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PlatinumVibe08 · 09-23-2009, 12:24 AM

FYI, check your local listings.

MotorWeek #2904
Episode Title: 2904/Porsche Panamera
PBS broadcast window begins September 25, 2009
Quick Listing:
Road Test: 2010 Porsche Panamera
Road Test: Three Cubic Solutions: Nissan Cube vs. Kia Soul vs. Scion xB
Goss' Garage: Cleaning up a Mess
Car Keys First Impressions: 2009 Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe

Also, here's a pic I took today with my phone of a Cube and a couple Souls getting ready to go looking for some trouble with an xB.

bB626 · 09-23-2009, 05:09 AM

thanks for the heads up!

***HATEnFATE*** · 09-23-2009, 09:38 AM

I'll have to do my best to catch it....

Thank you for the notice..

p.s. be vewwy vewwy qwiet.......I'm hunting for souws....

boxdin · 09-23-2009, 11:52 AM

I would presume that since it is 09, it would be the second gen xB... I look forward to watching it get creamed by the soul

toyotaholic · 09-23-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by HATEnFATE

I'll have to do my best to catch it....

Thank you for the notice..

p.s. be vewwy vewwy qwiet.......I'm hunting for souws....

I'll definitely try to watch this episode, thought the host puts me to sleep.

PlatinumVibe08 · 09-24-2009, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bB626

thanks for the heads up!

No problem. Those of you who are members of other xB forums should pass this information along. Thanks.

***HATEnFATE*** · 09-29-2009, 09:14 AM

Did anyone watch it? I ended up having to work when it was broadcast and didn't get to see it. How did each car do?

bB626 · 09-29-2009, 01:19 PM

i did watch it. when it was on, i yelled to let my brother know (since he has the '09 xB2 RS5.0) about the segment of the show. LOL!

they did a comparison of each cars and told us the pros & cons. i remember few parts of it.

Scion xB did pretty well, IMO, better than the cars there. it has the power, space, and get 26 mpg when they drove it.

Nissan Cube is just weird looking. i always thought that the passenger's rear quarter panel is all glass, but i guess not. it get the most mpg than the other cars. the listed mpg for the Cube is 28/30, they got 31.

Kia Soul, i'd take the Cube than the Soul. hmm... all i remember is that it got less mpg than the Scion xB and Nissan Cube. it got 25 mpg...