Used Cars
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Some used cars are better bets than others. And just as new hybrid cars vary in efficiency, driving quality, and sales volume, some used hybrids may be a more conservative bet than others. A used Toyota Prius is by far the most familiar and most numerous hybrid, with more than 7 million sold globally over the last 18 years. DON'T MISS: 2016 Toyota Prius 'Coming Soon': 55-MPG Hybrid To Be Sportier But there are also a growing number of orphan hybrids showing up on used-car lots. And just because it says "Hybrid" on the badge doesn't mean that it will get particularly good gas mileage or be...
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Who Buys Used Teslas? Younger, More Middle-Class Buyers, Analysis Says
It's now pretty clear that used electric cars in the mass market depreciate more rapidly than their gasoline counterparts, even after netting out the effect of financial incentives. Early data shows the 200-mile-plus Tesla Model S, on the other hand, holds its value as a used car much better. But...
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Consumer Reports: Used Nissan Leafs Can Be A Good Value
Used Nissan Leaf prices are very low right now, Consumer Reports says.
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UPDATED: Should I Buy A Used Nissan Leaf (Or Another Electric Car)?
About 15 million people buy a new vehicle in the U.S. each year, on average--but almost 40 million buy used cars in that same year. Modern electric cars have been sold in the U.S. since December 2010. Not surprisingly, they're started to show up on used-car lots. Should you buy one? The answer, of...
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Used Electric Cars: Which Hold Their Value Best? Which Is Worst?
Used electric cars starting to enter the market in higher numbers, letting advocates suggest that if the purchase price of a new plug-in car is too high, buyers can look at used options. The usual metric of retained-value calculations can be tricky for plug-ins, though because most buyers take...
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Incentive To Buy Used Electric Cars Added For Some California Buyers
Plug-in electric cars can cut the per-mile cost of driving significantly for most U.S. households. But their purchase prices as new cars are still higher than gasoline cars of the same size and segment. That's why Federal, state, and local governments offer an elaborate--and often...
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Think electric-car ownership is priced out of your league? It’s simply not. Even if leasing isn’t for you, or you don’t have the stellar credit required to get some of those deals, prices are plummeting on used electric vehicles—and that makes it a buyers’ market, especially for some of the more popular EVs like the Nissan Leaf. It’s a bit hard to believe that the Nissan Leaf has been on the market for four and a half years, while the Mitsubishi i-MiEV has been available in the U.S. for three and a half. And it’s just short of three years since the...
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Colorado's Electric-Car Credit: Applies To Used Cars Too
The checkerboard pattern of constantly changing electric-car incentives and fees among the 50 American states often baffles outsiders. And as states go, Colorado has a mixed record. But its electric-car incentive turns out to have a quirk not shared by any other state, as far as we can determine...
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Tesla Model S Certified Used Electric Cars: Now On Sale Online
Tesla has been selling used cars online since last week.
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Lease Extensions For Honda Fit EV, Two Years At $199 A Month, To Be Offered
With the first three-year leases of Honda Fit EVs now set to end in June, drivers of Honda's only electric car have been wondering what will happen to their cars now. Many of them would like to hang onto the cars. While Honda won't let them buy the car, the company has decided to offer those...
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Want A Fisker Karma? Lots Of Used Ones For Sale
A significant number of used Fisker Karma sedans are currently available used.
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Used Tesla Electric Cars: Certified Previously Owned (CPO) Program Coming, Company Confirms
Historically, auto dealerships have made as much or more money selling used cars as new ones. Since electric-car maker Tesla Motors doesn't have dealerships, but sells cars online directly to buyers, that has left the supply of used Teslas solely to individual owners who may want to sell. Now...
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Chevy Volt owners, and even Chevrolet itself, are usually quite proud of the amount of miles the range-extended electric car covers on grid electricity. The company said last week that 63 percent of all Volt miles driven have been covered on grid power, totaling more than half a billion miles altogether. But there's one set of Volts that appears to have driven almost exclusively on gasoline, only being plugged in rarely--if ever. DON'T MISS: 2016 Chevrolet Volt To Debut At Detroit Show, First Teaser Photo Released Based on two separate accounts, those are Volts purchased and run by large...
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5,000 Miles In Our Used 2001 Honda Insight Hybrid
61 mpg. That's the figure everyone will want to know, so that's the one I'm starting with. 61 mpg is what I've managed so far from the 2001 Honda Insight I bought back in March, over a distance of more than 5,000 miles. That, for the record, is eight miles per gallon better than the figure buyers...
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U.S. Car Population Surges As Sales Soar, While Scrappage Falls
The number of light-duty vehicles on U.S. roads is at a record high/
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How Long Do Hybrid Cars Last: Which Will Make 150,000 Miles?
Which hybrid cars accumulate the most mileage over time? According to a new data analysis, there's one hybrid that stands head and shoulders above the rest--and it's not the Toyota Prius. Used-car listing aggregator iSeeCars analyzed more than 20 million used-car listings posted during April and...
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Buying A Used 2000-2006 Honda Insight Hybrid: The Guide
If you've been reading Green Car Reports over the past week, you might have seen we recently bought a 2001 Honda Insight--an example of one of the first hybrids sold by a major automaker. But what if you want to buy your own early Insight? What do you need to look out for? And more importantly...
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Used Toyota, Ford Hybrids Score Well In Consumer Reports' Best Used Car List
There are many reasons to recommend a hybrid car--the easy driving experience, the gas mileage, even the shove of an electrically-assisted engine in some sportier models. But it's reassuring to know they make equally good used buys as they do when brand new, whatever your budget. The latest list of...
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In the world of automotive journalism, "practice what you preach" is a difficult statement to honor. It just isn't always possible. We do our best though, which is how I've come to be the proud owner of a 2001 Honda Insight. Let me explain. ALSO SEE: Life With Tesla Model S: One Year And 15,00 Miles Later Cars are rather expensive objects, so dropping cash on the latest electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid, punchy diesel or any other shiny object of desire isn't always possible. I can't even stretch to a Smart Electric Drive, so a Chevy Volt is certainly out of the question and the upcoming BMW...
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Rare 1980 Ford Fairmont EVA Electric Conversion For Sale
A 1980 Ford Fairmont station wagon converted into an electric car by Electric Vehicle Associates (EVA) is currently for sale.
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Residual Values On Battery-Electric Cars: KBB Is Not Optimistic
The year 2014 looks like it could be a very good one for plug-in vehicles, with new launches and expected sales increases heading the list of reasons to cheer. But it wouldn't be a new year without a few doom and gloom predictions, and the latest come from Kelly Blue Book's figures for electric car...
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Looking To Buy A Used Diesel Car? Head To Buffalo
Buffalo, New York has the cheapest used diesel cars in the United States, according to a new study.
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Buying A Used Toyota Prius Hybrid: 5 Quick Pieces Of Advice
The Toyota Prius is by far the most common hybrid car on U.S. roads, which means there are a lot of them out there for sale as used cars. A reader wrote to ask what she should keep in mind when starting to shop for a used Toyota Prius hybrid. What follows are some quick notes from our editors...
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Which City Has The Worst Fuel Economy For All Its Used Cars?
See where you shouldn't go if you want a fuel-efficient used car.
Stephen Edelstein