Recently, Synovate a marketing research company has done study on how preferences for hybrid cars and general eco-mindedness differed around the globe. Company polled 13,500 urban people around the world. The most surprising finding was that 60% of people surveyed would buy a hybrid today.
This is great news for automakers who committed to green ideas [...]

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DETROIT — The Chrysler group is strongly considering selling diesel-powered minivans in North America as early as 2010.
“We’re contemplating it,” said Jason Vines, Chrysler’s chief spokesman.
Talk of a diesel minivan is another indication that Chrysler is looking at a broad lineup of diesel-powered cars and light trucks in a few years. A Mercedes-Benz diesel engine [...]

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Yay, hybrids! You’re in the market for a relatively compact SUV whose fuel economy doesn’t drop too far from the Focobaltra you’re selling. Plus, you want the snob appeal of owning a hybrid. You’d like to sit up high, have more cargo space, and get amazing fuel economy.

With $31,013 to spend, you can just barely [...]

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