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Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo. Woo this time on Motor Week. The new face of Cadillac looks like CAN-SPAM Lee sized jet up and Italy's two wheeled stallions. So come drive with us next. Boy no matter what you drive Boyce's over 27000 items in stock virtually

any part for any car with all the name brands you know service staff with AC certified technician boys parts tires accessories service and. John Davis. Well hello and welcome again to motorway. We're glad to have you with us. As the world becomes a global economy car companies find that they can no longer restrict themselves to a few home markets if they hope to survive. But if your product had a lax has long been aimed squarely at mature American buyers a new approach is called for how no one new enough to produce this 2003 had no Cadillac before it. So come along and we'll show you the new global of America's most famous luxury

car brand. And what a face it is the 2003 CTF sedan is the first Cadillac to fully embrace the brand's new art and science design theme and their first serious attempt to go head to head against lunchers Ford sedan stalwarts BMW and Mercedes as well as Lexus and Acura. OCTS wears a striking crest sheer style bursting in one thousand ninety nine on the OBO concept car from the broad locomotive look at the front end with its camera lens like head lamp assemblies. They can house high intensity discharge low beams down the tall slab sides with their gently arching character lines to the sharp edge tail. It's very much a love it or hate it look that would be more at home on European roads than ours. And on that point the euro Playford bodies it's on Cadillacs new rear wheel drive Sigma platform which was fine to Doug Germany's twelve point eight mile nürburgring racing sort.

Despite a longer one hundred thirteen point four inch wheelbase and a nearly identical 60 inch track the CCS is slightly smaller overall than the Opal made caetera it replaces the U.S. built CTF chassis utilizes an aluminum intensive short long arm front suspension and a sophisticated five linked per wheel rear set up on a fully isolated some frame 16 inch alloy wheels wearing two 25 55 series Goodyear tires are standard while 17 inch rims with B are rated to 25 50 series tires came with our test cars luxury sport package. Driving the rear wheels is a new three point two liter Twin Cam 24 about the six that is loosely based on the terrorist 3 leader. It delivers two hundred twenty horsepower and two hundred eighteen pound feet of torque. It features a tight 54 degrees cylinder angled for compactness as well as coil on plug ignition for efficiency and the transmission department the big news is Cadillacs first five speed manual transmission in almost 50 years and it's a good one. The rod actuated shifter is light tight and accurate. Those who favor an

automatic will get a 5 speed of their own. The five will already shared with BMW 5 series sedan an x 5 sport you but surprisingly it lacks the manual shift mode. Founded BMW. We took our manual equip test car to our Test Track it clicked off a rapid zero to 60 time of 7.1 seconds and quarter mile time a fifteen point five seconds at ninety three miles per hour. The three point to be six in keeping with a car's mobile character is Euro smooth but it also exhibits the strong bottom end that American drivers demand and actually feels like a Mercedes Benz three point two with a little extra kick the clutch has a light touch and very even engagement with some of our drivers expressed a desire for more appeal through the pedal handling feel however is spot on. All that time at the nürburgring paid off the CTF says nimble responsive and cuts corners with precision. The suspension tuning is somewhere between a hard core 3 series and a softer C class car car speed sensitive

power rack and pinion steering was quick and well weighted push it hard and the tail will drift out in a safe controlled manner. And if you push it beyond the bounds of physics and common sense a luxury sport packages stability track electronic stability system does an impressive job of bringing the car back from the air. And as for stopping CTX utilizes for this brakes with standard abs and traction control these brought the car down from 60 in an average distance of one hundred twenty two feet. Stability tracking and breaking feel are all excellent these are brakes that even drivers of the C TSS European counterparts would be pleased with. The interior also sets a new style for Cadillac. More industrial and modern with little wood limited to the steering wheel shifter and door handles and even less Chrome. No limit on safety equipment however with every CCS coming equipped with dual stage front seat mounted side and front and rear curtain head protection airbags leather upholstery is standard as is an eight way power driver's seat seat shape is very

comfortable for most builds and most of us appreciated the toal side bolsters. They kept you squarely in place during sharp maneuvers. The center stack resembles a home computer tower and our test card house the optional DVD based navigation and awesome bow stereo systems both controlled by a large multifunction display. While it's definitely simpler than the Mercedes command system it's still required a fair bit of fiddling to access some functions. The backlit analog gauges are more direct consisting of a nice rounds but ometer attack fuel gauge and clock in the rear seat leg room is quite adequate though headroom is tight for folks over a 5 foot 9. A truck passed through a standard wall split bolding seat back is available just in case you need more than the trunk is quite reasonable twelve point eight cubic feet of luggage space and most will certainly find the price of a 2003 Cadillac CTX reasonable to base prices of breath under 30 Gs at twenty nine thousand nine hundred ninety dollars while all the details are not out yet the typical

