The Toyota Sequoia Is a Giant Tree in a Forest of Suvs
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$ Fall2.00 2019 SEMA VISIT www.autonewsonline.com VISIT www.autonewsonline.com “Distributed monthly for 30+ years” LARGEST CONSUMER AUTOMOTIVE NEWSPAPER IN U.S. Distributed at Retail Outlets, Auto Shows & Events The Toyota Sequoia is a Giant Tree In a Forest of SUVs . ! Do We Drive To Connect or Disconnect? .........page 2 All-New Gladiator Test Drive ............................... page 3 Lincoln MKC Test Drive by Harold Allen ............ page 4 Bruce Besler Buys Bondurant Racing School .. page 5 Legends Gala Returns To Monterey 8/13/20 ... page 10 Mecum Unveils Original Mustang Bullitt ......... page 14 How to Order A Pencil Drawing of Your Vehicle .. page 16 Saleen Cup S1 Race Series ............................. page 18 Hagerty Publishes “Never Stop Driving” Book .. page 20 Thanks to our Legends Gala Partners ............. page 24 It was a busy week for Team Auto News Toyota Sequoia parked at Historic Monterey Wharf During Concours Classic Car Week (photo Auto News) and Jim Farley, Ford President, at Weather The Toyota Sequoia was one in Monterey, CA and the large features including; rear backup of the first “Big Boy SUV’s” to cargo space came in handy. With cameras, blind spot monitoring, Tech Laguna SECA Race Track and hit American shores decades ago. seating for 8 the Sequoia served front and rear parking assist sen- This 3 row SUV has remained as the Team Auto News taxi for sors, and Anti-theft systems we felt Concours d’Elegance in Pebble Beach a popular seller for Toyota for our Legends event. See - www. safe as we picked up valuable silent by Bill McCallum as an executive with Toyota. Jim decades with minor changes and legendsofauto.com auction items for our Legends of It was another busy week for was Alan Mulally’s first executive upgrades. New for 2019 is a TRD With a 5.7L 381 hp V8 engine Auto Gala. Team Auto News at this years hire when he (Alan) was brought Sport trim with black 20-inch alloy we had more than enough power If your looking for a big 8 passen- Pebble Beach Concours d’ Ele- in as CEO to save Ford Motor wheels. to get us from Seaside, to Carmel, ger SUV with lots of room for gear gance. Our team arrived on Sunday Company. Alan with Jim’s help My test drive was during the to Pebble Beach, and back to Mon- and packed with safety features this year to setup up for the thurs- turned Ford around, then Jim was set-up for our Legends of Auto terey in a hurry as we set up for you should test drive the Sequoia day night Ten Year Anniversary of sent to Europe as President where Gala 10 Year Anniversary event our event. With 10 standard safety SUV at your nearest Toyota dealer. our Legends of Auto Gala Dinner. he helped turn around Ford of (See page 10 photos). 160 guests Europe. Then Jim was brought attended our Gala Dinner and back to the U. S. as a President. His Legends of Auto Honors Lyn St. James, Ed Justice Jr., Corky listened to stories from current schedule during Concours week and previously honored Legends indicates how this multi-tasker is Coker, Barry Meguiar, Beau Boeckmann, Galpin Auto (Page 1 photo) Wednesday night one of the best executives in the we attended Gordon and Molly auto industry. Midweek testing Group, Dana Mecum, Founder Mecum Auctions, Rita and McCall’s Jet Center Party. Friday his Shelby GTO on the Laguna we spent the day at the Weather Seca race track. Saturday between Rick Case, Case Auto Group, Steve Saleen, Saleen Car Co., Tech Laguna Seca race track visit- races speaking at a Shelby Corral ing old friends. Saturday we visited lunch. Sunday up at 5 am for and Ryan Falconer, Engine Builder at Monterey Gala Dinner the Exotics on Broadway (Seaside) Dawn Patrol as they moved his and Sunday we were also visiting concours car on the 18th hole at old friends and checking out the the Pebble Beach Golf Club. (see cars on the 18th hole at the Pebble photo below) Then off to act as a Beach Concours d’ Elegance. Concours judge in the afternoon. Both Saturday and Sunday I had “Jim, nice meeting your wife and a chance to visit with Jim Farley. daughter on Sunday at Pebble and President of Ford Motor Co. I hope to see you “down-the-road” have known Jim since his days as they say in the auto industry.” Top Row: Diane Fitzgerald (President, RPM Foundation for Lyn St. James), Ed Justice Jim Farley, Ford President with his wife Lia and daughter Jr., Corky Coker, Barry Meguiar Bottom Row: Beau Boeckmann, Dana Mecum, Rita and with his Concours Car at Pebble Beach Rick Case, Steve Saleen, Ryan Falconer (photo by Joyce Chow) 2 VISIT www.autonewsonline.com Fall 2019 SEMA Do We Drive Toyota