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2008 Chevrolet Tahoe HYBRID Front angle medium view photo KBB Editors' Overview
While Toyota and Honda are busy building small, relatively affordable hybrids, GM is taking a different track, working to improve the fuel efficiency of its most popular sedans and SUVs. The logic may pass over die-hard environmentalists, but from the typical American family's point of view, it makes perfect sense. Many families need the interior accommodations provided by a full-size SUV, not to mention its ability to tow a boat or horse trailer. By creating a hybrid version of its full-size Yukon and Tahoe SUVs, GM has built two vehicles that can seat eight, tow up to 6,200 pounds yet achieve the same city fuel economy ratings as the four-cylinder Toyota Camry.
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If you like the standard Chevrolet Tahoe or GMC Yukon, you'll love the Hybrid models. They give up nothing in the way of performance, comfort or ability, yet, compared to with their non-hybrid 5.3-liter siblings, return a 50-percent improvement in city fuel economy. If you were hoping for a base model with the two-mode system, you're out of luck. Both the Yukon and Tahoe Hybrid come in only one trim: Expensive. With a base price starting just over $50,000, the fuel savings earned over the standard Tahoe LS or Yukon SLE may never justify the added cost.
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The Tahoe and Yukon Hybrids represent GM's best hope of keeping its lucrative full-size truck and SUV sales alive. If successful, the two-mode hybrid technology used on both trucks will likely find its way into other Chevrolet and GMC models, including the Silverado, Sierra and Suburban. Until someone finds a way to make steel as lightweight as paper, GM's hybrid technology offers the best hope for improved fuel economy without the need to sacrifice power.
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