EDITOR'S NOTE: We received the article below on July 6th from Nissan Leaf owner Bill Schwartz, and asked Nissan Americas for a comment before we published it. Brendan Jones, director of Leaf marketing and sales strategy, said that the comments by the Surf City Nissan employee "were not authorized statements," and that the owner of the dealership...
Last week, Toyota said it expects to sell 16,000 or more 2012 Prius Plug-In Hybrid models in the U.S. next year, once the car is launched (in June or before). For all intents and purposes, it's a standard Toyota Prius hybrid with a larger battery pack that uses lithium-ion cells. The car can be plugged into a wall outlet to recharge the battery on...
The 2011 Honda Fit is the least expensive and smallest model it offers in the U.S. market, but it’s also one of the most impressive. The upright but jaunty little subcompact offers unmatched flexibility inside, and the space of a compact car inside its minimal footprint. The Fit is peppy, enjoyable to drive (like most Hondas), and relatively...
The 2011 Mercedes-Benz E Class, its mid-size line, is offered in a breathtaking array of body styles and the choice of multiple engine options. The four-door sedan is the most common, but there’s also a Wagon and a Cabriolet, and engines range from a 3.5-liter V-6 up through the turbocharged V-8 of the hot-rod E63 AMG model, with its 518-hp...
The 2011 Mercedes-Benz M-Class (or ML-Class) bears an interesting distinction: It is the sole vehicle in the U.S. market this year that’s sold with gasoline, clean-diesel, and hybrid powertrains. The second generation of the Mercedes-Benz sport-utility vehicle is now in its last model year, but it’s still neatly styled, and offers a...
The 2011 Mazda Mazda2, now in its second year, is the first subcompact from the “zoom-zoom” brand in quite some time. It competes on the sportier side of the subcompact spectrum, most notably against the Ford Fiesta—with which it shares some engineering—along with the Honda Fit. Most likely buyers who are considering more...
A seven-passenger full-size sport utility vehicle that weighs roughly three tons is rarely anyone’s idea of a green vehicle, but the 2011 Mercedes-Benz GL Class gets the nod when it’s fitted with the company’s Bluetec clean-diesel engine. First introduced in 2007, and built on the same Alabama production line that also assembles...
The 2011 Lincoln MKZ mid-size sedan is the luxury brand’s smallest car this year, and it’s offered in two versions, offered at identical base prices. They are the MKZ Hybrid, with Ford’s hybrid-electric powertrain, and the standard MKZ, which comes standard with a powerful 263-horsepower, 3.5-liter V-6 engine. The 2011 MKZ is...
The 2011 Toyota Corolla remains the top-selling compact car in the country, despite its advanced age and general blandness. It was lightly restyled this year, making it closer in appearance to the mid-size Camry sedan, but the tweaks are far from freshening it enough to compete with the stylish Hyundai Elantra or the sporty 2012 Ford Focus. The...
EDITOR'S NOTE: We received the article below on July 6th from Nissan Leaf owner Bill Schwartz, and asked Nissan Americas for a comment before we published it. Brendan Jones, director of Leaf marketing and sales strategy, said that the comments by the Surf City Nissan employee "were not authorized statements," and that the owner of the dealership...
Last week, Toyota said it expects to sell 16,000 or more 2012 Prius Plug-In Hybrid models in the U.S. next year, once the car is launched (in June or before). For all intents and purposes, it's a standard Toyota Prius hybrid with a larger battery pack that uses lithium-ion cells. The car can be plugged into a wall outlet to recharge the battery on...
The 2011 Honda Fit is the least expensive and smallest model it offers in the U.S. market, but it’s also one of the most impressive. The upright but jaunty little subcompact offers unmatched flexibility inside, and the space of a compact car inside its minimal footprint. The Fit is peppy, enjoyable to drive (like most Hondas), and relatively...
The 2011 Mercedes-Benz E Class, its mid-size line, is offered in a breathtaking array of body styles and the choice of multiple engine options. The four-door sedan is the most common, but there’s also a Wagon and a Cabriolet, and engines range from a 3.5-liter V-6 up through the turbocharged V-8 of the hot-rod E63 AMG model, with its 518-hp...
The 2011 Mercedes-Benz M-Class (or ML-Class) bears an interesting distinction: It is the sole vehicle in the U.S. market this year that’s sold with gasoline, clean-diesel, and hybrid powertrains. The second generation of the Mercedes-Benz sport-utility vehicle is now in its last model year, but it’s still neatly styled, and offers a...
The 2011 Mazda Mazda2, now in its second year, is the first subcompact from the “zoom-zoom” brand in quite some time. It competes on the sportier side of the subcompact spectrum, most notably against the Ford Fiesta—with which it shares some engineering—along with the Honda Fit. Most likely buyers who are considering more...
A seven-passenger full-size sport utility vehicle that weighs roughly three tons is rarely anyone’s idea of a green vehicle, but the 2011 Mercedes-Benz GL Class gets the nod when it’s fitted with the company’s Bluetec clean-diesel engine. First introduced in 2007, and built on the same Alabama production line that also assembles...
The 2011 Lincoln MKZ mid-size sedan is the luxury brand’s smallest car this year, and it’s offered in two versions, offered at identical base prices. They are the MKZ Hybrid, with Ford’s hybrid-electric powertrain, and the standard MKZ, which comes standard with a powerful 263-horsepower, 3.5-liter V-6 engine. The 2011 MKZ is...
The 2011 Toyota Corolla remains the top-selling compact car in the country, despite its advanced age and general blandness. It was lightly restyled this year, making it closer in appearance to the mid-size Camry sedan, but the tweaks are far from freshening it enough to compete with the stylish Hyundai Elantra or the sporty 2012 Ford Focus. The...
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