Tag: Hybrid
Under The Hood: Kia Sportage Hybrid
For 2023 the Kia Sportage Hybrid is an all-new offering with a 1.6-liter direct-injected turbocharged four-cylinder engine. The gasoline engine itself has 177 horsepower and 195 pound-feet of torque. Sandwiched be...
First Drive Review: 2016 Toyota Prius
The 2016 Toyota Prius is all new, and we get our first drive in Southern California along the beach as well as the cone course. The new car has been a long time coming, and it brings with it not only new style, but hi...
First Drive: 2016 Lexus RX450h Hybrid
When it comes to luxury crossovers, the Lexus RX has been at the top of sales charts both in its class and in Toyota’s luxury brand showrooms. Adding to its gravitas, its hybrid offering the RX450h has been a signific...
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...
Under The Hood: 2022 Hyundai Elantra Hybrid
The Hyundai Elantra Hybrid is powered by a 1.6-liter Atkinson Cycle four-cylinder gasoline engine and an electric motor integrated into its 6-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission. The engine and electric motor...
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...
First Drive: 2017 Honda Accord Hybrid
The Honda Accord Hybrid was canceled after 2015 due to slow sales, under-performing both in the showroom and in sales. It's back for 2017 with an all-new propulsion system that based on our test drive might just stick...
Hybrid: BMW Concept Active Tourer Outdoor
BMW continues their flirtation with compact crossovers with their latest Concept Active Tourer Outdoor. Adding to the theme of outdoor lifestyle is a plug-in hybrid drive-train that likely foretells of future offering...
Test Drive: 2022 Ford Maverick XL Hybrid
The headline of the press release for the 2022 Ford Maverick read, “40 MPG city, standard hybrid, seats five, starts under $20K”. Yep that sounds like the deal of the century, where do we sign up? We did exactl...
2022 Ford Maverick: Hybrid Explained
Because the new 2022 Ford Maverick comes standard as a hybrid, many of its prospective buyers have never driven or ever considered purchasing one before. This will be the very first hybrid for a vast many and they...
