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Road Test: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plus Plug-In Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Italian Under the Skin Scratch the surface of the 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T and you will find the Alfa Romeo Tonale, with Dodge and Alfa Romeo two of 16 Stellantis automobile brands sold throughout the world. Dodge was most recently the performance division of the old Chrysler Corporation. The onboard 7.4 kW inverter will take 2.5

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Cash for Clunkers By the Numbers

Green Car Congress

mpg and the average fuel economy of vehicles purchased is 24.9 mpg: a 58% improvement. Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan 2WD. California had the largest voucher dollar amount requested: $326,822,000, or 11.3% Eighty-four percent of consumers traded in trucks and 59% purchased passenger cars. Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD.

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Road Test: 2021 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Premium

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high-performance at 20 mpg city/27 highway/22 combined. In 240 miles driving around Southern California we averaged 23 mpg, but in a 100-mile run with the adaptive cruise control set at 65 mph, we averaged 31.2 mpg, exceeding the EPA figure. Road Test: 2015 Dodge Challenger. And yes, you can spin the tires!

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Road Test: 2022 Subaru BRZ Limited

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After spending a fun week tooling around Southern California in the BRZ, there isn’t any argument coming from us. The BRZ is EPA rated at 20 mpg city/27 highway/22 combined mpg. In our week driving through Southern California we averaged 24.7 Road Test: 2016 Dodge Challenger. Road Test: 2022 Subaru BRZ Limited.

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Road Test: Ford 2023 Escape PHEV

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The hybrid powertrain The Environmental Protection Agency rates the all-electric range (AER) at 37 miles and fuel economy at 40 mpg highway and combined when running in gasoline-only mode. Clean Fleet Report spent a week driving in Southern California for a total of 179 miles, averaging 48.2 But in California, it was averaging $5.88

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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Ghibli Trofeo

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The EPA estimates fuel economy to be 13 mpg city/20 highway/16 combined running on 91 octane. The Maserati Ghibli Trofeo drew stares, which is saying something in car-crazy Southern California, where every exotic is roaming free on the highways and can be found tucked away behind gates in tony neighborhoods. Dynamic Presence.

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Flash Drive: 2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost and Coyote 5.0 V8

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torque EPA Estimated Fuel Economy: 22 mpg city/33 highway/26 combined (Note: Official numbers TBD) Base tires: 255/40 summer tires. Fuel Economy Initial EPA estimates rate the EcoBoost at 22 mpg city/33 highway/26 combined, while the GT V8 is 14 city/23 highway/17 combined. Interested in smoking the rear tires?

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