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First Drive: 2016 Kia Niro

Larger than the Cee’d but smaller than the Sportage, Kia’s upcoming Niro crossover offers the intriguing prospect of an affordable hybrid SUV.

Powered by an electrically-assisted 1.6 petrol engine, the Niro offers a combined power figure of 139bhp and CO2 emissions below 100g/km. It has a six-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox (rather than the sometimes noisy CVT transmission fitted to Toyota’s Prius or Mitsubishi’s Outlander PHEV) and a lithium-ion battery tucked under the rear seats.

Our Frankfurt test route indicated a car with better steering than any other Kia we’ve sampled recently. On faster roads outside the city, the car needed none of the regular steering inputs demanded by other products from this company.

It’s fair to say that few Niros will be bought for trackday use. We didn’t get many opportunities to test outright speed or handling but we did find that cornering was relatively roll-free. You can easily get the low-resistance tyres squealing, but in...
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Review: Toyota’s 2016 Camry Hybrid is an underappreciated way to ride

We’ve all had the experience of taking someone or something for granted.

Eventually, we come to the realization that they’re something special, and we haven’t properly appreciated their capabilities.

So it is with today’s test car, the 2016 Toyota Camry Hybrid SE.
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Review: Toyota’s 2016 Camry Hybrid is an underappreciated way to ride - News and reviews - Boston.com

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Ashlem

Perfect is often the enemy of good in the plug-in world

Op-Ed: Perfect Is Often The Enemy Of Good In The Plug-In World

Jay Cole said:

This phrase has been coming to mind a lot lately when I read comments both on InsideEVs and my own personal YouTube channel after creating a video review of my 2017 Chevy Volt. Somewhat a coincidence, the phrase originated in France from a guy named Voltaire.

The reason the phrase comes to mind is due to the large amount of criticism I am now seeing regarding various plug-in vehicles from, oddly enough, within the plug-in community itself. I mean, we all expected the Koch brothers to be criticizing EVs. But I never expected it so soon from within. In many ways it reminds me of infighting between iPhone vs. Android, Mustang vs. Camaro, Apple II vs. Commodore 64, etc.
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I'd have to say that I agree with Jay's article....

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