| They remind me of the big dumb jock from high | | | | Horary for all you Bow Tie fans out there. But |
| school...he was good for something at one point in | | | | wait....just how good is the Malibu Hybrid...well according |
| time...but now that a few years have passed...what | | | | to the EPA; 27 MPG is the average you can expect |
| good is he? | | | | to get out of this car. That is absolutely hilarious....my |
| Recently published a story about the top 10 most | | | | Nissan Sentra which is 8 years old, tops that number |
| efficient 4-door cars available. They ranked the cars | | | | by 3 MPG and I don't even practice gas saving driving. |
| based on EPA fuel economy numbers. And would you | | | | But what about Ford all the Blue Oval fans out there |
| guess that not one car from an American | | | | shout? Nope...sorry...Ford doesn't make a hybrid car. |
| manufacturer made the list! | | | | But the Escape hybrid SUV gets 32 MPG which is still |
| With gas prices on the never-ending rise...it's clear that | | | | better than the Malibu hybrid. |
| foreign automakers have their finger on the pulse of | | | | So 9 out of the 10 most fuel efficient sedans come |
| the car buying world. | | | | from Japanese auto makers. The tenth comes from |
| Do American car companies just not care about what | | | | Kia. Kia......a company that is tiny compared to the big |
| consumers want? | | | | American Automakers. The future does not look good |
| We do know that there are domestic hybrids out | | | | for domestic vehicles. |
| there...such as: the Ford Escape, Saturn Vue, and | | | | Of course the reigning champions are still there...the |
| Chevy Silverado. But these are not cars at all! They | | | | Civic hybrid, the Prius hybrid, and the Camry hybrid are |
| are SUV's and Trucks. It seems that American car | | | | all on the list. The interesting thing is that 6 of the 10 |
| makers have decided to take aim at areas outside the | | | | most fuel efficient 4 door cars are not hybrids at all. |
| hybrid car market. | | | | They are small gasoline powered cars such as the |
| So the Japanese have such a stranglehold on the | | | | Corolla. |
| hybrid car market, and the big American | | | | Fuel Efficient Sedans...Not A Domestic Insight! |
| manufacturers won't even give it a try. Actually Saturn | | | | This information was gathered from:edmunds.com |
| does have Aura and that's about it!! But now there is | | | | reviews/list/top10/125477/article.htmlfueleconomy.gov |
| hope on the horizon... | | | | feg/findacar.htmen.wikipedia. |
| The Chevy Malibu Hybrid is coming out late this year. | | | | |