Are there any american made hybrid cars?
October 2, 2009 in Other - Cars & Transportation
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roxyangel_112 questioned:
What are they and how many mpg do they get thankfulness! I want to buy an american made hybrid but if here aren’t any im being paid a toyota prius or honda civic hybrid. i dont want an SUV.
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The 2008 and before long Chevy Malibu and Saturn Aura are the only current American made hybrid sedans. Both cars have won North American Car of the Year awards.
Most of the Toyota Camry Hybrids sold in the US are made at the Georgetown, Kentucky sow, but do try out the VIN – if it starts with a J, it was imported.
US EPA 33 mpg city/34 mpg highway/34 mpg collective, AT-PZEV in CA emanation states
In view of the fact that you don’t want a hybrid SUV or car, I won’t list those (long, sad list). (Even if the Ford Escape Hybrid/Mercury Mariner Hybrid/Mazda Tribute FWD Hybrid at US EPA 34 mpg city/31 mpg highway/32 mpg collective is the best of the bunch. Again, AT-PZEV in CA emanation states.)
If you can wait a year, Ford is introducing the 2009/2010 model year Ford Fusion as a hybrid. No thought if it’ll be made in the US or not.
(I wouldn’t really entrust any of the GM “hybrids,” as they’re positively mild hybrids and not a full hybrid like the Toyota/Ford systems.)
Additional so-called “American”-branded hybrid cars:
Saturn Aura Green Line, US EPA 26 mpg city/34 mpg highway/29 mpg collective.
Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid, US EPA 26 mpg city/34 mpg highway/29 MPG collective. But I reflect this is only unfilled in the CA-emanation states…
But again, you’ll have to try out the VIN to be sure that a vehicle is built in the US, and not in another public (like Canada or Mexico, run of the mill for many “American” car makers (it is American – North American!)). US-made cars have a VIN starting with any a 1, 4, or 5 as their first digit. 2=Canada, 3 = Mexico or Costa Rica, J=Japan, among starting digits…