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Ford Escape Hybrid – Kelley Blue Book’s Review

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:31:29 +0000

www.kbb.com
While many other crossover SUVs are getting sleeker, more urban exteriors, the Ford Escape Hybrid has received a rugged redesign. The heightened beltline and sculpted hood remind us that the Escape Hybrid may offer great fuel economy, but first and foremost it is an SUV.

Ford’s design team takes its environmentally friendly vision even further by using 100-percent recycled seat materials, and Ford purports that, through a carbon off-set program, it has countered any greenhouse gases created by its production. Add to this SUV-like versatility, cargo room and four-wheel drive, and the Ford Escape Hybrid seems a natural choice for those who like to rough it without roughing-up the planet.

For more new car reviews, interviews and automotive news visit kbb.com today.

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Chrysler Town & Country EV

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:01:38 +0000

Chrysler Town & Country EV. For details and images click on the link.
http://www.motorcities.com/vehicle/09ABH512807710.html

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New Fisker Karma Hybrid Car with Q-Drive

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:23:45 +0000

Delivering in the fall of 2009 !

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2008 LA Auto Show: Hyundai Press Conf – Complete Video

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:58:15 +0000

Watching a 60-second highlight clip of a 20-minute million dollar press conference is like reading a Cliff Notes version of a classic book. Watch the complete unedited video from TheAutoChannel.com and decide for yourself what the highlights are.

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Ultimate Hybrid Duel: New Prius vs. Honda Insight

admin — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:40:50 +0000

FULL TOYOTA PRIUS VS. HONDA INSIGHT @ INSIDELINE.COM:

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Drives/Comparos/articleId=144926

At the launch of the 2010 Toyota Prius, Bob Carter, group vice president and general manager for Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., tells us, “We’ll face two challenges when the Prius goes on sale: the economy and the 2010 Honda Insight.

“The good news for consumers is that the market has plenty of room for both the Prius and Insight in their respective segments,” Carter adds. “Based on our 2010 projections, the Prius can achieve a theoretical 7 percent share of the industry’s largest segment — midsize sedans. In the second-ranked compact class, the Insight could achieve a 5 percent market share.”

So it’ll be a nice, peaceful coexistence for these two hybrid cars that just happen to look almost exactly like each other. Don’t believe that? Neither do we.

As the U.S. economy continues its topsy-turvy performance, nobody’s market share is safe. So it actually matters which hybrid car is better — the 2010 Honda Insight, which went on sale March 24, or the 2010 Toyota Prius, which hits dealers in late May.

The Insight has already proven itself against the 2009 Prius. But now that the 2010 Toyota Prius has appeared with its bigger engine, all-new chassis and 50-mpg EPA-combined fuel economy rating, it is a much tougher hybrid cookie (bursting with high-fiber organic oats and fair-trade chocolate chips!).

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