Korean automaker Kia is getting ready to join the hybrid crowd, with the planned U.S. release of their Kia Optima Hybrid early next year. The new Optima will borrow the hybrid technology, the platform and the powertrain from Hyundai’s Sonata Hybrid, so the Optima’s specs will be very close … Continue reading
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Reviews of the 2011 Hyundai Hybrid Sonata
For those of you who have been waiting for the first reviews of the all new 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, Cars.com has just posted theirs. If you’re looking to buy a hybrid, but feel that the Prius is too small for you and you want a sedan instead, the … Continue reading
2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid – a quick first look from Autoweek
Hyundai Sonata Hybrid 2011 They only got to drive it a little, but Autoweek gave their short experience with the new 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid a thumbs up. ”If you’re shopping for a midsize hybrid sedan, you have to put the Sonata on your short list. Expected to come out … Continue reading
Hybrid sales hit the skids in June
June wasn’t a good month for hybrid sales. With gas prices remaining low, buyers weren’t willing to spend the extra cash needed for a high mpg hybrid, no matter how much rhetoric was put out there about the need to reduce oil imports after the Gulf oil spill. Here’s the … Continue reading