Tag: Hybrid
First Look: 2016 BMW X5 xDrive40e
As if BMW wasn't already in cutting edge limelight, they enter the newly minted plug-in hybrid SUV fray with their 2016 X5 xDrive40e. The 2016 X5 xDrive40e plug-in hybrid combines a 240 horsepower 2.0-liter turboch...
First Drive: 2015 Lexus NX300h Hybrid
The 2015 Lexus NX300h is an all-new model this year, sharing much of its underlying architecture and size with the ever popular Toyota RAV4. It competes in the market with also new entries like the Audi Q3, BMW X1, an...
Motoring Minute: Mitsubishi GC-PHEV Concept
At Chicago, Mitsubishi showed us they still have a design studio with their GC-PHEV Concept plug-in hybrid SUV concept. It’s a futuristic robot fighter ship which demonstrates the brand's future hybrid powertrain s...
First Look: Kia Trailster Concept
Showing off what could well be the next level for the Kia Soul, and the brand's hybrid drivetrain strategy, the Kia Trailster Concept made its big splash down at the Chicago Auto Show. Taking the already cute Soul,...
First Look: 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid
Mid-size sedan buyers will have a new high-efficiency option this fall with the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid sedan. At the Detroit Auto Show, Hyundai unveiled their next entry in a coming line of hybrid model...
Motoring Minute: 2016 Acura NSX
Some twenty-five years after the original, Acura unveiled their all-new 2016 Acura NSX supercar at the Detroit Auto Show. The production model rolled out on stage in Motor City, giving the crowd of journalists thei...
First Drive: 2015 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid
The 2015 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid comes to us in the last years of the current generation, offering the most fuel-efficient version of the Liftback model you can buy. Styling is familiar as the Prius has been the b...
First Look: 2015 Toyota Prius c
The Toyota Prius c has held its place as “the small one”, just under the mainstream Prius Liftback and its larger brother the Prius v. And to keep it fresh, Toyota updated its style and feature content for 2015. So...
Test Drive: 2014 Ford Fusion Energi Plug-In Hybrid
Styling with the Ford Fusion has been a high point across the entire model line, looking far more a European premium luxury car than a mainstream mid-size car from America. Many opine it looks like an Aston Martin, no...
Test Drive: 2014 Ford CMax Hybrid
A model also sold on other continents, the 2014 Ford CMax has a decidedly European flavor in its design. Fitting into the Ford family between the Focus and Escape crossover, it shares the styling DNA that has been pop...
