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Toyota Prius C takes new shape
New compact Prius hitting the streets
Affordable fuel economy. With 50 percent of Americans already cutting back on some purchases because of higher gasoline prices, cheaper and more fuel efficient cars make sense to more car buyers than ever before. Unfortunately, when it comes to the most affordable vehicles, hybrid cars just don’t make the list.
However, [...]
The Toyota Prius is available, but are dealer markups coming?
Are Prius supplies really adequate?
My local Toyota dealership isn’t the biggest SoCal dealership, but it isn’t small either. On a normal day, for instance, finding 30 or more Toyota Prius hybrids on the lot isn’t unusual. Of course, these aren’t normal days.
Thanks to rising gas prices and a tsunami-caused supply constraint, today my local dealership [...]
More proof Toyota needs to add a 3rd row of seating to the Prius V
Is Toyota blowing a big opportunity?
According to the car folks over at InsideLine, the larger Toyota Prius V is a better car than the current Prius, offering not just more cargo and passenger room, but also a better overall driving experience.
More interesting, however, is that those willing to offer a positive comment about the Prius [...]
Infiniti’s M35, 29 mpg hybrid fails to impress
Dated looks, dated fuel economy
Official numbers for the Infiniti M35 hybrid have been released. With a combined rating of 29 mpg, the Infiniti M35 hybrid offers 27/32 mpg city/highway.
While it’s great to see hybrid laggard Nissan enter the hybrid game with its own proprietary hybrid drive, Nissan’s first hybrid is simply unimpressive.
Aside from the dated [...]
2010: The Year in Marketing
By Dale Buss
Economics, politics, finance and safety engineering all took the front seat for the auto industry at various times during 2010, diminishing the primary roles that products and marketing typically assume during good times.
But when it…
A Sunny hybrid to rise in the US?
Nissan’s next hybrid?
Today, Nissan revealed the Sunny compact car that will make its way to the US. While Nissan did confirm Sunny plans for the US, they were very tight-lipped regarding the powertrain possibilities for the US market.
And that has some speculating, or maybe suggesting, that the Sunny will come to the US as a [...]
No Chinese demand for hybrid cars
Only the government can spur hybrid interest in China
I’ve been monitoring the hybrid and plug-in story in China for some time, and the most interesting thing about the Chinese hybrid story is that there is no story. Despite home grown lithium supplies and battery manufacturing capabilities, a stranglehold on the rare earth metal market, and [...]
Better MPGs with LPG in the Kia Forte hybrid
Is there a propane niche in the auto industry?
When I found out that Kia was showing off a Forte hybrid at SEMA, I was excited. Then I learned it was an LPG, or propane in this country, fueled hybrid. Why?
If one were to pick an alternative fuel wouldn’t natural gas be better?
Regardless, wouldn’t the auto [...]
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