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Honda, Ford, Nissan Prep Hybrids to Hunt Prius Before Volt Unveil
As it becomes increasingly likely that General Motors will unveil the production version of its much-anticipated Chevy Volt here later this month, competing automakers are now codifying their plans for next-generation hybrids of their own.
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| Top 5 Fire-Breathing, Uparmored Cars @ Moscow Motor Show '08 Our comrades from the former Soviet Union may have the next hottest car market. The auto industry is booming in Russia, and carmakers are rushing to expand there, with a flood of new manufacturing plants and products.
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| 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1 Test Drive With Behind-the-Scenes Video! Chevrolet's iconic Corvette has always defined the American sports car. Enter the 2009 Corvette ZR1, a blisteringly fast, stunningly capable reaffirmation of exactly that. The ZR1 represents a benchmark for American muscle.
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| 2012 C7 Corvette Spy Report: After ZR1, Is Fuel Efficiency Next? We loved the new Corvette ZR1 on our butt-kickin' test drive. But come 2012, will GM have spent too much on the Chevy Volt to build a better Vette? PM's new Detroit Editor spent the last month sniffing around the industry for preliminary details on the next ZR1.
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| ZR1 Drive Reflects Tech Evolution on the Road: Mechanic's Diary After declaring the 2009 Corvette ZR1 "a benchmark for American muscle," PM's senior automotive editor explains in his biweekly online column how the new Vette's 600 horses get the power to the ground.
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| My Hydrogen-Powered Car Averages 40+ MPG, but I Want More Crunching the numbers after his 3-month lease of a lifetime, PM's Citizen Fuel Cell proved fuel cells can, indeed, double the fuel economy of your average gasoline-powered car, and the future of hydrogen is looking a little brighter.
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| Top 10 Fun, MPG-Friendly Cars You Can't Buy In America—Yet Those lucky devils across the pond have just the cars we're looking for. Now all that's left is convincing manufacturers that we want these mighty mites on our shores. Start sending your letters now.
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| 5 Classic Cars Detroit Shouldn't Rebuild for the 21st Century It's not just the new Chevrolet Camaro, with even more can't-forget-it rides possibly coming back soon. But if the throwback trend continues, let's not ruin some of the all-time American favorites for the sake of selling more cars.
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| 4 Super-Hot (and Green) Cars @ 2008 London Motor Show As automakers offer British lawmakers a tough choice between modern diesels and future plug-ins, PM's European car correspondent turns up a greener side across the pond.
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| Why My Hydrogen-Powered Car Needs Futuristic "Gas" Stations After getting the lease of a lifetime in GM's next-gen Equinox prototype, PM's Citizen Fuel Cell breaks down fuel cell fill-er-up technology and makes the case for America's hydrogen infrastructure.
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| The Truth About Water-Powered Cars: Mechanic's Diary It's one thing for a car to run on air, but do the latest claims of hydrogen-turned-oxygen-turned-electricity propulsion hold water—or feed in to the hysteria of the gas crunch?
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