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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. Our nameless reviewer felt , back in 2006, that the Vue's panel gaps made it the "automotive equivalent of a shotgun shack" and calculated that the Green Line version would require 90,000 miles of driving with $2.15/gallon

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You Just Got Beat by a Civic

The Truth About Cars

Yesterday, our man Matt Posky ably wrote about the 2023 Honda Civic Type R and its record-setting lap at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, circling the Green Hell in 7:44.881, enough to best the 2019 Renault Mégane R.S. Trophy-R by over half a second. This got us thinkin’: with a time like that, what other cars did it beat?

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2016 Scion iA Review, Honda Solar Charging, VW On Electric Cars: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we drive the 2016 Scion iA subcompact sedan, Honda tests solar-powered electric-car charging in the Marshall Islands, and some digging reveals that Volkswagen thought electric cars were the future, back in 2007. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Tesla Model X Falcon Doors, Bosch And VW, NRG Energy Resets: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, we take a closer look at the Tesla Model X electric crossover's "falcon" doors, a report claims supplier Bosch knew about Volkswagen's emissions cheating in 2007, and NRG Energy restructures, leading to questions about the fate of its eVgo charging network. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Hero: ITM Power

Green Cars News

Turn the clock back to 2007… series 12, episode seven of British cult motoring TV show Top Gear. Green Hero' It was during that episode that James May got behind the wheel of the Honda FCX Clarity, one of the world’s first hydrogen cars, and responded by labelling it “the future of the car” and “the most import[.].

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Junkyard Find: 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 Mystery Machine

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The Mystery Machine from the "Scooby-Doo" animated series has inspired countless van owners to slather on various blue/green/yellow/whatever paint schemes over the decades, and that's what happened to this Tradesman. Today's Junkyard Find is a first-generation B-van, found in a Colorado boneyard. 1977 Dodge Tradesman 200 in Colorado junkyard.

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HRH Prince of Wales: 65 today and green car champ?

Green Cars News

Admittedly, Prince Charles isn’t the first guy we think of upon mentioning ‘green cars’ either, but hear us out, the man next in line to the British throne has an interesting history behind the wheel. In 2007, the heir [.]. This Thursday [Nov 14] marks the 65th anniversary of HRH The Prince of Wales. Biofuels'