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

Green Car Reports

That buys a Lexus-estimated, EPA-cycle 35 miles of electric range. Lexus on Tuesday revealed launch timing and specs for the first-ever plug-in hybrid version of its RX mid-size crossover. 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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2020 Toyota Yaris Hatchback to debut at New York show; 40 mpg highway

Green Car Congress

Estimated highway fuel economy is 40 mpg US (5.88 Both the LE and XLE grades are equipped with navigation hardware; the customer simply needs to buy the accessory SD card through a Toyota dealer to activate navigation capability. The vehicle gets its high appetite for fun and low appetite for fuel from a 1.5-liter

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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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Five 40-MPG Mid-Size Sedans You Can Buy Today

Green Car Reports

That year, it''s easy to buy a mid-size sedan--perhaps even something a bit larger--that returns 40 mpg in regular use. Imagine it''s 2025 and the full impact of tougher gas-mileage regulations has taken effect. Here''s the thing, though: For 2013, there are already a handful of sedans that do that.

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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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Cheapest MPG You Can Buy: What Cars Give Lowest-Cost Mileage?

Green Car Reports

That's where dollars per MPG comes in - a measure to show you how. There are some pretty efficient cars on sale these days, but it's fair to say that to benefit from the technology, you often have to spend a little more to start with.

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