Archive for October, 2009
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Visibility is defined as: quality or fact or degree of being visible; perceptible by the eye or obvious to the eye. The word when used in combination with automobiles generally means a couple things; it can mean how easy the car is to actually see or how easy the car ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
The Honda Accord Hybrid never really caught on. Sales were low from the get go and Honda really had little choice but to cancel the vehicle. Other Honda hybrids like the dedicated hybrid Insight and even the Civic Hybrid have fared much better, but the unloved Accord Hybrid came and ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Recently, I have read several articles that cut Ford at the knees for their perspective on the small car segment in the U.S. and how it differs (or doesn't) from the European segment. In fact, there are some over at Motor Trend that really have their gears in a grind ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
() Ford has positioned its new Taurus as the company's flagship car, and we recently had the chance to take a Limited model with all-wheel drive for a spin in Chicago's northwest suburbs. The Limited is the top of the line as far as non-SHO Taurus models are concerned, ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
We seem to be covering the 2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI clean diesel hatchback an awful lot here, but a recent blog post raised an issue we hadn't considered: How far can the 2010 Golf TDI go on a single tankful of diesel fuel? The question comes from blogger, host of ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. announced today that it's Newton truck line, the first commercial all-electric truck to receive new vehicle emissions certification in California, will be expanded to include not only small delivery vans , but 14,000 and 16,000 lb. short-haul trucks . This is in interesting counterpoint to niche ...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
The Global Green Car Challenge took place this week in Australia. Participants in numerous categories faced off for supremacy. One vehicle, the Tesla Roadster , set a new world record in the battery powered production vehicle class. Driver Simon Hackett and co-driver Emilis Prelgauskas set out in the 2008 Tesla ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Editor's note: High Gear Media wants you to write for us. Here's what happens when you do--you get published alongside the pros, if your post is smart , well-written, and (for GreenCarReports.com ) has the goods on the greenest of wheels. Want to be our next contributor? Check us out, ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Editor's note: High Gear Media wants you to write for us. Here's what happens when you do--you get published alongside the pros, if your post is smart , well-written, and (for GreenCarReports.com ) has the goods on the greenest of wheels. Want to be our next contributor? Check us out, ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
The 2010 model year is shaping up to be one of innovation. We have seen the debut of the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid with record fuel economy for a mid-size sedan, the 2010 Toyota Prius that is rate as number one in the recent EPA's Top Ten of fuel-efficient cars ...
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