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The sixth-generation Volkswagen Golf, heralded by European automotive media as World Car of the Year, finally comes to U.S. showrooms this fall and instantly is the most fuel-efficient, non-hybrid compact car for 2010.

Are We There Yet? Honda's 2010 Insight offers family comfort, insane fuel efficiency By TODD GILLIS Thu.

No Honda Insight this one. Although it operates on a broadly similar mild-hybrid principle as the sainted Honda, the BMW ActiveHybrid 7 makes it from 0 to 60 mph in 4.7 seconds.

October 29, 2009: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced that the Committee of Japan Automotive Hall of Fame has awarded its Car of the Year 2009-2010 to the Honda Insight.

The sixth-generation Volkswagen Golf, heralded by European automotive media as World Car of the Year, finally comes to U.S. showrooms this fall and instantly is the most fuel-efficient, non-hybrid compact car for 2010.

Honda , Toyota , Acura and Lexus all have deservedly solid reputations for reliability and quality.

Honda has the highest average fleet mileage of any volume carmaker selling in the U.S. market today.

From left: Audi A3 TDI, Toyota Prius V, Smart Fortwo Passion, Honda Insight EX Navi and Ford Fusion Hybrid Forget about horsepower, dragstrip time slips or torque curves.

I've heard that from more than one reader, and I have come to realize that most people don't really know a thing about hybrids.

The Ford Escape compact sport utility, including its hybrid model, is now long in the tooth or beyond.

Hybrids are no longer the oddity they were just a couple of years ago. Models like the Honda Insight, Toyota Prius and Ford Escape hybrid have become a common sight, seen, not heard.

More than 60 jurors composed of Japanese journalists receive an allocation of votes, and the car with the most votes comes away with the crown.

Beyond the numbers that we so diligently broke down yesterday, driving four different cars for six hours can be telling in many more ways than just fuel economy.

Nissan has made a bigger bet on electric cars than any other automaker, with plans to launch its 2012 Leaf electric car globally.

The Toyota Prius has been named Japan's 2009-'10 Car of the Year. The award, announced live at the 2009 Tokyo Auto Show , gives Toyota its second successive JCOTY title and the Prius its second win, with the first having been in 1997.

Honda sees a green and harmonious future ahead, and it's no surprise that the brand's press briefing began with Asimo.

It's been a decade since an odd-looking little car called the Honda Insight hit the U.S. market and Americans discovered the smug, fuel-saving joy of owning a hybrid vehicle.

Honda today debuted the much-anticipated CR-Z Concept 2009, the second concept version of the stylish, sporty hybrid coupe, at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show.

Tokyo October 21, 2009; Japan Today reported that the Tokyo Motor Show opened to the press Wednesday as Japanese automakers roll out their new concepts for nifty, fully-electric vehicles in a testament to the imminent arrival of the long-awaited dream car.

So you just purchased a Mini Cooper and you're so excited about cashing in on gas and insurance savings that you've already started planning that spring break getaway trip to Hawaii.

Few subjects are as snooze-inducing as macroeconomics, especially when talking about transnational manufacturing decisions, but oddly enough, the lively little Honda Fit has the ability to breathe life into the topic.

While environmentally friendly vehicles will dominate the Tokyo Motor Show opening this week, the range of models on display shows automakers are still reluctant to focus all their energies on one technology.

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The 2010 Toyota Prius is again the most fuel-efficient performer in the U.S. market, at 50 mpg Combined, while runners-up include the 2010 Honda Civic Hybrid , Honda Insight , Ford Fusion Hybrid , and Mercury Milan Hybrid .

While hybrid car sales have been dominated thus far by Japanese automakers, the breath of Ford on Honda's neck in the US -- according to September sales data relased October 15 by Autodata -- shows that half-green technology is no longer a Japanese speciality.

Love 'em or hate 'em, hybrids have gone mainstream. Nine of the top 10 vehicles in the government's fuel economy rankings for the 2010 model year are hybrids.

Oct 15th 2009 at 7:03AM BMW ActiveHybrid X6 - Click above for high-res image gallery According to Wired , a trend is emerging from the design studios of some of the world's top automakers, and it may be spreading like wildfire as you read this.

It's hard to think of a better place than Vancouver if you want to establish a beachhead for electric cars in Canada.

Gone are the days when the biggest complaint people had about the Toyota Prius was its unusual styling.

The theme of the 2009 Tokyo Auto Show is "Fun Driving for Us, Eco Driving for Earth." So, it's no surprise that Japan's biggest automakers - Toyota, Nissan and Honda - will be rolling out their funky futuristic networked electric cars.

In 2008, the Toyota Prius was the best selling gas-electric hybrid car in the world.

Red And White Concepts is a student marketing agency at North Carolina State University.

Last week's photo showed the 2010 Acura ZDX, a four-door hatchback from Honda's luxury division.

Green Car Journal has named the the finalists for its 2010 Green Car of the Year award, and it's a sweet list that includes two diesels and three hybrids.

The current issue of new car, Ireland's leading motoring title from the publishers of Car Buyers Guide , announces the winners of its prestigious New Car of the Year Awards for 2010.

The Green Car Journal this morning announced the five finalists for the Green Car of the Year.

We knew all along that the Cash-For-Clunkers program induced July and August car buyers to go for vehicles they might not otherwise have chosen, specifically smaller cars with higher gas mileage.

It has been a decade since the 2000 Honda Insight and later the 2001 Toyota Prius began quietly traversing America's roadways, endearing themselves and their groundbreaking technology to environmentalists everywhere.

The short list of cars and trucks in the running for 2010 North American Car and Truck of the Year just hit my inbox.

It's a tough time to take charge of a car company. The industry has yet to get back on its feet yet Takanobu Ito, who has taken the top job at Honda, doesn't do doom and gloom.

The days may be numbered for hybrid car owners who have enjoyed traveling solo in California's carpool lanes.

Tetsuo Iwamura, president and CEO of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. will receive Southern California Minority Business Development Council's 2009 Leadership Award at its 25th Annual Leadership Award dinner on Friday, October 16.

That's what we at TheCarConnection.com just saw in a week's worth of driving-driving in which we really made a point to treat the Fusion Hybrid much like any other car.

The CR-Z's truncated tail evokes the CRX subcompact of the 80s. Another year, another car show, another opportunity for Honda to trot out its CR-Z compact hybrid concept.