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2024 Volkswagen Atlas SEL Premium R-Line Review – Ready for the Road Trip

The Truth About Cars

The more I review crossovers and utility vehicles, the more I evaluate them by how well they just simply work for commuting duty. The exterior changes include an available grille-width light bar, new LED headlights, rear LED lighting with a body-wide light strip, and adaptive headlights are now standard. It’s also quiet.

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

Green Car Congress

People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? The official fuel consumption is 5 l/100 km (47 mpg US) and that is bang on for us as well. l/100 km (51 mpg US) in the summer, and 5.3

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2020 Jeep Wrangler diesel drive review: On its way to treading lightly, but not quite there

Green Car Reports

Until then, in badged-and-branded EcoDiesel form, the Jeep Wrangler turbodiesel’s 22 mpg city, 29 highway. The expected arrival later this year of the Jeep Wrangler 4xe plug-in hybrid will mark the first time that an iconic “tough truck” off-road SUVs gets a charge port.

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2023 Jeep Grand Wagoneer L Series III Obsidian Review – Smooth Sailing

The Truth About Cars

The air suspension raises and lowers the Jeep based on drive mode and speed, attempting to help with aerodynamics as well as making sure you have the proper ride height if you do any light off-roading. mpg – there was a discrepancy between the computer and my own calculations – across approximately 430 miles of driving. That’s … a lot.

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2024 Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport Review – Atlas Slimmed

The Truth About Cars

The Cross Sport is so similar to the seven-seat Atlas that I considered writing only one review, but hey, we have a content (and SEO) beast to feed. There’s an available light bar for the grille, new standard LED adaptive headlamps, and LED rear lighting with an available light strip. The rest of the changes are cosmetic.

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2024 Volkswagen Atlas Review – Changing Yet Staying the Same

The Truth About Cars

Perhaps the most notable is an available light bar that spans the grille. Other exterior changes include new LED headlights, standard adaptive headlights, and LED rear lighting that includes a vehicle-wide lightstrip. Fuel economy for front-drive models is 20 mpg city/27 mpg highway/23 mpg combined.

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2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid Review - The Un-Car

The Truth About Cars

Whether the scheme worked is hard to say - most restaurants will have either Sprite on tap, or whatever Pepsi has decided to label their clear lemon-lime drink this week (Starry, I think?) - 7 Up remains an alternative for those who want something light and refreshing, without challenging the palate. It’s a damned good mixer, too.

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