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"hybrid hatchback" refers to a type of car that has two main features. "Hybrid" means it uses both an electric motor and a gasoline engine to power the car, making it more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly. "Hatchback" means the car has a door at the back that opens upwards, giving easy access to the trunk.
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The two are alike in several respects, unalike in several others, and overall they're two very different attempts to fulfill the same mission statement of being a front - wheel drive plug - in
hybrid hatchback with screaming good efficiency.
The Chevrolet Volt is a compact plug -
in hybrid hatchback with an impressive all - electric range of 53 miles and a combined fuel economy rating of 42 miles per gallon once the batteries are flat, and it's this combination of the best of the plug - in and hybrid worlds that make the Volt one of the ten best liftbacks on the market.
The Camry will be built on Toyota New Global Architecture Platform, which is shared with the latest Toyota
Prius hybrid hatchback and Toyota C - HR crossover SUV.
At first glance, it would be easy to mistake Honda's
new hybrid hatchback with its main rival, the Toyota Prius.
For 2017, Toyota's Prius
C hybrid hatchback comes standard with Toyota's Safety Sense - C, which adds pre-collision warning and braking, lane - departure assist and automatic high beams.
The Lexus CT 200h is a four door five passenger
luxury hybrid hatchback with aggressive styling and lush amenities.
Sure, it sets the stand
for hybrid hatchbacks with outstanding fuel economy and industry - leading Toyota reliability.
Hybrid sedans with mpg in the low - upper 40s are available, and this fall Hyundai says it will have its
Ioniq Hybrid hatchback which will match or beat important metrics in the Prius including mpg, and maybe price to some degree.
The Globe and Mail's Petrina Gentile gets to take the Audi's ready - for - production
electric hybrid hatchback up California's famed Pacific Coast Highway.
The Toyota Prius is a midsize 5 -
door hybrid hatchback whose main selling point is its green cred and correspondingly excellent combined fuel economy of 52 miles per gallon.
Whether you go for the
Auris Hybrid hatchback or Touring Sports, it's a practical and useful everyday family car.
Take a look at our review of the
popular hybrid hatchback below to see what is offered on the Prius for the 2017 model year!
With the second - generation Insight hybrid, Honda took a page out of the Toyota Prius» playbook and created an aerodynamic, efficient, and relatively
practical hybrid hatchback that gets great fuel economy.
The company is performing similar trials in Europe with a range - extended
A1 hybrid hatchback.
The terminally
uncool hybrid hatchback gets its own original song for the commercial, titled «Heck on Wheels,» and even goes sideways for a bit and evades the police (sort of).
The Honda
Insight hybrid hatchback, Honda's green car, may have a sticker price under $ 20,000 in the United States — and Honda might build it here if U.S. sales hit and sustain the lofty target of...
In recent years, this award -
winning hybrid hatchback has won awards that include a Top Safety Pick + recognition from the IIHS and an overall 5 - star safety rating from the NHTSA.
But when you compare those ratings to
other hybrid hatchbacks like the 2016 Toyota Prius, the CR - Z seems a lot less efficient.
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The French firm has also all but confirmed the bonkers 493bhp 308
R Hybrid hatchback will go on sale.
Toyota's new,
full hybrid hatchback shares the long, 2,600 mm wheelbase and 4,245 mm overall length of the Auris 2010 model range, while a 5 mm lowering of vehicle ride height further improves its aerodynamic efficiency.
Among the brands that will take part in the building of the tuned - up
hybrid hatchback include ADV. 1 Wheels, Falken Tires, Air Lift, Status Racing, JD Motorsports, STACK, Trent's Trick Upholstery, MagnaFlow, Webasto, Ignited HID's, Shinzo Media, Light WurkZ, StreetGlow, Wraptivo, and Royal Purple.
This
compact hybrid hatchback is also available with a range of other premium features, such as SofTex ® leatherette upholstery, heated front seats, and a premium 11.6 - inch HD multimedia interface.
Based largely on the Prius C architecture, Lexus bills this sporty car as «the world's first
luxury hybrid hatchback.»
For 2018, Audi's A3 compact - luxury sports car is offered as a sedan, convertible and, in the A3 Sportback e-tron, a plug -
in hybrid hatchback.
Sharing much of its hybrid drivetrain and platform with the Hyundai
Ioniq hybrid hatchback, the Niro appeals to SUV shoppers with its crossover - like body.
If Lexus has any hope of meeting its goal of selling 1,000 CTs here in the U.S. each month, the
little hybrid hatchback is going to need an attractive price point.
The Toyota Prius Three is a 5 passenger gas -
electric hybrid hatchback that is not only environmentally - friendly, but is stylish and comfortable as well.
The 2015 Prius is a five - passenger, four -
door hybrid hatchback that more or less kickstarted the hybrid segment in the late 1990s.
Unfortunately, Toyota doesn't regard the
Auris Hybrid hatchback or Touring Sports as suitable for towing a braked or unbraked trailer.
Now, the company has only four electrified models: Honda Accord Hybrid, Acura RLX sedan, Acura NSX sports car, and the remaining stock of the soon - to - be discontinued CR -
Z hybrid hatchback.