Sedans
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The 2016 Chevrolet Cruze could be sold as both a sedan and a hatchback.
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2015 Mercedes-Benz S550 Plug-In Hybrid Priced At Entry Level
With more than a handful of plug-in hybrid models scheduled to hit dealers over the next three years, buyers are curious to find out how those cars will be priced. One maker, Volvo, is positioning the plug-in hybrid version of its 2016 XC90 seven-seat SUV at the top of the range. But it appears...
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2016 Mercedes-Benz C350e Plug-In Hybrid: First Drive
While BMW leads the Germans with five different plug-in electric vehicles announced, Mercedes-Benz is close behind with three. A few months ago, we had the chance to drive the 2016 Mercedes-Benz C 350e, the upcoming plug-in hybrid version of the new generation of C-Class luxury sedan. The C 350e...
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2016 BMW 740e Plug-In Hybrid: Fifth Electric Car From German Maker
The 2016 BMW 740e xDrive debuts with a plug-in hybrid powertrain borrowed from the X5 xDrive 40e SUV.
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Chevy Impala Natural-Gas Version Delayed By A Year Over Unspecified Concerns
The Chevrolet Impala bi-fuel natural-gas model was delayed over a year, but GM won't say why.
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2015 Hyundai Sonata Eco: Gas Mileage Review
The 2015 Hyundai Sonata Eco is the Korean maker's most fuel-efficient mid-size sedan that doesn't use a hybrid powertrain. And it highlights the two parallel paths that automakers are taking as they work to boost gas mileage ratings to meet steadily rising corporate average fuel economy rules. The...
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The U.S.-spec 2016 Chevrolet Cruze will debut June 24.
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2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid And Plug-In Hybrid First Drive
What if you could fully restore your charge in a plug-in hybrid, on the fly, just by driving? It’s a feature that’s unparalleled in mass-market plug-in hybrids—that in the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid you can enter not the charge-sustaining mode that some models have, but a...
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2015 Ford Focus EcoBoost: Brief Drive Of 1.0-Liter Three-Cylinder Sedan
The 2015 Ford Focus EcoBoost may be the most European car Ford sells in the U.S. It's fun, but not fast. It handles well, and has a small engine that requires energetic use of the manual gearbox to keep up with traffic. That all means that very few U.S. buyers will ever consider it, since fewer...
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2017 Jaguar XE Small Sport Sedan To Offer Diesel Option At Start
The 2017 Jaguar XE 20d will feature a diesel engine from Jaguar's new Ingenium line.
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2015 BMW 535d Named 'Diesel Car Of The Year' By Diesel Driver Site
The 2015 BMW 535d is Diesel Driver's Diesel Car of the Year.
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Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid: Big Battery, More Electric Range
As predicted, the plug-in hybrid version of the 2016 Cadillac CT6 large luxury sedan was released today at the Shanghai Motor Show, using an adaptation of GM's second-generation Voltec hybrid system. What wasn't predicted was the startling size of its battery pack: 18.4 kilowatt-hours, identical to...
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The BMW i3 electric car and i8 plug-in hybrid sport coupe are audacious examples of advanced technology in many ways. Not the least of it are body shells made of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) mounted atop an aluminum rolling platform carrying the powertrains and crash structures. BMW has said that in due course, the plug-in cars' advanced technology would migrate into its higher-volume mainstream production models. DON'T MISS: Research Backed By BMW Halfway To Carbon-Fiber Cost 90% Lower (Oct 2014) Now we know what one of those models will be: the next generation of the BMW 7-Series...
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BMW i5 In 2018 To Have Very Electric Plug-In Hybrid: Why It's Important
Of the four prestige German auto brands, BMW is clearly the most aggressive in its plans for plug-in electric cars in various segments. Last year it launched the BMW i3 battery-electric small hatchback and the sexy BMW i8 plug-in hybrid sport coupe. According to reports out of Germany, the next...
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Honda Accord Hybrid Production Relocates From Ohio To Japan
The topic of the press release issued late last Wednesday was not the sort of thing to set green-car fans' hearts racing: "Statement...Re: North American Production Portfolio". But buried in several paragraphs of detail from John Mendel, executive vice president of American Honda, was one...
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BREAKING: $75,000 Tesla Model S 70D: AWD, 240-Mile Range Is New Base Version
Leave it to electric-car maker Tesla Motors to spring another surprise on the world. This morning, it announced a brand-new version of the base model in its signature battery-electric luxury sedan lineup. The Tesla Model S 70D is an all-wheel-drive Model S with a 70-kilowatt-hour battery pack...
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2014 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid: Gas Mileage Review Of Plug-In Hybrid
The 2014 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid is a comfortable, relatively fast, and fairly fuel-efficient luxury sport sedan. It's rated at 16 miles of electric range, but we didn't achieve that in cold and snowy upstate New York "springtime" weather. We strongly suspect that very few people who've driven...
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New Fisker Karma Details May Come As Soon As This Month
The planned relaunch of the Fisker Karma range-extended electric luxury sedan isn't likely to happen until at least the middle of next year. And when it does happen, new owner Wanxiang will probably sell the car under a new brand name: Elux. But we may learn more detail about the phoenix-like...
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It's rare that a carmaker entirely replaces a car after just three model years, but the all-new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu is remarkable in more ways than that. Chevy will offer a full-hybrid model of the new 2016 Malibu that goes head to head with hybrid mid-size sedans from Toyota, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, and Kia. And GM is using an adaptation of its updated Voltec plug-in hybrid system to do so. DON'T MISS: Is The 2016 Chevy Volt GM's Future Hybrid System In Disguise? (Jan) The 2016 Malibu Hybrid will be the third generation of cars to carry that name, but unlike the previous two, this is not a...
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Mitsubishi Gives Up On Sedans, To Make Only SUVs Henceforth
With the 2012 departure of Suzuki from the U.S. market, the title of "most challenged" automaker probably passes to Mitsubishi. While it's backed by a huge Japanese conglomerate, it's a tiny player in the tough North American market, and has had few new products lately. Now comes news that the...
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New Scion iA Sedan To Join iM Hatchback At New York Auto Show
Scion's second new model will be a sedan called the iA.
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Honda Accord Hybrid: Supply Now Sufficient To Meet Demand
The Honda Accord Hybrid was launched as a 2014 model, and the first few were sold back in October 2013. But over the next year, despite favorable reviews and a handful of awards, the Accord Hybrid remained a rare beast indeed on dealership lots. Now, more than a year later, it appears that supply...
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Why I Had To Trade My Tesla Model S For A Brand-New P85D
Last October, Tesla announced an all-wheel-drive version of the Model S electric car, with up to a mind-boggling 691 horsepower, and said deliveries would start as early as December—only a two month wait. The performance specifications of the new P85D version promised supercar numbers on the...
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New 2016 Kia Optima Sedan To Debut At Geneva Motor Show
A concept previewing the next-generation Kia Optima will debut at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show.
Stephen Edelstein