Why we need big hybrid SUVs
June 12, 2007 by Malcolm
Filed under Cross-Over SUV, General Motors (GM), GMC, Hybrid
This is an excellent article! I usually do not copy over articles from other sites but I could not resist this one… Enjoy!
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Think a GMC Yukon Hybrid sounds silly? It can save more gas than a Civic Hybrid.
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNNMoney.com staff writer
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Outrage. Disbelief. Downright disgust. Those were readers’ reactions to our recent story about 13 great fuel efficient cars, which featured several trucks and SUVs.
Many of the emails went something like this: “Did you sell your soul to Detroit? Since when is 16/24 ‘great’ fuel-efficiency?”
Actually, 16 miles per gallon in city driving and 24 on the highway is really good for a large SUV. That’s what the GMC Acadia gets.
Compare that to another big General Motors SUV, the GMC Yukon, which has similar interior space. The Yukon gets 14 miles per gallon in the city and 19 on the highway.
