2010 Saturn Vue Hybrid

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Back in 2005, GM retreated from a plan to offer a full hybrid in the Saturn VUE SUV. Instead, they offered a mild hybrid VUE, dubbed the Green Line Hybrid.

Then again, in 2009 GM was set to offer a full hybrid version of the Vue, eventually followed by a plug-in version.

Of course, those plans were postponed due to GM's bankuptcy recovery plans. Now that GM is offloading Saturn, GM has promised that the Vue hybrid would re-emerge under another GM brand.

In the summer of 2009, GM proposed a Vue replacement as a Buick, but the concept was shot down by observers.

And, so the Vue hybrid saga goes on, but back to the current Vue hybrid.

Currently, GM calls the Vue hybrid the most economical hybrid vehicle in its class.Of course, the current mild hybrid provides the least increase in fuel economy of any hybrid SUV.

Unlike full hybrids, the Vue hybrid will not be able to power itself with only electric power.

Still, the Vue mild hybrid averages around 30mpg, or about 4 mpg above the 26 it currently achieves on the highway.

While many analysts once claimed that the Vue mild hybrid was only a publicity stunt for GM to use the upside of hybrids in a greenwashing attempt to give the appearance that GM cares about the environment and foreign oil dependency, the vehicle does offer a few advantages.

For example, if you are a mostly highway driver, the Vue hybrid could be a good hybrid, especially if you need towing capabilities. Unlike hybrids from Ford and Toyota, GM's Vue hybrid will not lose any towing power.

However, now that the full dual mode version of the Vue has been confirmed, it's no longer possible to call the Vue hybrid a stunt, it is simply about choice. Conventional, mild or full. 

More interesting, that list of choices might soon expand to plug-in hybrids and there is a real chance that GM will be the first automaker to mass produce plug-in hybrid vehicles.

Of course, who knows how the Vue hybrid saga will play out.

Latest Saturn Vue hybrid news

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- Vue plug-in tests going well

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- Greenwashing: GM's dual mode hybrid vehicles

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- GM's dual mode hybrid advantage?

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- GM awards contracts to develop hybrid batteries

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- Vue hybrid breaks even in 6 years

- AP test drives the Saturn Vue hybrid

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- GM unsure of Saturn Vue hybrid details

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