Boxing clever, the automatic choice…

More people are asking me about leasing automatic cars these days, but I noticed are often getting confused as to what the manufacturers actually mean by ‘semi auto’, ‘tiptronic’, ‘CVT’, or whatever. I can see why too, it is all acronyms and techno waffle…
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Hybrid cars – are they really any good for the ‘normal’ driver?

Hybrid petrol/electric cars are going to be more and more popular now diesel is viewed as coming directly from Satan’s pit. Fully electric cars are OK if you are only doing 40 miles a day and never go much further, and they tend to cost a fair chunk more than their petrol or diesel counterparts. A Tesla will do 250 miles on a full charge, but they are BIG money. Hydrogen is a long way off. That just leaves petrol/electric hybrid as really one of the few ways left to go.hybrid 3
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