Hybrid care.com has gone overboard in their listings because they include diesel and high mileage internal combustion vehicles. The owner of that web site needs the advertising revenue. That makes the reliability of the data and opinions questionable. Motor Trend magazine, Popular Photography and other magazines that rely on manufacturers for survival cannot provide unbiased information.
News that UPS has expanded its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles adds to the growing hybrid vehicle trend. The number of auto manufacturers offering hybrid technology has grown substantially in the past few years.
I own a 2001 Nissan Maxima. It has a V6 internal combustion engine. On freeway and highway driving from Los Angeles to San Jose the mileage was 30 MPG.
Consumer Reports was a good resource for automobile reliability. However, the error in not detecting Toyota acceleration problems has put the magazine’s reliabilty into question.
Combined
MPG
Toyota Prius 50 MPG
Honda Civic Hybrid 42 MPG
Honda Insight 41 MPG
Ford Fusion Hybrid 39 MPG
Mercury Milan Hybrid 39 MPG
Nissan Altima Hybrid 34 MPG
Lexus HS 250h 34 MPG
Toyota Camry Hybrid 33 MPG
Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid 29 MPG
Lexus GS 450h 23 MPG
Mercedes S400 BlueHybrid 22 MPG
Lexus LS 600h L 21 MPG
Hyundai Sonata Hybrid 38 MPG
Hyundai Accent Hybrid n/a
Honda Fit Hybrid n/a
BMW ActiveHybrid 7 n/a
Yes hybrid cars are the future of auto market, i like those cars, technology but i thinking to wait for some more time to get one, at present price tag which near $3000+ higher than a regular one and giving 5-10mpg extra millage with this figures it will take almost 7-10 years of time to get back those extra buck i have spent on it, so i would like to wait a while to get an good millage car