The Truth About Cars

APRIL 17, 2024

Perhaps the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N we featured isn’t your speed. Too tall, too expensive, too electric. Give me internal-combustion and real exhaust noise and a trunk – hatchbacks have too much utility for me! Full disclosure: Hyundai flew me to Monterey/Carmel, California and fed and housed me for two nights.

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Hyundai Exhaust Acura Fuel Economy 105

Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The list of powertrains (note we can’t say engines anymore) was fairly exhaustive—39 vehicles were evaluated with 18 of those electrified models. It is comprised of powertrains that are all-new or significantly improved from previous versions. The range from A to V spanned the Acura TLX Type S 3.0L Hyundai Kona BEV.

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Engine Plug-in Hyundai F-150 69

The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2023

If it’s lightweight and fun to drive, all the better. An executive express with hips like Sharika and devastatingly powerful electric motors is the simpleton’s choice for a list like this, especially when one deploys all of its 637 horses for a 3.0 second blast to highway speeds. Akio Toyoda sure did, apparently.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 7, 2022

The all-new 2022 Genesis GV70 slots in just below the larger GV80 SUV, both of which will be joined soon by the all-electric GV60. The 2022 Genesis GV70 has two engine options with all-wheel drive (AWD) standard. The Comfort drive mode offers nearly the same efficiency as Eco, but with better acceleration at all times.

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SUV Clean Cleaning Fuel Economy 90