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GM working on new dedicated hybrid sedan?

General Motors' current crop of midsize hybrid sedans are rarely mentioned in the same breath as hybrid versions of the Ford Fusion, Toyota Camry and Nissan Altima – let alone the standard-bearing Toyota Prius and its main competitor from Japan, the Honda Insight. According to The General, much of the blame for the slow sales of the Chevy Malibu and Saturn Aura hybrids is due to the small mileage improvement of the mild hybrid powertrain compared to a standard four-cylinder and six-speed automatic transmission. No kidding, right? ... Read more →

Rendered speculation: 2010 Lexus HS250h, 2011 Toyota Camry hybrid Sam Abuelsamid

We've known since last January that Toyota will debut a pair of hybrid cars at the next Detroit Auto show. One is the replacement for the current Prius, while the other is a Lexus-badged car ...

Honda's hybrid-only model will hit in April 2009 Jeremy Korzeniewski

What looks like a Prius, sips gas like a Prius, comes from Japan like a Prius... but isn't a Prius? That would be Honda's upcoming dedicated hybrid (which this particular blogger thinks should be ...

Second generation Honda Insight expected to be unveiled at Geneva Motor Show. Sam Abuelsamid

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the first generation Insight Toyota was the first company to market a modern hybrid car in Japan beginning in 1997, but Honda beat them to the ...

GM working on new dedicated hybrid sedan? 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

General Motors' current crop of midsize hybrid sedans are rarely mentioned in the same breath as hybrid versions of the Ford Fusion, Toyota Camry and Nissan Altima – let alone the standard-bearing Toyota Prius and its main competitor from Japan, the Honda Insight. According to The ...

Rendered speculation: 2010 Lexus HS250h, 2011 Toyota Camry hybrid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've known since last January that Toyota will debut a pair of hybrid cars at the next Detroit Auto show. One is the replacement for the current Prius, while the other is a Lexus-badged car sharing the same architecture. Japanese magazine Mag-X has renderings of what they expect the Lexus ...

Honda's hybrid-only model will hit in April 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

What looks like a Prius, sips gas like a Prius, comes from Japan like a Prius... but isn't a Prius? That would be Honda's upcoming dedicated hybrid (which this particular blogger thinks should be called the Insight, but won't be). We are expecting the production version of the new model, of which ...

Second generation Honda Insight expected to be unveiled at Geneva Motor Show. 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the first generation Insight Toyota was the first company to market a modern hybrid car in Japan beginning in 1997, but Honda beat them to the US market by a few in 1999. The Honda Insight was and remains Honda's only dedicated hybrid model, ...


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