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Chrysler to introduce PHEV models in 2016 and 2017 to meet ZEV requirements; new FCA gasoline engine family coming in 2015

Green Car Congress

One will be a PHEV version of the new Chrysler Town & Country minivan to be introduced in 2016; the second will be a PHEV version of a new full-size crossover vehicle to be introduced in 2017. With the exception of a relatively small group of early adopters, the market continues to be primarily driven by regulatory requirements.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

I’ve always wondered how Harley would market its silent motorcycles. But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. Five Ways To Market EVs. Without being exhaustive, let’s take a look at some examples. Not an H or D in sight.

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When They Electrified Christmas

Cars That Think

Homeowners can illuminate the eaves with iridescent icicles, shroud their shrubs with twinkling mesh nets, or mount massive menorahs on their minivans. Meanwhile, manufacturers continued to market new products. The GE lights were still out of reach for the average consumer, but prices quickly dropped as competitors entered the market.

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2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan EPA-rated at 28 mpg highway, 22 mpg combined; stop/start and PHEV still to come

Green Car Congress

The gasoline-powered version of the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan has earned a highway-cycle fuel-economy rating of 28 mpg US (8.4 l/100km) from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—a benchmark unsurpassed by any minivan on the US market and 12% better than the vehicle Pacifica replaces.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLII)

The Truth About Cars

Ford was well aware in the Eighties how the two-door market (especially at the luxury end) was in flux. There were simply fewer coupe buyers as Americans ran to minivans and the earliest family-friendly SUVs. Said relocation required a revision to the exhaust routing. Only trim remained to tell them apart. And that was all.

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Road Test: 2024 Dodge Hornet R/T Plus Plug-In Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

The negative was the exhaust note (when in hybrid mode), which was too loud and quickly became tiresome. Taking design cues from crossovers sold in European markets, it has a smooth front end with two narrow upper grilles sitting over a larger fascia grille. The AWD torque vectoring acts as an electronic limited slip differential.

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Road Test: 2022 Subaru BRZ Limited

Clean Fleet Report

The auto market is now dominated by front-wheel drive cars, almost all of them with an automatic transmission. The back-end has horizontal LED taillights and round, chrome-tipped twin exhaust ends that are integrated into a wind-channeling lower fascia. Sports car purity, says Subaru about the 2022 BRZ. A vanishing breed.

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