CTX will roll out the door at thirty five thousand dollars and a car like car Chester with the luxury sport package and navigation system will top out at no more than forty thousand four hundred dollars. That's very competitive with both European and Asian entry level luxury sports sedan. As our once segregated world stands on the brink of a truly integrated global economy Cadillac looks ready with one of the most striking and innovative designs in its century long history. The 2003 CTF sedan truly is a Cadillac like no Cadillac before and a machine that promises to take America's most famous luxury car brand around. This brave new world and proves they are now a true global player. It's the best kind of car accident is the one you will avoid active handling and stability programs are often called EFP or electronic stability program are designed to help you do just that. ESB works by monitoring a car speed and direction as well as the driver's actions and then

automatically applies the brake to one or more wheels to correct unstable conditions. It's high tech hands off. Keep it on the road peace of mind and it's as easy as easy as speed coming up Italy's new two wheeled star. It's. The best part of a new car is the lack of all those rattle squeaks in the lake so they keep your car like new motorway packed. John when leaks water leaks squeaks rattles noises you don't have the right equipment they can be very difficult to find and take care of especially water leaks not something if you don't take care of it can lead to a lot of other problems like the covering on the inside of this sunroof or it's come apart. You may also find damage to upholstery the carpeting can rot away. You can even get rust holes in the floor paint. But let's start with noises. Here we have something no catalytic converter heat shield real

easy to find the most noises are not that easy to find. Let's say you've got a rumbling or a squealing noise under the hood. Well here's something that will do a great job. This is called an engine here. All it amounts to is a set of headphones with a very sensitive microphone on the end of it and the technician turns it on moves it around in various areas and where the noise is the loudest. That's where the problem is even comes with a little probe that goes on the end of it for metal to metal contact. Now maybe the noise isn't under the hood maybe the noises under the car. How do you find that. Oh it only happens while it's going down the road. That's where the chassis ear comes into play. This has six little microphones mounted into individual alligator clips with long wires on them and those are connected to various pieces around where you think the noise is coming from. The wires are run up inside the car and they go into this distribution

box. Then there's a set of headphones again as the car is driven and it's making the noise. You can switch from one microphone to the other and where the noise is the loudest. That's where it's closest to the problem. So then you move all of the microphones closer to the one where it was heard very plainly and by process of elimination you zero in on the exact culprit. OK those are noises. Pretty easy but those wind and water leaks they can be a real nuisance to find. Here we have an electronic leak detector. This works. It's a two piece unit works with a transmitter inside the car and this receiver on the outside of the car. It's turned on and then you go along where the in the general area where the noise is coming from and as it gets close to the noise of the leak. It beat loud and fast and by doing that you can

zero in on where the problem is really simple. You have a question or a comment. Write to me if I use your letter. I'll send you a motor week T-shirt. Your dress is Motor Week ois Mills Maryland 2 1 1 1 7. Are car of the week is a 1971 AMC Hornet. SS It belongs to Scott Watson of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. This ultra clean example of a sporty compact packs of four point two leader and line six cylinder engine or quarter transmission power steering tinny glass and slick mag wheel. Now if you have a car that you rescued from oblivion to Middle East three good color photos and a description of the car to motor wait always Mills Maryland 2 1 1 1 7. If you're a long time motoring you are you've probably seen this drive plenty of Italian exotic so over the years rarely have they had only two wheeled one

Italian motorcycles may lack in quantity they more than make up for in performance quality. Well the latest brand from Haas the land of American Biker taste it's a real Yeah but I'm like some Italian car builders are really offered buyers much more than high speed and a high price. That's not to say that I'm really young doesn't build some fast expensive motorcycle This is a company that has built its reputation on racing winning eight world titles in the last 10 years. But unlike some home country competitors which concentrate on them for more meds for my class are really a manufacturers and extremely varied lineup of two wheeled machinery all of which were on display when we attended the recent formula USA Pocono cycle best at Pennsylvania's Tokyo International Raceway and once this voyage was both Street and competition models were on show with the competition models ranging from international Superbike a steroid coursers fire breathing World Superbike machine to the diminutive r

s mystique and out of the Box 250 cc two stroke Grand Prix bike that you could buy today and race tomorrow and the brilliant even gives. One place to race is company sponsored one make up really a Challenge Cup part of the excellent formula USA National Road Race Series but the real variety is enough really as a lineup of street machines which range from the 1000 cc the twin adrenaline pumps like the RSPB Nilay. To stylish little scooters for commuters like a 50 cc scar of a 0 in between these extremes are dual sport single cylinder bikes like that with 650 and long haul touring bikes like the RSG 1000 Putra. Many of which were available for test rides by anyone with a valid motorcycle license that alone made it worth attending this formular USA event but there was racing too darn good racing and a. Good weekend for a really is fledgling Superbike project with writer Mike Campbell spot scoring a win in the other limited Grand

