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or leave a comment below. Highlander II (XU40; 2007–2013)(Edit) Gasoline(Edit) Full-time all wheel drivesystem with three open differentials. Hybrid(Edit) Automatic all wheel drive. Normally front wheel drive vehicle. When it detects slip the rear electric motor activates to provide a push...
While a geared transmission typically bursts off the line, a CVT has a smoother (and slower) increase to maximum power. But CVT’s sluggishness can go too far. It may be a safety hazard when trying to merge onto a busy road. Needless to say, you cannot be friends with the people driv...
After burning through more than $15 billion in 1999-2000, Ford lost a staggering $5.45 billion in 2001 and almost a billion more in '02. Part of that came from having to match the costly zero-percent financing program instituted by GM to jump-start a stunned market after the September 11...
Four years after “An Inconvenient Truth” detailed some of the potential lasting damage modern-scale fuel reliance could do, the automobile industry was getting in on the renewable energy game. In the wake of high gas prices, which would soon rise again, hybrid and electric vehicles began to...
I always find it amazing how much money people will spend on four tires and a steering wheel that gets them from point A to point B. Especially, when the're spending money that they do not have. Admittedly, I have never been a “car guy” and I grew up in a house where there was...
After burning through more than $15 billion in 1999-2000, Ford lost a staggering $5.45 billion in 2001 and almost a billion more in '02. Part of that came from having to match the costly zero-percent financing program instituted by GM to jump-start a stunned market after the September ...