Hybrid

After announcing that it will actually make its LC 500 luxury sports coupe, Lexus has now officially premiered its LC 500h hybrid. The car has a multi-stage hybrid system that promises efficiency and performance for drivers.…

BMW has announced some new details on the coming 2016 330e plug-in hybrid. The car will launch in the US with a 2.0-liter turbo four-engine making 184 hp and 214 lb-ft.…

Morgan Motor Company is famous for its three-wheel vehicles that look like something left over from the early days or motoring, but updated with more modern drivetrains.…

Perhaps the most appealing full-size family vehicle to show up at the 2016 NAIAS was a new concept from the design team at Kia, called the Telluride.…

Volkswagen has a new concept car on display at the 2016 NAIAS in Detroit called the Tiguan GTE Active Concept. The concept it is based on the second generation Tiguan set to hit the US in 2017.…

I’d like to know where along the way it became the norm to design EVs and hybrids to look terrible. The Prius is one of the ugliest designs on the road, and Hyundai’s new hybrid called the IONIQ looks like it could be a close relative to the Prius.…

Last month, we got our first glimpse at the Subaru Impreza Sedan concept car, and it looked pretty good. In all likelihood, the new Impreza will also spawn the next-gen WRX and WRX STi.…

Hyundai has unveiled a new Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) variant of the 2016 Sonata. The big thing that sets the PHEV model apart from the normal Sonata Hybrid is that this version can drive for up to 27 miles on electricity alone.…

When you think Toyota and hybrid, likely the Prius probably comes to mind first. However, at 95Octane we like our hybrids with a little more to them than the Prius.…

Mercedes-Benz unveiled a new concept car at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show designed to showcase the future of aerodynamic design. The Concept IAA has the lowest coefficient of drag in the world according to Mercedes with a Cd value of 0.19.…

Decades ago, when I first met my wife, she had an old beat up Honda CR-Z. I loved that car; it was so fun to drive and looked cool too.…

The Toyota Prius is a bonafide sales success that other manufacturers can only dream of. In spite of that fact, it has never been an attractive car.…

When is a Ferrari not a Ferrari? When you can’t drive it down the street and have everyone ogle at your awesome ride and show off your Master of the Universe status.…

The gang over at Brabus is well known for taking Mercedes-Benz cars and giving those lots more power and torque. The last time we spoke of them was when they coaxed 850hp from the C63 AMG coupe.…

Cadillac is on hand at the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show and has officially confirmed the plug-in hybrid version of the Cadillac CT6 we talked about earlier this month.…