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2022 Ford Maverick Review: A Short Girl Friendly Truck to Soothe Your Budget DIY Soul

May 18, 2022 by Elizabeth Blackstock Leave a Comment

Meet the Ford Maverick, the compact truck for pandemic gardeners, at-home DIYers, suburban moms, and working women alike. It’s rare that one vehicle can suit so many needs, but the 2022 Ford Maverick is a jack of all trades. If you need to park in a cramped parking garage to head to your city office… 

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Filed Under: 4-Passenger Seating, 5-Passenger Seating, All Wheel Drive (AWD), Ford, Front Wheel Drive, Hybrid, Truck Tagged With: 2022 ford maverick, compact truck, Ford, ford maverick, truck

USED: 2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid: A 7-Passenger SUV Made for the Road

May 9, 2022 by Cindy Richards 1 Comment

Safety and creature comforts are key to road trip happiness. That and snacks. And the ability to easily access snacks. All are part of the well-designed 2017 Toyota Highlander Hybrid. Add the great gas mileage from a hybrid and even those annoying interstate traffic jams get slightly less irritating. Or, at the very least, they… 

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Filed Under: 7-passenger seating, Car Reviews, Hybrid, Toyota Tagged With: best family suv, best hybrid SUV, SUV, Toyota

The 2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid and X Models: Premium, Capable SUVs That Will Rock Your World

May 2, 2022 by Scotty Reiss Leave a Comment

Scotty and Teia Kia Sportage featured image

Plus… these seat backs! 😂 Let me just start here: I like luxury. And I hate buying gas, which affords me more luxury. I also appreciate smart design and engineering built on a set of ideals that, when done right, add up to more than the sum of its parts.  That’s the idea behind the… 

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Filed Under: Hybrid, Kia, SUV Tagged With: all wheel drive SUV, hybrid suv, Kia Sportage, premium SUV

AWD Prius: The Guilt-Free Car that Takes You From City to Country and Back Again

April 22, 2022 by Kirsten Alana Leave a Comment

Toyota Yakima

For adventures that make memories and leave only footprints. I moved to Los Angeles a year ago and for the first time in years, I started thinking about owning a car again. Southern California offers so many lifestyle options that any vehicle I own needs to be able to take me from Tuesday in West… 

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Filed Under: All Wheel Drive (AWD), Hybrid, Toyota Tagged With: AWD Prius, Toyota

2021 Prius Prime: One of the Most Popular Eco-Cars Just Got Better

March 28, 2022 by Erica Mueller Leave a Comment

2021 Prius Prime

Usually, before I have a press car, I know what it will be, and I end up talking to friends and family about it. When I mentioned I’d be driving the 2021 Prius Prime the first question everyone asked was “What makes it a Prime?” Well, I’ll tell you: it’s the plug-in hybrid. 640-Mile Driving… 

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Filed Under: 5-Passenger Seating, Compact, Front Wheel Drive, Hybrid, Toyota Tagged With: 2021 prius prime, 2021 toyota prius, best hybrid, plugin hybrid, prius, Prius Prime

Space, Luxury and Savings without Compromise in the Kia Sorento Hybrid SUV 

March 22, 2022 by Scotty Reiss Leave a Comment

Kia Sorento Hybrid SUV

This may be the best 3-row SUV ever.  So let me just start here: The 2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid SUV comes in at $38,000 nicely loaded. Panoramic sunroof? Yes. Center-row captains chairs? Yup. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto? Yes! Potential fuel economy of 37 MPG? That’s icing on the cake.  Then, add in beautiful… 

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Filed Under: Hybrid, Kia, SUV Tagged With: 3 row SUV, family SUV, Fuel efficient SUV, hybrid 3 row suv, hybrid suv, Kia Sorento

In A Word, The 2022 Hyundai Tucson Plug-in Hybrid SUV is Fun

March 3, 2022 by Kymri WIlt Leave a Comment

This is the best of all worlds. Sport utility vehicles were initially designed for handling the roads of the great outdoors, yet we find them parked in city lots and suburban driveways. The crossover evolved as an SUV that serves equally well for driving kids to school, running errands, and taking long scenic road trips…. 

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Filed Under: Crossover, Electric: Plug-in, Hybrid, Hyundai, SUV Tagged With: 2022 Hyundai Tucson PHEV, gas/plug in hybrid, Hyundai Tucson, PHEV

USED: 2016 Lexus NX300H Review: Entry-Level Hybrid Luxury With No Compromises

February 28, 2022 by Robin Hutson Leave a Comment

Lexus NX300H Review

Miles of California smiles, and never stopping for gas This is a repost of an original review by Robin Hutson After a summer of family road trips in different hybrid SUVs in Florida and California, we finished on a high note: the Lexus hybrid crossover NX300h. Because it is classified as a crossover and not a… 

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Filed Under: Car Reviews, Hybrid, Lexus Tagged With: 2015 Lexus NX, best hybrid, best hybrid SUV, Lexus, Lexus hybrid

USED: 2017 Toyota Prius Prime Review: This Plug-In Hybrid is Fine-Tuned for Maximum Fuel Economy

February 22, 2022 by Shannon Entin Leave a Comment

The Prius Prime plug-in hybrid saves you money and you’ll never worry about finding a charging station. The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime plug-in hybrid is a game-changer when it comes to saving money on fuel. The Prime is a hybrid plug-in vehicle, meaning that you can plug it in to charge the battery and run… 

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Filed Under: Car Reviews, Electric: Plug-in, Hybrid, Toyota Tagged With: hybrid plug-in, Prius Prime, Toyota

Toyota Sienna vs. Chrysler Pacifica vs. Honda Odyssey: How Do These Minivans Stack Up in the Ultimate Showdown?

January 30, 2022 by Elizabeth Blackstock Leave a Comment

We’re bringing together three of the heaviest hitters in the minivan game—the Toyota Sienna, the Chrysler Pacifica, and the Honda Odyssey—for the ultimate minivan showdown. Erica Mueller, Scotty Reiss, and I had the pleasure of testing each of these vehicles at the Texas Auto Writers Association’s Spring Roundup, and we knew we’d need to put… 

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Filed Under: 7-passenger seating, 8 or More Passenger Seating, Chrysler, Electric: Plug-in, Honda, Hybrid, Minivan, Toyota Tagged With: 2021 honda odyssey, 2021 toyota sienna hybrid, Chrysler Pacifica, chrysler pacifica phev, Honda Odyssey, minivan, PHEV, Toyota Sienna, toyota sienna hybrid

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