Mr. Green Car

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer This is way off the topic of vehicles. But my goal is always to save

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer I try not to recycle old Mr. Green Car columns. If you’d like to read

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer It was February 1992 when we bought our last new car — a 1992 Honda

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer This week, I don’t have one big topic to expound on, or a car to

By Allen Penticoff Freelance Writer Regular readers of this column may note that I had been the owner of a

By Allen Penticoff Freelance Writer When I recently tested the diminutive Chevy Spark, I took note of a big, leafy

By Allen Penticoff Freelance Writer Mr. Green Car is back with another small-car test/review. This time, the tiny Chevy “Spark.”

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer I write about all sorts of transportation-related issues, most of them environmental. But in this

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer It has been several years since I test-drove a Honda Civic powered by compressed natural

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer I’m back from a little hiatus of writing car reviews with an exciting new hybrid

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer My wife, Ruth, and I recently spent a couple days in New York City. The

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer In any review or brochure of hybrid vehicles you will hear mention of “regenerative brakes.”

By Allen Penticoff Free-lance Writer This is the fourth in a four-part series on common drivetrains. In fact, it was