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

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I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. That 10 years is now only applicable for the Generation 3 made from 2010-2015, but at least there are options. It is something very cheap to fix and to inspect. It was time to buy our first car.

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2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Review – Cheap(ish) Speed

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The EcoBoost version of the Mustang has offered over 300 horsepower since 2015. It used to be about style for the base cars and cheap speed for the more-powerful ponies. That ship sailed long ago – now the base car offers sport for cheaper, though not cheap, while the GT is more about pure muscle. It’s not perfect.

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NADA forecasts light-duty vehicle sales of 16.94M in US in 2015; 56% trucks and SUVs

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million in 2015, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association. On the downside, small and mid-sized cars are likely to face a tougher market in 2015. In addition, hybrid sales are expected to be slower as long as oil remains cheap. in 2015, with the potential for growth to exceed that level.

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Aluminum-Body 2015 Ford F-150 Gets 5-Star NHTSA Rating For Crash Safety

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Cutting weight can be one of the most effective tactics to increase fuel economy, but it doesn''t necessarily come cheap. The 2015 Ford F-150 pickup, with its aluminum body and bed mounted on a conventional steel frame, represents a huge gamble by Ford on its highest-volume vehicle line.

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Cheap 2015 Nissan Leaf, Tesla drag racing, RI electric-car incentives: Today's car news

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Today, how one reader got an exceedingly inexpensive new Nissan Leaf electric car, drag racing a "Ludicrous" mode-equipped Tesla Model S, and how Rhode Island uses money from polluters to fund its electric-car incentives. All this and more on Green Car Reports. We've got details on the 2017 Hyundai Ioniq, multiple first drives, and more in our.

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Could The 2015 Toyota Fuel-Cell Vehicle Cost $100,000? Perhaps Close

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Bad news: "Cheap" is a relative term, and when Toyota finally releases a production version of the car previewed by its FCV-R fuel-cell concept, it''ll still cost anywhere in the region of $50,000-$100,000 to buy. Good news: Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are getting cheaper to develop all the time.

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Cheap Oil Will Last A Decade, Says Huge Oil Trader

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With fuel prices low throughout 2015, Americans bought more new cars, but many of them were less-efficient SUVs and crossovers. The low oil prices that boosted new-car sales and caused average fuel-economy gains to sputter last year may be here to stay, for a while at least.

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