Hybrids

2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid Priced Right

When you take a conventionally powered car and add a hybrid powertrain, there’s a price premium. A huge price premium – that’s just the way things are. But what if it didn’t have to be that way? The engineers are Ford have been wondering the same thing. Why does there have to be a $5k [...]

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2011 Honda Fit Hybrid Price Rumor

If you believe a Reuters‘ source, the 2011 Honda Fit Hybrid will start at an astonishingly low price – $16,750. Considering that the conventional Fit starts at $14,900 , you can call me a skeptic. Such a low base price would put the Hybrid Fit about $4000 less than Honda’s own Fit-based Insight. Some of [...]

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2011 Lexus CT 200h Spy Shots

Before I even get started, I really, really hope that CT 200h isn’t the final name for this car. Even in this era of alphabet soup car names, CT 200h is decidedly forgettable and meaningless. Moving on…. The 2011 CT 200h is a compact, 4 door (some say 5 door) hatchback hybrid. Under the hood [...]

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Toyota FT-CH Hybrid Concept

For years, the Toyota Prius has been the fuel economy champion in America.  Well, Toyota is trying to change that, since apparently no one else can.  (Honda, I’m looking at you.) Introduced at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show is the Toyota FT-CH Concept. Surely if this vehicle makes it to production, that awful name will [...]

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Honda Skydeck Concept

You may or may not be looking at inspiration for the next generation Honda Odyssey when you look at the Skydeck Concept vehicle. I say may or may not because, well, it’s a little out there. Compared to the minivans of today, the Skydeck is downright sexy. It’s bold and stylish when compared to the [...]

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Hybrid Bikini Car Wash

There are tons of benefits to owning a hybrid vehicle. For starters, they’re about the most fuel-efficient cars around ( with the sometimes-exception of diesels ). For another, they emit a lot less CO2 and various other pollutants into the air. Even if you don’t believe in global warming, it can’t possibly be a bad [...]

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2011 Volkswagen Touareg Hybrid

The difficult to spell midsize SUV from Volkswagen is getting a tad bit greener, either for the 2011 or 2012 model year. Well, just a tad bit anyway. Volkswagen is planning to use the Audi S4′s engine to start – a supercharged 3.0 liter TSI V6. Add in a 38kW electric motor and an 8 [...]

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2012 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Spy Shot

Hyundai has enjoyed a tremendous amount of success here in the US over the last few years.  They have avoided the hybrid market segment so far – leaving it to Toyota.  Well, it seems they’ve re-thought that strategy, and plan to introduce a Sonata Hybrid in 2011, as a 2012 model. Word is that Hyundai [...]

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