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First drive review: 2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid beats Highlander Hybrid with 37 mpg and better tech, but it’s no Telluride

Green Car Reports

With the 2021 Sorento Hybrid, Kia delivers plenty of good reasons for us to choose its modest mid-size family crossover: a jaw-dropping 37-mpg EPA combined rating and a sub-$35,000 starting price, for a vehicle that seats six.

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

Green Car Congress

Used Priuses, especially the Generation 2 that were made from 2004 to 2009 are becoming a bargain to buy, especially for the MPG and features you get in return. It was time to buy our first car. I was nervous as this was the first time that I was buying a car, so the experience was new to me. How did it all start?

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2024 Lexus RX 450h+ PHEV: 35 electric miles, 35 mpg, due late 2023

Green Car Reports

Lexus on Tuesday revealed launch timing and specs for the first-ever plug-in hybrid version of its RX mid-size crossover. That buys a Lexus-estimated, EPA-cycle 35 miles of electric range. The 2024 Lexus RX 450h+ will arrive at U.S. dealerships at the end of 2023 with a base price of $70,080 (including destination).

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2023 Toyota Crown Platinum Review – Eating (Some) Crow

The Truth About Cars

The Platinum trim gets a hybrid setup that mates a 2.4-liter You don’t buy a large sedan to blow people’s doors off – and if you did, you’d be buying a Stellantis product with the letters SRT affixed somewhere. You buy something like the Crown for comfortable cruising with a spacious cabin.

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2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid Review - The Un-Car

The Truth About Cars

Very few people head into car shopping with the intent of buying something bland and boring, I’d imagine. I really can’t see anyone lusting after a subcompact hybrid crossover. But for many drivers, the 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid might indeed be the light and refreshing mixer they need. This is an excellent answer.

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Green Car Reports' Best Car To Buy: 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid

Green Car Reports

For 2014, our fourth annual Green Car Reports'' Best Car To Buy award goes to the 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid. This new model of the redesigned Honda Accord sedan introduced last year is comfortable, quiet, stylish--and delivers real-world fuel economy from 40 mpg to as much as 52 mpg.

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Why Can't We Buy Cars That Do 60, 70, Or 80 MPG?

Green Car Reports

The first-generation Honda Insight hybrid, sold from 2000 through 2006, is renowned even today for its ultra-high gas mileage: 52 mpg combined (48 mpg city, 58 mpg highway). Those ratings remain unmatched today by anything today that doesn''t include a plug and a large battery pack.

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