Gas Mileage
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An influx of high-strength steel could take away aluminum's weight advantage, the steel industry hopes.
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Ford Compact Pickup Truck: Coming Back After All, Sized Like Ranger?
What a difference a year makes. Throughout the long lead-up to the launch of its aluminum-bodied 2015 Ford F-150 full-size pickup, Ford has maintained that it sees no market for smaller pickup trucks. But now, the company may be changing its tune. DON'T MISS: Will Smaller Pickups Be More Popular...
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Chrysler Plug-In Hybrid Minivan Will Launch Late Next Year, Company Says
Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, has never been a fan of plug-in electric cars. So when he revealed at the Paris Motor Show that a plug-in hybrid version of the next Chrysler Town & Country minivan would arrive late next year, he added a few derogatory comments about the...
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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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Start-Stop In U.S.: 7% Now, 57% In 2020, But Drivers 'Resist': Analyst
Start-stop systems have finally started to arrive on U.S. new cars in noticeable numbers. The systems, which simply turn off a car's engine when it's sitting stationary and then switch it back on as the driver's foot starts to lift off the brake, are now fitted to 7 percent of new cars sold in the...
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Which States Have The Most Efficient Cars And Homes? Study Ranks Them
A new study ranks states based on energy efficiency.
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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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Small Engines May Use More Fuel Than You Expect, In Europe Especially
A new study claims downsized engines can't match their rated fuel economy in the real world.
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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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2015 Chevrolet Trax Crossover: Price To Start At $21,000
The 2015 Chevrolet Trax goes on sale in January.
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What Do Hybrid Owners Say About Their Cars? How About Everyone Else?
A new study looks at the views of hybrid owners, and everyone else, on hybrid cars.
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The 2015 CR-V boasts improved gas mileage thanks to a new CVT.
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2016 Ford Super Duty Pickups To Adopt Aluminum Bodies Too
Only now are selected media getting a chance to spend time with the all-new 2015 Ford F-150 pickup truck, which has a cab and pickup bed made of aluminum. And it will be a couple of months yet before it appears in showrooms. But Ford is looking ahead. DON'T MISS: 2015 Ford F-150 SFE: Highest Gas...
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Will Ultracapacitors Save Start-Stop Systems From Consumer Wrath?
Start-stop systems, which switch off a car's engine while it's stopped to boost fuel efficiency, are now entering the U.S. market in serious numbers. Many European makers, including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and MINI, are fitting them as standard on 2015 models, and there are more to come: By 2022, some...
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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 Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon Four-Cylinder Gas Mileage: 21 Or 22 MPG Combined
GM released four-cylinder gasoline fuel-economy estimates for its new mid-size trucks.
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New Nissan Pulsar Compact Hatch Rivals VW Golf, But No U.S. Sales Planned
The Nissan Pulsar is a compact five-door hatchback designed for the European market.
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More-efficient gasoline cars may be curtailing sales of hybrids, plug-ins, and other alternatives.
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2015 Ford Mustang Gas Mileage: EPA Ratings For All Models Released
At its most fuel efficient, the 2015 Ford Mustang is rated at 26 mpg combined.
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Ford Hybrid Sales: So Far, Not Hurt By All Those MPG Reductions
It's embarrassing when an automaker has to reduce its EPA gas-mileage ratings after being investigated by the agency, as Ford did in August 2013 for its 2013 and 2014 C-Max Hybrid. It's even more embarrassing when the company has to cut the rating on those vehicles again--along with five...
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2016 Mazda Miata: Sexy New Roadster Highlights Low Sales Of Two-Seat Cars
The Mazda MX-5, formerly Miata, holds a Guinness World Record as the highest-selling two-seater sports car in history. More than 940,000 MX-5s have been made since 1989, and the new 2016 MX-5 has just made its debut. Despite those impressive sales numbers though, the MX-5 is actually the perfect...
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2014 MINI Cooper: Gas Mileage Review With 3-Cyl Engine + Manual
The 2014 MINI Cooper hardtop is the first entire, top-to-bottom redesign of the iconic British minicar. In its base form, with a new 1.5-liter turbocharged three-cylinder engine and a six-speed manual gearbox, it runs a bit more than $20,000 and is rated at 34 mpg combined. But it's longer, wider...
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Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra Pickups To Get 8-Speed Automatic To Boost MPG
One of the factors making higher gas mileage possible across pretty much any vehicle on sale these days is multispeed transmissions. At the dawn of this century, four-speed automatics were the standard; now it's six speeds--and eight-speed automatics are coming on strong. Future models of the...
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