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Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

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But you are rewarded for a light touch on the accelerator pedal, as it runs in electric mode when cruising on the highway, and much of the time when driving in town. It’s highlighted by a distinctive LED head light design, which is edged by a very unique and compelling daylight running light strip. Road Test: 2020 Honda Insight.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Rio S 5-door Hatchback

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Launched in 2018, the Kia Rio had a front end restyling last year (2021) with a new bumper and redesigned grille intakes, a narrow black grille with tasteful chrome accents and, on the S trim level, LED head lights. Road Test: 2022 Honda Civic. Road Test: 2020 Honda Insight Hybrid. First Drive: 2016 Nissan Sentra.

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Road Test: 2022 Honda Civic Sedan 1.5T Touring

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The LED head and driving lights are sleekly integrated next to the small upper grille, which sits above a slightly larger lower grille and LED fog lights in the outer fascia corners. The trunk lid height, diminutive integrated lip spoiler, LED tail lights and rear bumper/fascia all were optimized with airflow in mind.

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Final Test: 2021 Mazda6 Carbon Edition

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The auto-dimming rear view mirror has Homelink, an integrated transceiver (a transmitter and receiver) that can be programmed to activate radio frequency (RF) devices such as garage doors, estate/community gates, entry door locks, home/office lighting, security systems or other RF devices. First Drive: 2016 Nissan Altima.

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Japanese car makers pour praise on Obama

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On Tuesday Obama announced rules that will bring new cars and trucks sold in the USA to an average of 35.5miles per gallon by 2016 - around 10mpg above today’s standards. Passenger cars will need to reach 39mpg while light trucks must hit 30mpg.

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