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Top Vehicles for Ungrateful Whelps

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Now, more than ever, finding an appropriate vehicle that’s actually affordable can be challenging – to put it mildly – given a hyperactive used car market and skyrocketing price tags of even the most horrid machines. This author recently saw a beige 2002 Ford Windstar with 168,000 miles priced at $9,995, fer chrissakes.

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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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BMW and Toyota are consistent leaders in sustainable value. The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., Findings of the report include: Toyota and the BMW Group are industry leaders. Click to enlarge.

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Report: Nissan To Introduce Compact Hybrids in Japan in 2011

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Nissan is likely to develop a low-cost, compact powertrain similar to those in Honda hybrids, with an electric motor to provide additional power to a constantly working engine. Nissan froze its earlier development of hybrids in 2002, relying instead on an agreement with Toyota for the hybrid version of the Altima sedan available in the US.

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EPA Reports Fifth Consecutive Annual Increase in US New Vehicle Fuel Economy; Up 9% Since 2004, Back to Levels of Early 1980s

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After two decades of constant growth, light truck market share has been relatively stable from 2002 through 2009. Preliminary MY2009 values suggest that Honda will continue to have the lowest fleetwide CO 2 emissions (and highest fuel economy), followed closely by Hyundai-Kia and Toyota.

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Nissan to introduce compact hybrids

Green Cars News

The Nikkei reports that the company will develop a low-cost, compact powertrain similar to those in Honda hybrids with an electric motor that provides additional power to the constantly working engine. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news Nissan Nissan hybrid cars.

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Vehicle fuel economy rises for fifth consecutive year

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Yet after two decades of constant growth, the light truck market share has been relatively stable from 2002-2009 and is projected to be 49 per cent based on pre-model year production projections. Hybrids are projected to have a 1.8

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Rav4 EV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

2002 Toyota Rav4 EV VIN: 2630 - purchased 12/16/2002 For more fun, please click tabs at the top Rav4EV Discussion Group Signup Page In December, 2002, we purchased our 2002 Rav4EV. “What about the Honda Insight?&# Tags: evdriven. is that it has five doors and seats five people. And I OWN it!

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