2015
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Our Best Car To Buy award can go one of several ways here on Green Car Reports. Sometimes it goes to a moonshot car, like the first Nissan Leaf (in 2011) or the Tesla Model S (in 2013). Those are cars that radically redefined what green transportation could be, changing the auto industry forever. DON'T MISS: Green Car Reports' 2015 Best Car To Buy: The Nominees (Video) Other years, the winners are more evolutionary--but are likely to have a bigger impact in sheer numbers of buyers. Those included the expanded Toyota Prius hybrid range (in 2012) and last year's winner, the 2014 Honda Accord...
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2015 Volkswagen Golf Range: Best Car To Buy 2015 Nominee
The fifth and final of our five nominees for Green Car Reports' 2015 Best Car To Buy award is the new 2015 Volkswagen Golf range. It's a completely new, top-to-bottom makeover of the classic compact five-door hathback, now in its seventh generation since launching in 1974. DON'T MISS: Green Car...
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First 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf Delivery On Friday; Auction Proceeds To Charity
The electric-car sales figures for October showed that one single 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf was delivered to a buyer last month,--even though the car hasn't yet arrived at the VW dealers that will initially offer it. But that single electric Golf hatchback turns out to be a special case. DON'T MISS...
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2015 Volkswagen e-Golf Rated At 83 Miles Range, 116 MPGe
EPA range and efficiency ratings for the 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf electric car are in.
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2015 Kia Soul EV: Best Car To Buy 2015 Nominee
The fourth of our five nominees for Green Car Reports' 2015 Best Car To Buy award is the new 2015 Kia Soul EV. It's the Korean maker's first-ever electric car sold in the U.S., and an adaptation of the popular compact "tall wagon" that was entirely redesigned for the 2014 model year. DON'T MISS...
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2015 Hyundai Sonata Eco: Best Car To Buy 2015 Nominee
The third of our five nominees for Green Car Reports' 2015 Best Car To Buy award is the new 2015 Hyundai Sonata Eco, the most fuel-efficient non-hybrid version of the Korean maker's mid-size sedan. This new-for-2015 version of the Sonata is the sole model to use a turbocharged 1.6-liter engine, in...
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The second of our five nominees for Green Car Reports' 2015 Best Car To Buy award is the new 2015 Honda Fit, the well-regarded subcompact five-door hatchback. It's the third generation of the car sold in North America, and it's got a new powertrain, dubbed with Honda's EarthDreams label, that includes an updated 1.5-liter four-cylinder engine and a new continuously variable transmission (CVT). DON'T MISS: Green Car Reports' 2015 Best Car To Buy: The Nominees (Video) We've driven the new Fit twice, and on a multi-day test over almost 400 miles, we logged a genuine 39.0 mpg using a mixture of...
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Ford Fusion Vs Hyundai Sonata: Mid-Size Sedan Gas Mileage Comparison
We compare the gas mileage of two green mid-size sedans.
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2015 Audi A3 TDI Diesel: Best Car To Buy 2015 Nominee
The first of our five nominees for Green Car Reports' 2015 Best Car To Buy award is the new 2015 Audi A3 TDI, the diesel version of Audi's new compact luxury sedan. All-new this year, as are most of its competitors, the TDI diesel version will be the highest-efficiency A3 model until the e-tron...
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2015 Hyundai Sonata Eco: Quick Drive Of Higher-Gas Mileage Small Turbo Four
The 2015 Hyundai Sonata Eco is the most fuel-efficient version of the Korean maker's mid-size sedan, aside from its Sonata Hybrid model. And this year, the Sonata Hybrid uses the carryover body from the last-generation model--meaning that if you want the highest-mileage Sonata with the new and more...
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2015 Ford Focus Electric Price Cut To $29,995, A $6K Drop: Report
It appears that the 2015 Ford Focus Electric will get a major price cut of $6,000, bringing the suggested retail price to $29,995--more in line with the best-selling Nissan Leaf. The battery-electric Focus is now in its fourth model year, and only about 4,000 have been sold since it first went on...
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2015 Kia Soul EV Electric Car Rated: 93 Miles Range, 105 MPGe
The very first 2015 Kia Soul EV electric cars are now being sold in California, adding a 19th plug-in vehicle to that state's market. And its final EPA range and efficiency ratings may drive buyers in other states to demand that they get the chance to buy it too. Given the apparent desire for...
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The first 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf electric car will be auctioned off online.
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2015 Subaru Impreza Updated, Fuel Economy Rises To 31 MPG Combined
The 2015 Subaru Impreza gets slightly better fuel economy, slightly different styling, and other updates.
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2015 Honda CR-Z Hybrid Two-Seat Coupe: Unchanged For New Model Year
The 2015 Honda CR-Z enters the new model year unchanged.
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2015 Subaru Legacy Gas Mileage: We Test Both 2.5i And 3.6R
Subaru sales have surged over the last decade, taking the quirky Japanese brand from its Snow Belt niche into more and broader markets. This year, the redesigned 2015 Subaru Legacy is a viable contender to go head to head with the most mainstream mid-size sedans: Toyota Camry, Honda Accord, Ford...
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2015 Honda Fit Gas Mileage: True 40-MPG Subcompact, Or Not?
The 2015 Honda Fit subcompact is an entirely new model, and for North America, it's built in a new plant in Mexico. That means that its launch was necessarily slow and cautious--in fact, it was delayed two months--and then a bumper upgrade to reinforce crash-safety welds hardly sped up the...
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Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock Discuss VW Electric Cars In New Ad (In German)
Volkswagen goes where no one has gone before in a new ad.
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The 2015 Chevrolet Trax goes on sale in January.
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2015 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Production To Double: 1 In 5 Trucks To Get Diesel
Ram is increasing EcoDiesel truck production to meet demand.
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Jeep Renegade Is 'Male,' While Fiat 500X Will Be More 'Female': Analyst
The 2015 Jeep Renegade, a subcompact crossover from Jeep's owner Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, won't go on sale for a few more months--although it's now in dealerships in Europe. The littlest Jeep will add incremental sales in North America, although its main markets are likely to be Asia and Europe...
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2015 Honda CR-V: New Engine, CVT For Higher Gas Mileage, New Features, Mild Restyle
The 2015 CR-V boasts improved gas mileage thanks to a new CVT.
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2015 Jeep Renegade On Sale In Europe Next Week, U.S. Sales Start Dec Or Jan
The 2015 Jeep Renegade is Jeep's smallest modern utility vehicle.
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2015 Honda CR-V Revealed; Updated SUV's Details To Come Next Week
The 2015 Honda CR-V will feature updated styling and other changes.
Stephen Edelstein