2006 Mercury Mariner Hybrid Preview March 15, 2005
Mercury's new 2006 Mariner Hybrid is what most people would consider to be a "no-brainer." Fundamentally identical to the Ford Escape, which is available with a gasoline-electric full-hybrid propulsio…
Go Hybrid! February 28, 2005
Expensive gas. Dirty skies. Stinky exhaust fumes. Noise pollution. Yes, we Americans love our cars, but we're not so crazy about how much it costs to run them and the results of doing so.
No Hybrid! February 28, 2005
Hybrids are Evil.
You heard it here first, and here's why: they cost more money, don't deliver an equal value for all that cash and will keep the filthy little foreign oil rats in business for anoth…
2005 Hybrid Preview February 03, 2005
They used to be a faintly eccentric imported quirk, these cars that had two sources of power. They looked like beetles -- not the German kind - and they were largely reserved for those who had few of …
From Hemis to Hybrids: Detroit SUV Photo Gallery January 25, 2005
While it’s true that cars were the primary focus of the 2005 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, SUVs continued to soak up a good deal of the spotlight on a number of stages. From the R…
2005 Ford Escape Hybrid Preview January 05, 2005
IRVINE, CA - Calling it the world's first hybrid SUV, Ford Motor Company will begin production of an Escape Hybrid to go on sale to consumers in the summer of 2004. According to Ford, the Escape Hybri…
2006 Toyota Highlander Hybrid Preview January 05, 2005
DETROIT, MI - Tree huggers of the world unite! Environmental do-gooders, worrywarts about our imbalanced reliance on foreign oil, and grumblers about rising gas prices in general have a new reason to …
2005 Honda Accord Hybrid Preview January 02, 2005
Nationally, the average price for a gallon of gas is closing in on $2 per gallon, and a prominent candidate in the U.S. presidential race is an outspoken proponent of stiffer fuel mileage requirements…
Hybrids, Hydrogen and Price Hikes November 07, 2004
You go to the pump and there it is, in brilliant LCD: $51.57. Fifty bucks for a tank of gas. That's half a C note a week to get down the road, and it might soon be double that, as the summer months cr…
2005 Hybrid SUV Preview November 04, 2004
For years, automakers have been foisting hybrid vehicles on a relatively underwhelmed American public. They save gasoline, sure. They help you breathe easier, okay. But they don't go really fast or ma…
2005 Ford Escape Hybrid October 28, 2004
Sometimes, people do the right thing for the wrong reason. Case in point: fuel economy. We know that fossil fuels aren’t forever. We know that buying a vehicle that sips gas instead of slurping it …
2007 Nissan Altima Hybrid August 20, 2004
Nissan Altima Hybrid: Preview -- In what may go a long way toward cementing the future staying power of hybrid-powered vehicles, Nissan recently unveiled a prototype of the 2007 Altima Hybrid, a hybri…
What Makes Hybrids Go? August 10, 2004
It used to be so easy. If you wanted a hybrid, you had a simple choice: the Honda Insight, the Honda Civic and the Toyota Prius. All shared the same benefits: low emissions, high fuel economy, and …
2005 Honda Accord Hybrid August 10, 2004
Like teeth on a lion, hybrids and Honda go together. Or maybe it’s the whole fuel efficiency thing – imports, the Japanese in particular, just seem to do it better than domestic automakers.
That ma…