And, of course, a hybrid or fuel-efficient car emits less carbon dioxide than an SUV.
And, yes, choosing a more fuel-efficient car can indeed be a significant cost-saving measure.
You say, it's going to be more expensive for you if you've got a less fuel-efficient car.
The redesigned Explorer, with new engines and a more fuel-efficient car chassis rather than a truck platform, promises to deliver a 30% improvement in gas mileage.
And everybody drives Hummers until finally gas gets so crazy and at a certain point people start saying maybe I should get a more fuel-efficient car.
For years, it has raced ahead of the Premier Padmini, a roomier but relatively unwieldy and less fuel-efficient car modeled on a 1951 Fiat, and the Fiat Uno, which sold only 8, 500 units in the past year.
Incentive backed challenges attract "maverick thinkers who challenge normal assumptions" and make heroes of the teams who compete in these paradigm-changing efforts to solve significant social problems like building the ultimate fuel-efficient car or developing a lunar landing vehicle.
This follows a trend where automakers are replacing robust, truck-based SUVs with lighter, more fuel-efficient, car-based crossovers.
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And a flood of more fuel-efficient, car-based crossovers will turn heads in 2006.
The good deed, along with a promise to share fuel-efficient small car technology, earned Fiat a 20 percent stake in Chrysler under a government-brokered bankruptcy reorganization.
Thanks to the efficient turbocharged, common-rail, direct fuel-injection diesel engine, the concept car is still very fuel-efficient.
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There are several smartphone apps and online resources (including those from the AAA) that can help drivers plan the most fuel-efficient efficient routes for errands and car trips and locate the cheapest gas prices while en route.
The year 2010 will also see vehicle breakthroughs, like the plug-in Chevrolet Volt and the Chevy Cruze, a zippy, fuel-efficient compact that will usher in a new era of global efficiency in small-car product development.
Consumers should see an increase in fuel savings (over the lifetime of their cars) as newer and more fuel-efficient cars become available starting with the 2017 car models.
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But Jeep needs to win back the suburbanites who have spent the last decade defecting to a newer batch of car-like, fuel-efficient competitors like the Chevrolet Equinox and Toyota RAV4.
Ford thinks it may have a hit on its hands with its forthcoming Edge crossover, a sleek car-based and relatively fuel-efficient sport utility.
And Li Shufu, chairman of Zhejiang Geely told reporters Wednesday at a legislative session that electric-car subsidies should be expanded to fuel-efficient cars, including hybrids.
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And this is a point I want to emphasize: If you buy a car, your investment in a more fuel-efficient vehicle as a result of this standard will pay off in just three years.
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"Many new car buyers are opting for vehicles that are more fuel-efficient than what they originally intended on buying, " says Charlie Vogelheim.
The government may not order you to buy a car, but it does order you to buy lots of stuff in your car you may not want, from airbags to fuel-efficient engines.
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But after some tough sledding, the auto industry seems poised for a rebound, and car makers are pulling out all the stops to create fuel-efficient, fun-to-drive, attractive and affordable vehicles.
Since the United States had always been a country of "cheap gas, " (a tradition that continues, by the way) American car companies were not geared up to build small, fuel-efficient cars, but foreign manufacturers were.
We had reserved a compact car, a cost effective option we knew would not only be fuel-efficient but also easily meet our minimal space requirements.
The two-year strategic Zipcar-Ford alliance will introduce a new generation of drivers from university and college campuses to the highly fuel-efficient Ford Focus and Escape vehicles as well as offer incentives to join and use Zipcar car sharing services on and around campus.
If you're renting a car, Mullis and Spatrisano both recommend hybrid- or energy-efficient fuel vehicles, although they acknowledge that these can be hard to find in many locations.
Hybrids need to be equipped with larger battery packs, smaller and more fuel-efficient engines and a "two-mode system" that uses a pair of electric motors that propel the car at lower speeds.
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