Prix clash cymbals lock and Philip really of pilot error and Clarke followed up with the third and more than the unlimited Superbike right. Aaron Clarke was also kind enough to demonstrate the performance difference between the street and res versions of the RSPB Lay of course in his expert hands they both looked very bad so we decided to try out the RSP melee on home ground. And were we ever impressed of course who wouldn't be with us super stiff. Mark S. aluminum frame fully adjustable 43 millimeter inverted front forks will be adjustable Sachs rear shock linked to an exquisite aluminum swing arm massive Rimbaud writes with four piston calipers and stainless steel lines and best of all a nine hundred ninety eight CC fuel injected the twin engine that packs more punch than a B-52 but which along with the slick six speed transmission and hydraulic clutch displays a level of refinement far beyond what we normally expect from Italian machinery for a price of thirteen thousand four hundred ninety nine

dollars. It's also more expensive than some sporting motorcycles but offers the same thrills for a lot less money than a Ferrari. But if it's pure fun that you want. Few motorcycles can equal up till you are asked 50 looks like a Standard Sport Bike albeit a very compact one on the outside with a twin beam aluminum frame. This breaks the 35 millimeter front ports and a single shock rear end but inside is tucked a tiny liquid cooled 50 cc 2 stroke engine. Only a few horsepower on tap. You have to really work the throttle and fix speed your bum which when combined with the weight of only 195 pounds and real sportbike handling means that this many GP bikes for the street provides more vehicles for a mile than a 100 horsepower super bike without breaking the speed limit. And with a price of only thirty five hundred forty nine dollars. It's a toy that almost any big kid can afford. So if you've always fancied Italian machinery but thought that your choices were limited

up Rilya has changed all that with a lineup of stylish exciting street bikes and scooters that offer something for almost every kind of rider and don't require you to spend an arm and a leg just for the privilege of saying it's a town. This week we wrap up our long term review on the 2001 Volvo at sixty two point forty sedan. Total time and mileage. Eight months and seventeen thousand eight hundred seventy four miles. Was it inefficient. I'd say so. Total test mileage of twenty five point eight mpg. That's pretty remarkable for a middleweight sedan especially one with a turbo charged engine and sporting capabilities of the F-16. Yes 60s attributes are many the most daring styling of any Volvo Ford or a large well outfitted interior plus a list of safety features that seem to run on forever. We also never tired of our cars 197 horsepower inline 5 powerplant throttle response is

excellent even when staff are passing. There's never a hint of torque steer and a high speed automatic shift with persuasion and authority. And except for an emissions engine check light. It was also trouble free so it's hard not to like the 60 but it's also hard to say goodbye. Fortunately we have about four more months to enjoy this 2001 Mercedes Benz C3 20 mileage like the 60 is first rate for its grade so Corot averages twenty five point one mpg after eight months and seventeen thousand six hundred six miles. Problems nothing is broken although we have noticed a general loosening up of the C3 20 but any slight loss and solidity is more than made up by the more responsive than ever 215 or so our V-6 add in all the luxury and safety this brand is known for and we have to say if the C3 20 isn't the perfect rear wheel drive sedan it's getting mighty close. We get close to a pair of all wheel drive people movers.

The Subaru Outback and this Dodge Grand Caravan on our next motor week long term road test update. Now let's check in with Jennifer because novice for more reviews and all the latest Motor News has this week's Motor News takes a quick look at two vehicles at opposite ends of the automotive spectrum. The first is the all new 2002 Land Rover Range Rover. Despite its modern make over this third new Range Rover in the March 31 year history is still a mistake Oblio Range Rover. It's powered by a 4.4 liter be 8 and maintains its legendary opera house with full time will drive and a fully independent suspense. Inside where designers took a more aggressive approach you'll still find plenty of genuine wood trim in leather and a host of high tech amenities all to reinforce the Range Rovers reputation as one of the world's premier sport utility vehicles. The new Range Rover goes on sale in May 2002. Meanwhile back on this side of the

