While there are many factors to consider when buying your next vehicle, in the midst of soaring gas prices, none might be as important as “miles per gallon”, better known as MPG. And if you’re considering the purchase of a new or used sport utility vehicle, you’ve likely discovered that some SUVs get very poor gas mileage while others do as well or better than many cars. (None currently beat the new Toyota Prius.)  Read more...

Hybrid Car and SUV sweepstakes, giveaways, contests, raffles, and promotions are all the rage on this eve of Earth Day 2008.  It appears that there will be a lot of hybrid autos given away during ’08, as I’m hearing about a new “win a hybrid car” promotion nearly every week.  I spent a few hours scouring the net tonight to bring you seven chances to win a green car, so here they are in no particular order…

1.  Macy’s Turn Over A New Leaf Sweepstakes. Enter for a chance to win a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid SUV, or one of three family trips to a National Park. Begins 4/14/08 and ends 4/29/08.  Enter here.  Read more...

When doing your research on hybrid suv’s, it’s helpful to know how specific makes and models have done comparatively in terms of monthly and annual sales.  We put together a graph of hybrid suv sales figures for 2007 that includes the Toyota Highlander, Lexus RX 400h, Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner, and Saturn Vue.

During the first half of 2007, Toyota led the pack with 14,312 hybrid Highlander sales.  Coming in a close second was Ford, with their popular hybrid Escape managing a respectable 11,444.  Lexus grabbed 3rd place with 8,657 RX 400h sales during the same period.  You will notice on the chart that there were a couple of months where we were unable to track down total sales of the Saturn Vue Green Line.  Read more...