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A Honda City is spotted roaming the streets of Torrance, California.
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2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid & Plug-In Hybrid Debut At 2015 Detroit Auto Show
The redesigned 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid and new Sonata Plug-In Hybrid roll into the 2015 Detroit Auto Show.
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2015 Chrysler 200 Four-Cylinder: Gas Mileage Review
The 2015 Chrysler 200 mid-size sedan is a good-looking, comfortable, and modern entry in a very competitive segment of the car market. Part of the Fiat-led product renaissance at Chrysler, it replaces the grim, dated previous 200 derived from the old Sebring and largely relegated to car-rental...
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2014 Tesla Model S P85D: First Drive Of All-Electric AWD Performance Sedan
As a long-time Tesla Model S owner—almost two years now—I was naturally eager to get behind the wheel of the new dual-motor P85D. I’d had a couple of brief stints in 416-hp P85 loaners while my standard S85 was in for service. Those had been exhilarating enough, almost scary. What...
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2016 Toyota Mirai: First Drive Of Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Sedan
The 2016 Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car will get a huge amount of promotion and attention from its maker, despite the very low numbers that will be built in its first years. In that respect, it's very similar to the first Toyota Prius hybrid back in 1997--a first sketch of what a future...
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2015 Audi A3 TDI Diesel: Fuel Economy Review
The 2015 Audi A3 is the first all-new version of the compact luxury car since it was launched in the U.S. as a 2006 model. And there are a lot of changes. Most noticeable is its evolution from a five-door hatchback to a four-door sedan, facing it off neatly against the Mercedes-Benz CLA (also a...
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Mazda says its Skyactiv-D engine doesn't have the necessary "Zoom-Zoom."
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Volkswagen Passat HyMotion Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicle Prototype: Brief Drive
The 2016 Toyota Mirai may have been the biggest news in hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles at last week's Los Angeles Auto Show, but it wasn't alone. VW Group brought two fuel-cell prototypes to the show's green-car ride and drive program, and we spent 15 minutes driving one. DON'T MISS: Volkswagen Golf...
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2016 Toyota Mirai Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car: First Photos From Test Drive
The 2016 Toyota Mirai is getting a major launch just before this week's Los Angeles Auto Show. It's clear Toyota considers this a vehicle every bit as seminal as its very first Prius hybrid of 1997. The Prius comparisons came regularly during a day of presentations yesterday, and then again this...
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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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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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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 refined design, the 2015 Sonata Eco is the one. DON'T MISS: 2015 Hyundai Sonata: Gas Mileage Review Of New Mid-Size Sedan We've now driven the new Sonata Eco, although we didn't test it on our standard test route. Instead, all of High Gear Media's editors took turns in the Sonata Eco during...
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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 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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2016 Cadillac CT6 Large Luxury Car To Offer Plug-In Hybrid Option
Cadillac continues on its decade-long quest to build and sell cars that will be viewed as equivalent to the best of the German prestige brands. To that end, it will introduce a new and larger rear-wheel-drive sedan next year, to be called the CT6. Now the company has confirmed that the CT6 range...
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2017 Jaguar XE Diesel To Face Off Against BMW 328d (3-Series Diesel)
The 2017 Jaguar XE diesel will be the automaker's most fuel-efficient production car ever.
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Infiniti Q80 Inspiration Hybrid Concept Unveiled At Paris Motor Show
Infiniti has made little secret of its desire to launch a new flagship that would finally fill the void left by the departure of its largest sedan, the Q45. Today, at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, we now have our first solid look at the automaker’s progress--in the form of the stunning Q80...
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The future of the Fisker Karma range-extended luxury electric sedan has been in the hands of new owner Wanxiang America for many months, with little known about its relaunch plans or timing. Now, however, a Reuters article says that the company plans to relaunch the existing vehicle--last sold as the 2012 Fisker Karma--"by next year," presumably as a 2015 or perhaps 2016 model. DON'T MISS: Fisker Karma Finnish Production To Resume Following Fixes, New Model Later Wanxiang founder and chairman Lu Guanqiu and Wanxiang America president Pin Ni had told reporters last month that the company had...
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2014 Mercedes CLA: Smallest Benz Sees Sky-High Demand
Mercedes-Benz is adding production capacity to keep up with CLA demand.
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2016 Mercedes-Benz S550 Plug-In Hybrid: First Drive
The 2016 Mercedes-Benz S550 Plug-In Hybrid luxury sedan will arrive in the U.S. next spring. We've now driven a prototype of the U.S.-spec car, which is quiet, luxurious, and likely to carry a six-figure price tag. And it will be followed within a year by two more plug-in hybrids using the same...
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2015 Lexus ES 300h Hybrid Gets New Infotainment Features
The 2015 Lexus ES 300h hits showrooms with minor changes.
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Fisker Karma Owners Can Soon Buy Spare Parts, Wanxiang Says
Owners of the 2012 Fisker Karma range-extended electric luxury car got some good news last week: The company that now owns the carmaker has promised that supplies of spare parts will soon become available. Fisker stopped producing its striking sedan in July 2012 after it had built roughly 3,000 of...
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2015 Ford Fusion: Smaller EcoBoost Engine, Manual Gearbox Gone
Time was when mid-size sedans routinely came with V-6 engines of 3.0 to 3.6 liters. But these days, those are rare and expensive high-end options--if they're even offered at all. The 2015 Ford Fusion sedan now has a simplified lineup of engines, and all of them continue to have just four...
John Voelcker