A good gas mileage SUV is an imporatant and popular decision in the car world these days.  Why get 20 MPG when you can  get 50% better with ease.  Hybrid SUV’s return both excellent city and highway MPG numbers.  But there are many good gas mileage SUV’s out there that are excellent performers.  And for the 2010 model year you have many good choices. Lets just start with the top performers.  Of course Hybrid SUV’s win. Read the rest of this entry »

For the environmentally conscious customers, plug-in electric cars are the next big frontier. Hybrids seem like the big thing right now but it’s only a trend. Hybrids can’t be charged from a wall current.  But an Electric Vehicle like the Ford EV can be charged from home and then driven all day using ZERO gasoline.  During the Detroit Auto Show in January, Ford announced they would be offering a fully electric plug-in Focus in 2011. Read the rest of this entry »

If ever there was a car made for the times and the going green trend, this would seem to be it: the new Ford Fiesta. It’s a sporty compact with the seating capability of five and gets about 65mpg. It seems like the perfect car the only negative thing is, it’s not sold in the US.

Despite the Fiesta ECOnetic’s definite potential to compete with the other US manufactures, Ford has only sold the recent generations of the Fiesta in Europe. The America Ford President reportedly stated that there were business reasons as to why they can’t sell it to the US and left it at that. Read the rest of this entry »

There has been a gaping hole in the mid-sized car segment from Ford with the loss of the Taurus a few years back. The public is really starting to notice the Fusion’s new Hybrid power plant system in comparison to the original introduction in 2006. Read the rest of this entry »