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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. Also, Toyota’s overstating the Crown Signia’s crossover bona fides. The latest one is a marketing ploy.

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2023 Toyota Prius Limited Review – Finally a Worthy Choice

The Truth About Cars

The Toyota Prius was once reviled by most enthusiasts and often the butt of jokes, even in pop culture. But it was based in one truth – the Prius might save you a lot of gas but man it was no fun to drive. But it was based in one truth – the Prius might save you a lot of gas but man it was no fun to drive.

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2023 Toyota Sequoia Review – Comfortable Yet Cold

The Truth About Cars

With the 2023 Toyota Sequoia, the brand also tried to be stylish. This review will be an unusual dual-trim review – I drove two separate Sequoias within a short time of one another. They’re not different enough to justify two separate reviews. liter twin-turbo V6 when the hybrid’s gas motor comes alive.

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News: 2025 Toyota Crown SUV

Clean Fleet Report

News: 2025 Toyota Crown SUV The Crown Lifted-Sedan Gets a Stablemate The Crown SUV roofline When Toyota introduced the 2023 Crown, we were curious why the company would reintroduce the Crown name with a sedan in a market dominated by SUVs. liter gas engine with different size battery packs.

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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? Having enough electric charge to last a 5-15 minute in silence in a traffic jam. During reversing, the Prius is powered only by the electric motor.

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Review: 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid achieves Prius-like fuel economy

Baua Electric

One of the electric motors is for propulsion and always connected to the wheels, and it’s connected to the gas engine via a clutch, while the other is connected to the engine primarily as a generator. Power always goes to the front wheels, and unlike the Toyota Corolla hybrid all-wheel drive isn’t an option.

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2017 Toyota Prius Prime real-world gas mileage, electric range review

Green Car Reports

The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime is an automotive enigma. It proudly flaunts its eco-friendly credentials, yet its factory-rated 25 miles of electric range simply pales in comparison to the 53 miles advertised by the Chevrolet Volt.

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