: It's one of the main drainage arteries, and it brings the stormwater from West Houston that traditionally would flow right through downtown and it funnels it out into Galliston Bay.
• 11:58
  Mike Marrs: And again, there's a lot of parks and green spaces that go along the way.
• 12:02
  Mike Marrs: And so it's not just recreation, but it does because of the spacing, the way they're designed, it looks like a big slope that goes back almost like you would consider a beach, but it's a green space.
• 12:12
  Mike Marrs: That's so that it can hold even more water.
• 12:16
  Mike Marrs: The fourth one we want to talk about is Terry Hershey Park.
• 12:19
  Mike Marrs: And you'll notice all these are considered parks because that's the way they were engineered so that the citizens of Houston get a little more value out of them.
• 12:27
  Mike Marrs: Now, this is over in West Houston, and you can see the flood control engineering in action without looking at it like it is.
• 12:33
  Mike Marrs: It's got the wide green corridors, natural vegetation, the sloping banks that all help it hold more water and funnel it in to keep it from flooding out houses and things around the Houston area.
• 12:45
  Mike Marrs: The last one is the most unique one is the San Jacinto Monument.
• 12:48
  Mike Marrs: Now, this is going to seem kind of strange as uh uh a flood control tour, but it is again part of the flood control that you can see the bigger picture if you go up into the observation deck at the top of it.
• 13:01
  Mike Marrs: Now you can see out over the ship, the Houston Ship Channel, Galveston Bay, the waterways, as well as like the area right there around it that holds water, the bios, the reservoirs, all that's part of a system that has been over the years kind of engineered with the natural flow of things to try and lead everything out into the Gulf of America.
• 13:20
  Mike Marrs: And so this is really one of the best places you can go to see the parks, see how everything kind of fits together.
• 13:25
  Mike Marrs: It's a great view from up there if you've never been up there.
• 13:28
  Don Armstrong: And I can tell you from experience, if you go to the San Gacino Monument down there to the San Jacino area, take lots of mosquito spray because I'll tell you what, it can get brutal, especially at certain times of the year.
• 13:42
  Don Armstrong: Thank you, Mr.
• 13:43
  Don Armstrong: Mars.
• 13:43
  Don Armstrong: In-wheel time car talk show continues right after this quick break.
• 13:47
  Don Armstrong: Stay with us.
• 13:54
  Jeff Dziekan: So enjoy.
• 13:56
  Don Armstrong: All right.
• 13:56
  Don Armstrong: Yeah, well, mine ran yesterday and darn near killed me.
• 14:00
  Don Armstrong: Uh, time now for this week in auto history, Mr.
• 14:02
  Don Armstrong: Mars.
• 14:07
  Mike Marrs: In auto history.
• 14:08
  Mike Marrs: We're gonna start out with in uh August the third, 1981.
• 14:14
  Mike Marrs: Chrysler officially introduced the K-Car.
• 14:16
  Mike Marrs: Now, they weren't real flashy, but they were very important in bringing their front-wheel drive platform because it was they sold the heck out of these.
• 14:25
  Don Armstrong: Yeah.
• 14:26
  Mike Marrs: Yes.
• 14:26
  Mike Marrs: And it was what gave it helped Chrysler manage to get through the financial collapse back in the 1980s.
• 14:32
  Mike Marrs: So it was really important for them to push this car out.
• 14:36
  Mike Marrs: Then the other thing we're gonna look at in on August the 1st, way back in 1899, and I really wish Sergeant Woodard would pull me over under these circumstances.
• 14:46
  Mike Marrs: Back uh New York City police who made their first America's earliest automobile speeding arrest.
• 14:52
  Mike Marrs: Taxicab driver was accused of driving his electric cab 12 miles an hour.
• 14:59
  Mike Marrs: And they pulled him over because the speed limit was eight miles per hour.
• 15:03
  Mike Marrs: Oh, wow.
• 15:04
  Don Armstrong: So yeah, but they didn't have a radar detector, so how did they know?
