Cars.com Names Best Value in Hybrid Cars
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — With Earth Day less than one week away, Cars.com released a list of its editors’ selections for best hybrid cars in terms of value.Cars.com’s executive editor, Joe Wiesenfelder, said, “Gas prices remain volatile, so …
Hybrid Air Car Could Get 117 mpg, Says Peugeot Citroen
PSA Peugeot Citroen(NEW YORK) — With gas in the United States averaging $3.31 per gallon this week and the average car getting about 27 mpg in regular driving, it may feel like you’re handing over your life savings every time you go fill up the tank.S…
Government Requires Quiet Hybrids to Add More ‘Vroom’
Hemera/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Hybrid car owners, so accustomed to the silence of their electric motors, may soon need to get ready to rumble.The government is asking automakers to turn up the volume on all new hybrid and electric vehicles. The…
Ford Hybrids Not Living Up to MPG Claims?
KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Are you a car buyer who trusts what you read on the window sticker? New findings by Consumer Reports may make you think twice.The magazine says its tests show the new Fusion Hybrid and C-Max hybrid don&r…
Honda Hybrid MPG Suit Tossed By Judge
Mark Elias/Bloomberg via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles judge Wednesday overturned a small-claims court ruling against American Honda Motor Co. over the lower-than-advertised gas mileage of its 2006 Civic Hybrid.Heather Peters had sued for …
Little Loyalty Exists Among Hybrid Car Owners, Research Finds
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Hybrid vehicle owners really love their cars — or do they?Consumer Reports says that according to auto industry data provider and research company R.L. Polk, just over one in three hybrid owners — 35 percent — decide t…