Gas Mileage
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New research shows that the average age of U.S. cars has reached a record high.
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2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata: The Greenest New Sports Car You Can Buy?
The 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata is the newest generation of the world's most popular sports car. The iconic two-seater passed the British MGB more than a decade ago to become the highest-volume sports car in the world, and the latest iteration brings it into the current decade. In fact, we'd argue that...
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Buick To Get Version Of Opel Adam Minicar As Range Is Renewed Over Next Few Years
Buick could get its own version of the Opel Adam minicar, but not until 2018 at the earliest.
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2015 Ford F-150 'Air Curtain' Cuts Aerodynamic Drag
The Ford F-150 uses ducting in its wheel wells to deal with aerodynamic drag from spinning wheels.
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2016 Mazda CX-3 Small Crossover Price Starts At $20,000
The 2016 Mazda CX-3 will start at just over $20,000.
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Elio Motors Raises $22 Million From Small Investors, Still Needs $130 Million More
As one website put it--in a piece tagged to lure Tesla Motors fans--Elio Motors is "the other automotive startup" to which those fans should presumably pay attention. But even Tesla CEO Elon Musk hasn't proposed "crowdsourcing" his product-development funds. Given that Elio now seems to have raised...
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The 2016 Fiat 500 will make its public debut at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show.
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Average Fuel Economy Reaches 25.4 MPG In U.S. Vehicles During First Half
June new-car average fuel economy may have been affected by SUV sales.
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BMW: Water Injection Can Boost Power And Cut Fuel Consumption
BMW demonstrates water injection as an efficiency-boosting measure on a 1-Series prototype.
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Modern Cars Vs Chevy Chevette: Gas Mileage Much Better Today
It's a regular and recurring theme in comments on Green Car Reports: "Yeah, maybe the new 2016 something-or-other gets 31 mpg combined, but so what? My 20-year-old Geo Metro gets 40 mpg and I've put 280,000 miles on it! New cars are all stupid!" When we have the time or inclination, we often...
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Ford Applies Cylinder Deactivation Even To 3-Cylinder Engines For Fuel Efficiency
Ford tests a new cylinder-deactivation system on its 1.0-liter engine.
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Fuel-Efficient Four-Cylinder Engine Key To 2016 Ford Mustang Sales Success
EcoBoost sales may be fueling the Ford Mustang's current success.
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The 2016 Scion iA and iM go on sale in September.
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Gas Prices Matter To U.S. Households, But Only Somewhat
Gas purchases are inelastic, and a small part of average U.S. household spending, a new report finds.
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2016 MINI Cooper Clubman Grows Up Into More Maxi Wagon With Six Doors
The 2016 MINI Clubman gains conventional rear doors and more interior space.
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2016 Chevrolet Cruze Sedan Unveiled; 40-MPG Highway Rating Promised
The 2016 Chevrolet Cruze was unveiled in Detroit.
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Drivers Say Fuel Economy Better Than EPA Ratings; Discrepancies Matter, Though
A AAA study found that most drivers get better fuel economy than the EPA ratings.
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New 2016 Chevy Cruze To Sell Alongside Older 'Cruze Limited'
The first-generation Chevrolet Cruze will live on as the Cruze Limited.
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When Paul Elio said in April that his startup carmaker, Elio Motors, was pursuing crowdsourced funding, most journalists likely imagined sites like Kickstarter or GoFundMe. In fact, the investment opportunity is slightly more formal than that. Elio needs to raise roughly $230 million to start manufacturing its three-wheeled, two-seat, "84-mpg" vehicle in a 4-million-square-foot former General Motors plant in Shreveport, Louisiana. DON'T MISS: Elio Motors: First-Ever Auto-Show Press Event In NYC Touts '84-MPG' Three-Wheel Car So the company is now offering early-stage investments to so-called...
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2016 Chevrolet Cruze To Be Shown This Week, Hatchback Model Included: Report
The 2016 Chevrolet Cruze could be sold as both a sedan and a hatchback.
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Car Buyers: Fuel Economy Important, Doesn't Matter How You Get There
Consumers don't care about how cars achieve fuel-economy improvements, a new study finds.
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Small Cars Now Deliver Fuel Efficiency of Big Motorcycles: How'd That Happen?
How are fuel-efficient are some of today's smaller cars? It turns out that they now actually equal the fuel economy of larger motorcycles--which is pretty amazing for a four-seat vehicle weighing more than a ton. Especially since the motorcycles returning comparable gas-mileage figures weigh about...
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2016 Honda Pilot Seven-Seat SUV Rated At 22 Or 23 MPG Combined
The 2016 Honda Pilot gets a slight bump in fuel efficiency as part of a ground-up redesign. The new Pilot was unveiled back in February at the 2015 Chicago Auto Show, and we now know that it will achieve an EPA-rated 23 mpg combined (20 mpg city, 27 mpg highway) with front-wheel drive and the...
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Adding Ethanol To Gasoline May Boost Global Oil Use: Study
Ethanol use doesn't automatically limit gasoline consumption.
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