Joyce Covers Honda Insight Mitsubishi To Connect Corolla Hybrid Concours Hybrid Outlander Or Disconnect? Test Drive d’Elegance Test Drive Plug-In SUV Bill McCallum Art Gould Joyce Chow Ed Barrett Scot McCallum editor feature editor entertainment editor feature writer “Green Car Guy” Two recent conversations with The newly stylized Corolla Row after row of elegant clas- If you are in the market for a 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV new car owners led to this edi- hatchback debuted in 2019 with sic cars lined the fairway with the compact hybrid, but you can’t GT S torial promises of providing looks Monterey Bay as a backdrop. It stand the look of the Toyota Prius, The new Mitsubishi Outlander One with a doctor at a car show to remove the boring image of was a picture perfect storybook check out the Honda Insight. The has had a nice face lift to include who just bought a new BMW and Toyota models. This is the first day for the 69th annual Pebble Insight offers great gas mileage updates to security and safety another with a pilot I sat next to time the Corolla has offered a Beach Concours d’Elegance, the (49 mpg) and styling that looks features. Let’s start with the who was “ dead-heading “ back hybrid to complete the Corolla world’s premier celebration of the like it was designed for adults. efficiency the 12 Kwh battery to LA from Seattle who had just line to the expectations of cus- finest automobiles at famed Pebble Although the Insight shares gives this vehicle with a 74 bought a new Range Rover. Both tomers that look forward to no Beach Golf Course, the finale of its platform with the Civic, the MPGe rating. The plug in hybrid loved their new vehicles, but both less from the company that leads Monterey Car Week in Monterey, styling draws a lot from the feature is convenient and the said “ ................... I will never the world in hybrid vehicles. California. midsize Accord. The grille, in Outlander looks sharp with a new buy another new vehicle.” The I tested the 2020 Toyota Seeing history before your particular, is almost the spitting front end design modification. reason “...... to much technology Corolla Hybrid with the base very eyes, it’s as if you stepped image of the Accord’s, but on a Nineteen safety and security I never use and it takes to much LE trim. The base MSRP of this into today’s Great Gatsby era as slightly smaller scale. The nearly features include Traction Control time to understand.” (500 to 600 model begins at $22,950. Not you walk along museum worthy fastback roofline also mimics Logic, Active Stability Control, page technology manual included bad compared to the best selling car collections. It’s a leisurely that of its larger sibling. This is Hill Start Assist, Tire Pressure in each vehicle) hybrid model in the world, the day as people peruse with wine a well- designed sedan with a lot Monitoring, Forward Collision Two questions I would ask Prius, that begins at $24,700. It in hand, reviewing their favorite of appeal. My test car received Mitigation, Blind Spot Warning, automakers. 1- Is this a growing is powered by the same DOHC cars, and simply enjoying the numerous favorable comments. Lane Departure Warning, Acoustic trend? 2- Should Automakers 16-valve 1.8-liter Atkinson-cycle moments walking the fairway. The interior of my test car Vehicle Alert, and a sophisticated do more research to determine if inline four with a pair of electric Overlooking the show field are also garnered praise. Perforated airbag system. The Outlander has their buyers really want to con- motors like the ones used in the suites including Aston Martin, leather seats in my Touring a stable and particularly quiet ride nect with everything in their life Prius. There is also a 1.3-kWh Bentley, Genesis, McLaren, model, and a cleanly designed and features a key passive entry while driving a car? The answer battery stored beneath the rear Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Rolls- dash with a soft-touch covering, system with push button start to the first question is YES. The seats. The system as a whole Royce with hospitality worthy of made it look upscale. The large and panic feature. Spice up your answer to the second question is produces 121 horsepower and being southern hospitality. touchscreen on the dash delivered summer with a test drive today! MAYBE. 105 lb-ft of torque. Cars from around the world clear graphics, and was reason- Both answers could spell The new hybrid comes with compete in 29 different classes ably easy to operate. The info- TROUBLE for the auto industry automatic climate control, an including American Antique, tainment system now includes in the mid to long term.