Environmentally friendly and practical, the 2008 Toyota Yaris is a great choice of car for the earth conscience buyer.  At a retail price of around $11,000, this is a car you can afford to buy with money left over for the gas.  This is not a hybrid or an electric car, but the Yaris is better on the environment because of the great gas mileage it gets.  The Yaris gets about 40 miles to the gallon on highways and 35 in the city, making the Yaris something to consider as gas prices rise dramatically.  We don’t necessarily want to drive small, practical cars, but this may be the way of the future so that we can continue to travel as we choose and not have to roll our coins to fill up the gas tank.

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Ever wonder what the cars of the future will have? You’d be surprised that the technology that is just around the corner. By the yea 2020, cars will be able to do some amazing things. They will become safer, more convenient, less expensive to operate and more friendly for the environment.

Do you hate to parallel park? Cars of the future will be able to self park. New technologies will also allow you to wirelessly attain information about people crossing the street, warn you if you are approaching them to close and automatically avvoid them.
     Love your GPS system? According to secret sources, there is a new technology that will be even more accurate (up to 3 feet). So what this means is that your car can be even more accurate in getting you to where you need to be. 
     The idea of wirelss technology will allow you car to connect to the manufacturer and download new software upgrades and features. This system will baciscally be like your car taking car of itself.  Say for instance you traveled from Arizona to Minnesota and needed different traction control, your car would seamlessly download the required software and implement it for you.
      Via your cars wireless system, you could drive through a Burger King, or a Wendys and never pull out your wallet! Your car would basically send out a signal and your bank account would be debited. Details about this new tehcnology are scetchy, but the creators claim that is 100% safe and secure.
Your car willo drive iteslef! Yes thats right, currently in some major universities, they are perfecting cars that ca drive themselves for long stretches of freeway. This means that you could take a nap, or work on your laptop while your on your way to mom’s house in Montana! I can hardly wait.

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With the potential for 48 miles per gallon when using gasoline, the SAAB 9-X BioHybrid car may be just the concept car we are all looking to buy in the future.  With the cost of gas expected to rise even further than the already ridiculous price fo $3+ a gallon, car buyers will be looking for more affordable, more gas conscious cars.

This car contains an engine that produces  200 horsepower and can use either traditional gasoline or E85 for fuel.  E85 if a fuel that is made up of 15 percent gasoline and 85 percent ethanol. gasoline. With the E85, carbon monoxide emissions are much lower and miles per gallon is at 37 mpg.

The SAAB 9-X BioHybrid was recently showcased at the 2008 Geneva Motor Show.

Simply put, a hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power sources to make the vehicle run.  The point of creating hybrid vehicles is to create cars that are less toxic to the environment and more fuel efficient.  When a hybrid car is idling, the gasoline or diesel engine will shut down, allowing battery power to take over.  Cars that run on batteries are QUIET and do not emit the noxious emissions that gasoline or diesel powered cars do.  When a hybrid car runs at full power, both the electric and gas powered sources are tapped.

The Toyota Prius, at a price of $23,000 or less, is a great choice when you consider the average price for a car in it’s category is $28,000.  The Prius gets an average of 48 miles to the gallon which makes the average gas mileage for a non-hybrid (about 25 miles a gallon) look ridiculous. 

  The 2008 Toyota Prius

The Toyota Prius was the first mass produced gas/electric hybrid in 1997 where it went on sale in Japan.  The Prius became available to the United States in 2000.  Easily, the Prius has become one of the most popular hybrid vehicles in the world.

Hybrid vehicles save precious fossil fuels that can be put to better use elsewhere.  Although a hybrid vehicle is not going to go from zero to sixty in less than ten seconds, a hybrid vehicle will help ensure that your children have clean air to breathe.