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Posted by ypgg on November 22nd, 2008 at 05:41pm

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L.A. Auto Show rundown

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Okay, the L.A. Auto Show usually has its fair share of green-car announcements, and this year was no exception.

We talked about Honda’s cool FC Sport hydrogen super-car concept already. But what else happened? Read on.

• Ford unveiled the fully redesigned versions of the Fusion and Mercury Milan, including hybrid versions of both.

  The key numbers: Up to 39 mpg in city driving, the ability to drive at up to 47 mph in electric-only mode, and a range of 700 miles on a tank of gas with city driving.

• Toyota presented a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered version of the Camry Hybrid. Don’t get too excited, T. Boone Pickens — it’s just a concept car.
• The Nissan Cube (one of your humble correspondent’s personal faves), previously available only in Japan and a select few right-hand-drive markets, has been fully updated (as seen in the above photo) and is now available in the U.S.
• The Volkswagen Jetta TDI won the Green Car of the Year Award. Very nice car. Dumb award.
• Honda showed off the Insight hybrid’s funky/cool instrument panel with “Ecological Drive Assist.”
• Nissan brought the ridiculous-yet-fun Altima Hot Rod Hybrid show car.
• Hyundai showed off the power-train for the upcoming Sonata Hybrid.
• The lithium-ion-powered electric MINI Cooper E made its big debut. Dig those yellow-wall tires.

There’s plenty more. All the auto websites and blogs have wall-to-wall L.A. Show coverage. Just search the Web.

Alex Nunez is associate editor of Autoblog.com.

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