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2023 Toyota Prius Limited Review – Finally a Worthy Choice

The Truth About Cars

To be sure, the Prius is no sports car. liter four-cylinder/electric motor pairing – 194 horsepower now for front-wheel drive models like my test car, and 139 lb-ft of torque for all models – erases the pokiness of the past and brings the car up to date. My biggest gripe was an intrusion of outside noise above 60 mph.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

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.

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Review: 2025 Toyota Crown Signia gives America a hybrid wagon

Baua Electric

Later this summer the 2025 Toyota Crown Signia will roll into dealerships and buyers will find a spacious, more practical iteration of the Crown sedan , which replaced the Avalon atop the automakers passenger car lineup. Passenger cars, which include wagons and sedans can’t come from the factory with tinted windows because of wonky laws.

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2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale Review — Bada Bing

The Truth About Cars

While I try to remain objective, the car had run afoul of my automotive prejudices before it had even been shipped stateside. If you want to make the car go from placid to vicious, all you have to do is turn the applicable dial and the vehicle complies immediately. Fuel economy is said to be 29 mpg on the highway and 23 around town.

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Renault presents the 235 mpg EOLAB prototype; plug-in “Z.E. Hybrid”; targeting production

Green Car Congress

EOLAB delivers NEDC combined cycle fuel consumption of 1 liter/100 km (235 mpg US), equivalent to 22g of CO 2 /km. Hybrid” plug-in hybrid system—the last offering all-electric trips of up to 60 km (37 miles) at speeds of up to 120 km/h (75 mph). These tend to be bulky, heavy and costly, and consequently ill-suited to small cars.

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News: 2023 Toyota and Lexus New Products

Clean Fleet Report

Make sure to sign-up for the Clean Fleet Report newsletter (upper right) to be alerted when reviews are posted on several of these cars, trucks and SUVs. Clean Fleet Report has tested many Toyota hybrid models and know this fuel economy number can easily be topped, getting in the 40+ mpg range. For a full review, go here.

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Road Test: 2022 Lexus ES 300h Hybrid F Sport

Clean Fleet Report

The EPA rates fuel economy for the 2022 Lexus ES 300h at 43 mpg city/44 highway/44 combined mpg. Running on regular unleaded, our Southern California road tripping covered 499 miles, with the majority on highways and traveling no faster than 70 mph. 70-mile run at 45 mph: 58.6 90-mile run at 65 mph: 48.7

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