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 »

About a week ago I found a great deal on a used 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid with low miles.  The icing on the cake was that it had one of those Yellow CARB Stickers. This was the ultimate kicker for me since I drive the 405 everyday and believe me it is absolute torture!  On the days that I carpool with my wife, the saved drive time is at least an hour each day.  Well the jig is up and the original carpool program is going to expire on January 1st, 2011.  Good thing I did not buy that Civic! Read the rest of this entry »

Toyota has announced that they estimate to sell around 25,000 new hybrid Lexus’ in the first year of sales in the U.S. Toyota has revealed their new hybrid car the Lexus HS250 Hybrid which is due for launch this summer in the U.S. The new Lexus HS250 is the first dedicated hybrid car that’s part of Lexus, Toyota’s luxury car make. However, this new Lexus isn’t their first dedicated hybrid car, Toyota released the Prius in 2000 which saw huge success in the U.S. car market, this was their first hybrid car. Read the rest of this entry »