Tag: Plug-In
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...
First look: 2014 BMW i8 plug-in hybrid at IAA Frankfurt Motor Show
At the Frankfurt Motor show today, BMW pulls cover off what could be one of the most unique and ground breaking cars in the company's history. A new 2+2 sports car with a modern take on the 8-Series moniker, the i8 wi...
First Look: 2015 Audi A3
For 2015, Audi's entry-level A3 is all-new from the ground up in typical evolution, meaning at first glance you would hardly know it. Make no mistake however, the new A3 brings little across the line from the 2014 mod...
Reality Check: Ford lowers MPG ratings on 2013-2014 models
Ford owners are getting a reality check this week, in the mail in fact ranging from $150 to over $1000 as good will payments as it lowers fuel economy ratings on several cars. Already having been stung by incorrect...
Motoring Minute: 2015 Volvo XC90 T8 Twin-Engine
Volvo this week announced the top line trim for their upcoming 2015 XC-90 luxury SUV, the T8. While T8 would have previously meant a V8 engine, the new T8 has what Volvo calls Twin Engine technology. Since the comp...
Concept: Lamborghini Asterion LPI 910-4
At the Paris Motor Show this week Lamborghini unveiled the Asterion LPI 910-4 Concept, the company's first plug-in hybrid super-car. And if you think being a hybrid means this bull has become a steer headed for the...
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...
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: 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: 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...
