Okay, so I am stretching a bit for this to be a small car, but there is something intriguing about a luxury hybrid sedan that will achieve better mileage than the Hyundai Elantra that is parked out on the driveway. This is something I have looked into before with my articles on the 2010 Ford Fusion [...]

Elon Musk doesnt pull any punches, and has made many remarks that draw attention, and well he’s at it again.  He now questions the idea that a Prius is a true hybrid. Musk has snuffed at the high tech Prius in the past, and in most automotive circles, the Prius is synonymous with environmentally thinking.  It’s [...]

The drive for greater mileage often focuses on making engines and gearboxes more efficient, but we often overlook one of the most important areas where savings can be made – the tires. Most of us know that tires that are low on pressure will reduce mileage, and while this is one of the simpler things [...]

If you’ve been comparing the new 2010 Toyota Prius to the smaller, less expensive 2010 Honda Insight, Toyota would like to have a little chat with you. They think that you think you’ll save money buying the cheaper Insight. So, licking the corporate pencil and pulling out the compact calculator, they’ve roughed out some numbers [...]

How worried is Toyota that the 2010 Honda Insight might eat into sales of the 2010 Toyota Prius, just now hitting dealerships across the country? Worried enough, it appears, that the company has helpfully run the numbers to show potential Insight buyers how little money they’ll save over the long run if they buy Honda’s [...]

Here’s what we know about Tesla’s Elon Musk: he’s an outside-the-box entrepreneur. He’s become ludicrously wealthy thanks to PayPal and other pet projects. And he’s a top-notch showman. Seriously: a SWAT team full of supermodels could start playing naked Twister at one of his press conferences, and Musk’s banter would still be more interesting. That’s [...]

Volkswagen’s diesel-engined cars have deeply loyal fans. Veedub has been offering oil-burners in the US since 1979, and their 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI clean diesel has sold well. But for the coming year, most diesel fanboys’ eyes are on the 2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI. The Golf TDI returns the diesel to VW’s hatchback for the [...]

Gas mileage is a fraught subject, even among hybrid drivers. Some compete to see who can ‘hypermile’ the hardest and return figures in the 70-plus-mpg range; others drive it like they stole it, figuring they’ll still get better mileage than in a non-hybrid driven the same way. Our intreprid teenage correspondent Kyle has intimate experience [...]