2005 Ford Escape Hybrid Road Test March 18, 2005
You know this hybrid business is getting out of hand when the Big Devil of the automotive community, those gas-sucking, lane-hogging, sun-blocking SUVs, have a hybrid to call their own.
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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.
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