• 15:08
  Don Armstrong: Was it a lady driving?
• 15:11
  Mike Marrs: Could be, could be.
• 15:12
  Mike Marrs: Didn't really say how they did it.
• 15:13
  Mike Marrs: That's a good question.
• 15:13
  Mike Marrs: How did they figure that out?
• 15:15
  Mike Marrs: Then moving on over to August the 5th.
• 15:18
  Mike Marrs: Now, this is traffic signals that really became more sophisticated back in 1940.
• 15:23
  Mike Marrs: Uh, they really started putting in electric traffic signals in Cleveland, Ohio, instead of the hand operated ones.
• 15:30
  Mike Marrs: So it actually created a lot more uh the better capability to synchronize these.
• 15:35
  Don Armstrong: And that is also where the phrase Cleveland steamer started.
• 15:40
  Mike Marrs: Okay, I thought that was oysters or something, but okay.
• 15:44
  Mike Marrs: Then uh looking again up here on August the 6th, back in 1926, the last piece of Route 66 was actually approved and put into position.
• 15:55
  Mike Marrs: Now, this took several years to put this highway together, but it really had to go from Chicago out to uh the left coast, and uh it became a very famous highway.
• 16:05
  Mike Marrs: It still is.
• 16:05
  Mike Marrs: There's still a lot of people go out and try and find and drive sections that are still available.
• 16:10
  Mike Marrs: I was in Springfield uh one year when they were doing uh it was considered the middle point, and it was a big celebration, and I was doing some stories there on Route 66, and it was really interesting to see that particular area because everybody just kind of skips to Springfield and goes on.
• 16:26
  Mike Marrs: Then in August the 8th, Firestone tires really began their this is the first place that you could the first store that Firestone ever opened up to sell their rubber tires.
• 16:40
  Mike Marrs: And they really started out and became one of the largest tire manufacturers, and they were the early tire supplier to Henry Ford that helped get him going on his mass production of automobiles.
• 16:51
  Mike Marrs: So this was another important feature of automotive history that we ran across that uh we thought was rather interesting.
• 16:58
  Mike Marrs: All right, that is some of the things we found this week in automotive history.
• 17:01
  Don Armstrong: Cool automaker's face.
• 17:07
  Don Armstrong: All right.
• 17:08
  Don Armstrong: Um, I'm going to uh give you now my take on uh our next car review.
• 17:15
  Don Armstrong: And the car review that I have for this half hour, uh trying to play catch-up, so we're doing a two car review.
• 17:21
  Don Armstrong: This car review is the 2026 Lexus IS 350.
• 17:28
  Don Armstrong: F Sport.
• 17:30
  Don Armstrong: It comes in the F Sport design, the F Sport itself, and the F Sport special appearance package.
• 17:37
  Don Armstrong: This is built in Aichi, Japan, which is the factory that's currently closed because of the uh earthquake over there.
• 17:43
  Don Armstrong: I just had the F-Sport.
• 17:45
  Don Armstrong: I think that this is one of the best-looking sedans on the market today.
• 17:51
  Don Armstrong: Five seats.
• 17:52
  Don Armstrong: Obviously, the back seats are going to be a little bit tight because of the it's a small-ish kind of car.
• 17:57
  Don Armstrong: All new in 2014, refresh styling inside and out for 2026.
• 18:03
  Don Armstrong: Um, new front grille is still too big, uh, but the spindle look has been turned down just a little bit, too, toned down a little bit.
• 18:13
  Don Armstrong: So keep that in mind.
• 18:14
  Don Armstrong: I I think that this is really a good-looking vehicle.
• 18:17
  Don Armstrong: Upswept rear wheel openings looks racy.
• 18:20
  Don Armstrong: Uh, reworked trunk incorporates a new spoiler back there.
• 18:24
  Don Armstrong: I like it.
• 18:26
  Don Armstrong: Um, dual exhaust exits below the black painted panel.
• 18:31
  Don Armstrong: Uh, what I liked about it overall, the body tweaks are spot on.
