LimeLite CoachWorks of Santa Clara, Calif., recently added more than 13 feet to a Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid, making it the world's first hybrid SUV stretch limo. It would also be the world's biggest hybrid, if it weren't for hybrid gas-electric buses and locomotives.
Less than a month after a dealer starting taking deposits for delivery of plug-in hybrid Priuses, that dealer is now returning them to the customers. Toyota clamped down on the plan, which the dealer—Magnussen’s Toyota of Palo Alto, Calif.—said was simply a way of responding to customers who wanted to make sure they were first in line for the promised plug-ins.
Just three years after its debut in the US, Honda has delivered an updated version of the Honda Fit for 2009. Some analysts believe that it’s premature to bring out a new version of the subcompact five-door hatchback, but it’s here with a slightly sportier look inside and out—so we took it on a quick test drive through the curvy canyon roads north of Los Angeles.
