The Truth About Cars
MAY 13, 2024
You don’t buy a large sedan to blow people’s doors off – and if you did, you’d be buying a Stellantis product with the letters SRT affixed somewhere. You buy something like the Crown for comfortable cruising with a spacious cabin. The Crown’s fuel-economy numbers are listed at 29 mpg city/32 mpg highway/30 mpg combined.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? It was time to buy our first car. I was nervous as this was the first time that I was buying a car, so the experience was new to me.
Green Car Reports
MARCH 1, 2021
With the 2021 Sorento Hybrid, Kia delivers plenty of good reasons for us to choose its modest mid-size family crossover: a jaw-dropping 37-mpg EPA combined rating and a sub-$35,000 starting price, for a vehicle that seats six.
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Similarly, you won’t buy this car for its cornering ability, but it no longer feels like any level of aggression will overcome the tires and send you into the bushes. Still, if you want Lexus quiet from your hybrids, you’ll need to, you know, buy a Lexus. Fuel economy is listed at 52 mpg across the board for city/highway/combined.
The Truth About Cars
AUGUST 29, 2023
If you’re buying the Maverick Tremor since the relatively small size promises better fuel economy over a midsized or full-sized pickup, you might reconsider your option packages. EPA ratings for a non-Tremor AWD Maverick - remember, same powertrain - are 22 mpg city, 28 mpg highway, and 24mpg combined. How significant?
The Truth About Cars
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Very few people head into car shopping with the intent of buying something bland and boring, I’d imagine. The line that comes to mind here is the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid is the car to buy when you don’t want to buy a car. It’s a damned good mixer, too. They want something with excitement and flavor. It’s boring.
The Truth About Cars
AUGUST 4, 2023
It’s going to be the theme of just about every Wrangler (and Ford Bronco, for that matter) review that I write – these off-road rigs are quite annoying on road but that’s OK because that’s the point. Sure, you might buy a Wrangler only for the image and not for the utility – but you can’t say we didn’t warn you. They’re supposed to be.
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