• 18:36
  Don Armstrong: I don't think anything could use improvement.
• 18:40
  Don Armstrong: Good looking wheels, yep, red calipers.
• 18:43
  Don Armstrong: It's got its going.
• 18:45
  Don Armstrong: Look, it look at that interior.
• 18:46
  Don Armstrong: How could you not like that?
• 18:48
  Don Armstrong: Get that looking right there.
• 18:50
  Don Armstrong: I love that thing.
• 18:51
  Don Armstrong: Interior highlights include new infotainment system.
• 18:53
  Don Armstrong: It is the bomb.
• 18:55
  Don Armstrong: No more touchpad.
• 18:56
  Don Armstrong: Thank you, thank you, thank you.
• 18:59
  Don Armstrong: The red interior is one of the best looking out there.
• 19:01
  Don Armstrong: 12-inch infotainment screen is very nice.
• 19:04
  Don Armstrong: I'm gonna roll through these.
• 19:06
  Don Armstrong: It's got everything about this just speaks to me.
• 19:10
  Don Armstrong: This is a Don Armstrong vehicle.
• 19:12
  Don Armstrong: Oh, there you go.
• 19:12
  Don Armstrong: Trunk room is small.
• 19:13
  Don Armstrong: What I liked about quality, design, and materials top-notch in this thing.
• 19:18
  Don Armstrong: There's the phone charger.
• 19:20
  Don Armstrong: Or could use improvement.
• 19:21
  Don Armstrong: Some of the screens are a little bit difficult to find, is a note that I wrote to myself.
• 19:26
  Don Armstrong: This is an old school 3.5-liter V6 naturally aspirated that turns out 311 horsepower, 280 pound feet of torque.
• 19:37
  Don Armstrong: Not a ton of horsepower, but this is an everyday driver that looks good.
• 19:44
  Don Armstrong: Eight-speed automatic transmission gets 19 miles per gallon in the city, 27 on the highway for combined at 22.
• 19:52
  Don Armstrong: Guy got 27.2 miles per gallon over 347 miles.
• 19:56
  Don Armstrong: What I liked, no turbo lag because it doesn't have any.
• 20:00
  Don Armstrong: Normally aspirated.
• 20:01
  Don Armstrong: It could use a little bit more horsepower.
• 20:03
  Don Armstrong: Don't touch it.
• 20:04
  Don Armstrong: I like it.
• 20:05
  Don Armstrong: It's fine.
• 20:06
  Don Armstrong: Leave it alone.
• 20:07
  Don Armstrong: Run it forever.
• 20:09
  Don Armstrong: Ride and handling, sporty, but not too rough or stiff.
• 20:13
  Don Armstrong: What could use improvement in the ride and handling department?
• 20:15
  Don Armstrong: Nothing.
• 20:16
  Don Armstrong: Base trim price,$47,950.
• 20:19
  Don Armstrong: Prices tested$60,473.
• 20:22
  Don Armstrong: The base model price,$45,500.
• 20:26
  Don Armstrong: Competitors, BMW 3 Series,$48,000.
• 20:30
  Don Armstrong: Mercedes-Benz C class,$49,000.
• 20:33
  Don Armstrong: These are base prices now.
• 20:35
  Don Armstrong: And the Genesis G70,$43,450.
• 20:39
  Don Armstrong: And that's my review.
• 20:40
  Don Armstrong: Next week, Hyundai Alantra Hybrid.
• 20:44
  Jeff Dziekan: Thank you for joining us.
• 20:45
  Jeff Dziekan: You call it the uh engine old school.
• 20:47
  Jeff Dziekan: I would call it reliable because it, even though it's been around a while, it's it's reliable.
• 20:53
  Jeff Dziekan: That's why it's been around a while.
• 20:54
  Jeff Dziekan: Proven.
• 20:55
  Jeff Dziekan: There you go.
• 20:56
  Jeff Dziekan: Better word, proven.
• 20:57
  Jeff Dziekan: All right.