Featured Threads

JamesBurke

Sneak Peak at Russia's New Lada Vesta-Based Electric Car

The Vesta EV, built on the same platform as the company's new flagship sedan, the Lada Vesta, is equipped with a 60kW electric motor, which offers the equivalent of about 82 hp and has a battery capacity of 25 kilowatt-hours. The car's motor will allow the 1.4 metric ton sedan to go from 0-100 km/h in 15.5 seconds, and reach a top speed of 140 km/h.

Spark of Genius: Sneak Peak at Russia's New Lada Vesta-Based Electric Car

JamesBurke Jul 27, 2016 Read More Replies: 2
Tideland Prius

Car Review: 2016 Honda CR-Z

Colleagues of mine here at Driving often speculate as to which new models today will be the hot collectibles of tomorrow. With its sporty manual transmission, hybrid powerplant and boy-racer styling, don’t bet against the 2016 Honda CR-Z being a hot item at a Barrett-Jackson auction in, say, 2030.

Further enhancing its value is the fact this model year marks the last for the hybrid-powered two-seater, which debuted in 2010 as the ‘spiritual successor’ to the CR-X, incidentally a model that is today in high demand with collectors.

Honda announced the discontinuation of the CR-Z last month, citing anemic global sales and a renewed emphasis on two new electrified models – presumably the Accord and Clarity,...
Click to expand...

Tideland Prius Jul 26, 2016 Read More Replies: 0
Tideland Prius

(Driving.ca) Car Review: 2016 Toyota Prius C

In the auto world, the price of stamping body panels and screwing everything together is a relatively small expense in the overall cost of a car. The truly big bucks — and they can easily reach well into the multi-millions — go into engineering and development. So, to amortize that investment, automakers try to spin off as many vehicles as possible.

All of this brings us to a car that’s essentially a mash-up of Toyota’s Prius hybrid and its subcompact Yaris hatchback. In Japan it’s known as the Aqua, while here in North America, it’s the Prius C. Introduced for 2012 along with the Prius V wagon, it was the first time more than one model had been offered under that hybrid nameplate. The Prius receives a makeover for 2016, but the Prius C soldiers on as it was.
Click to expand...

...

Tideland Prius Jul 26, 2016 Read More Replies: 0

Page 762 of 853

Featured Threads

Sneak Peak at Russia's New Lada Vesta-Based Electric Car

Car Review: 2016 Honda CR-Z

(Driving.ca) Car Review: 2016 Toyota Prius C

Another EGR thread, where the focus is NOT having to clean it, preventative care.

Goodbye to solar, wind, EVs, heat pumps, and so on

Big Beautiful Bill passes the Senate....goes back to the house.

Said goodbye to my '03

Ac blowing warm after water pump install.

New Photos

About PriusChat

Quick Navigation

Like us on Facebook

Buy us a beer!

Useful Searches

Featured Threads