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2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid AWD - The dollars and cents make sense.

After it made the Prius name as synonymous with hybrids as Kleenex is to tissues, Toyota has been slow to expand its signature technology to other Toyota-brand models in the U.S. market. The Highlander hybrid was introduced in 2005 and a hybrid version of the bestselling Camry debuted in 2006, but in the past decade the only other Toyota to get the hybrid treatment was the Avalon in 2012. (The Prius itself has also spawned V and C variants.) But now comes this hybrid RAV4, introduced in conjunction with a mid-cycle refresh for the 2016 model year. After testing this new compact crossover, we can only wonder why Toyota waited so long to bring it to market.
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2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid AWD Test – Review – Car and Driver

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A road trip proves that the Lexus NX 300h is several steps from greatness

Thanks to a lull in travel schedules, my girlfriend and I decided to take a spur-of-the-moment vacation. We quickly settled on the destination (charming northern California) and we needed a vehicle for the journey. Nothing too flashy or performance-oriented, we decided, as the trip was going to be about spending time together and not worrying about the car.

Enter Lexus, with the offer of a 2016 NX 300h crossover for the trip, which we’d begin in San Francisco and end three days later in Los Angeles.

Having already driven the NX 200t, the first turbocharged SUV from Lexus, I was eager to see if the hybridized NX would prove as fun to drive. Here’s what I learned over a long weekend and more than 500 miles of driving.
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Road Test: 2016 Lexus NX300h - NY Daily News

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First Drive: 2016 Kia Niro

Larger than the Cee’d but smaller than the Sportage, Kia’s upcoming Niro crossover offers the intriguing prospect of an affordable hybrid SUV.

Powered by an electrically-assisted 1.6 petrol engine, the Niro offers a combined power figure of 139bhp and CO2 emissions below 100g/km. It has a six-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox (rather than the sometimes noisy CVT transmission fitted to Toyota’s Prius or Mitsubishi’s Outlander PHEV) and a lithium-ion battery tucked under the rear seats.

Our Frankfurt test route indicated a car with better steering than any other Kia we’ve sampled recently. On faster roads outside the city, the car needed none of the regular steering inputs demanded by other products from this company.

It’s fair to say that few Niros will be bought for trackday use. We didn’t get many opportunities to test outright speed or handling but we did find that cornering was relatively roll-free. You can easily get the low-resistance tyres squealing, but in...
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