pond Chevrolet recently introduced a 2002 Dale Earnhardt signature edition Monte Carlo as this special edition Monte which is based on the Monaco Carlo SS Hi sport salutes the Intimidator with the unique and graphic scheme on the outside and model specific interior touches that include seats with pewter leather seating surfaces and a distinct instrument cluster. Just three thousand three hundred thirty three of the Dale Earnhardt signature edition Monte Carlo will be produced and will only be available at select dealers. And that's it for this week's Motor News. As you may have replaced the station wagon is America's family hauler of choice but that doesn't mean that wagons are completely out of favor and fact they're making something of a comeback. But the new image of a station wagon is a far cry from traditional full sized Bemis from yesteryear. Plenty of active lifestyle drivers favor compact wagons that carry sports

equipment and pets and want the newest compact wagons on the market. Is this Volkswagen Jetta wagon or versatile square back that begs the question Do you really need an SUV. Well to SUV or not SUV is a pretty tough decision because those that are passionate about their transportation like we are now they when it comes to choosing a vehicle what you need often takes a backseat to what you want. But for those who are prepared to at least consider an SUV alternative this 2002 wagon Jetta wagon could fill both the want and the need if for no other reason than this compact wagon chairs all of the same traits that make the jet a sedan beat up he is the best selling US model. For instance there's the time gap nearly seamless look of the car's design that imparts an R of solidity. And then there is performance art top of the OIG elex tester came with wagons

two point eight leader double overhead cam 12 out biar six under the hood this narrow angle B 6 delivers 174 horsepower and one hundred eighty one pound feet of torque and at the tracker we stirred it up with a high speed manual transmission wire 0 to 60 time of seven point five seconds was almost a second quicker than a PR six automatic equipped sedan we tested earlier. Our quarter mile trap time of fifteen point eight seconds with a speed of 91 miles per hour was also a shade for those not wishing to bang hears the wagon also comes with that crisp four speed automatic. It was nearly the same story when it came to handling after a trip through the low speed slalom where we did notice a hit or body roll bar test. Just maybe if you were blindfolded you probably couldn't tell the sporting differences between the wagon and the sedan. It was only when tackling the high speed lane change exercise that the wagons additional weight bias at

the rear came into play as during correction the rear felt as though it wanted to sidestep a bit but it was never and manageable like the sedan the wagon utilizes a straight forward MacPherson strut front portion being rear suspension set up with coil springs gas shocks and stabilizer bar traction control is standard and as you might suspect the wagon also shares the sedans 4 wheel disc anti-lock braking system are stopped from 60 averaged one hundred twenty three feet with excellent stability and just a touch of nose. Stable and solid but never harsh where just a few of the sentiments that often came up when discussing the Jetta wagons highway ride which was also without a lot of road noise and pressure booming from the rear quarter. An affliction that's typical of wagons as well as numerous SUV. So the Jetta wagon is no slouch when it comes to interior comforts either. Not Giorgio Lex. models like our tester come with standard 8 way power adjustable leather sport seat seat heat is included to tilt

telescoping steering column is also standard with Audioboo in cruise control on the leather wrap steering wheel as a premium 8 speaker of monsoon audio system but surprisingly a CD player remains an option. However the automatic climate tronics ventilation system has pollen dust and motor builder. There's also tasteful genuine wood trim and a full complement of run in side impact airbags as well as folks like inside curtain protection system. It's standard on all Jetta. And the rare you'll find seating for three although for maximum number you'd better stick with two. Behind the 60 40 split seat backs there's 34 cubic feet of cargo space which is according to VW expandable the seventy point six cubic feet with the seats folded. Now that's more room than the Mercedes C-class sports wagon in about the same as a Jeep Grand Cherokee. And when compared to the more uppity wagons from the likes of BMW Volvo and Mercedes the Jetta wagon is a lot cheaper to base price on the entry level 115 horsepower four cylinder G.L.

ass model is just $1200. The base and as tested price of our Lotus G.L. X is twenty six thousand fifty dollars or about where the most popular SUV start. So do you really need an SUV. Well maybe you do and maybe you don't. But from our perspective with the increasing availability of HUL compact wagons like the 2002 Jetta wagon if you love to drive and need to carry a lot of stuff this is the way to do it. I hope you'll join us next week for more motor weight. Well Tess satyrs new view is sport utility vehicle and the latest Mazda millennia. Yes I'm John Davis. Well see that. To learn more about Motor Week TV's original automotive magazine visit PBS online at PBS dot org or America Online keyword PBS. If you order a video cassette of this program call 1 800 4 2 2 0 0 6 4 0 2 we has been brought to you by pep boys

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