Road Test: 2019 BMW i8 Roadster
With eye-popping style, sprightly performance, and exclusivity, the BMW i8 Roadster is highly prized, but it’s also highly priced.
With eye-popping style, sprightly performance, and exclusivity, the BMW i8 Roadster is highly prized, but it’s also highly priced.
If you want a hassle-free, cheap-to-run and good-to-drive luxury subcompact crossover with a beautifully built interior and a punchy hybrid powertrain, the 2019 Lexus UX 250h should be at or near the top of your list for consideration.
The 2019 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid is a medium-sized minivan on the outside, but it leads its class on the inside.
The 2019 Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid gets electrified by adding an 8.8-kWh lithium-ion battery. The battery can be charged to provide 17 miles of pure electric motoring at up to 65 miles per hour.
As the 2019 Chevrolet Bolt stands, it is a reasonable BEV, whose number one advantage when it was new three years ago, was its range of 255 miles city or 217-highway miles with what was a respectable class-leading EPA rating of 238-miles range.
Ford estimates the 26-mile all-electric range on the 2019 Ford Fusion Energi Titanium will handle the local driving needs for most people.
The 2019 Nissan Leaf Plus builds on the second generation of the Leaf introduced last year, making it very competitive with every other BEV in the mainstream market.
The all-new 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid sedan and stablemate, the gasoline-only Corolla sedan, go on sale this week.
After driving a 2018 Toyota Highlander LT Plus, it was obvious to me that it is ready to take on rivals.
But 2018 did bring some good news in the form of the new 2018 BMW i3S Sport model. The most important performance feature of this new variant is a boost to 184 horsepower from 170, and a jump to 199 pounds-feet of torque, dropping the 0-60 time from 7.2 to 6.8 seconds.