REGAL LIVING - Buick goes green with eAssist, but you might only notice at the pump

摘要

IF THE MAKER DOESN'T call a car a hybrid, and it doesn't look like one, and it doesn't drive like one, is it really a hybrid? That's the gray area in which the Buick Regal eAssist finds itself. It uses a nonintrusive "light electrification" system to improve fuel economy, and, well, that's about it. Gray area? Yes, but the results are black-and-white. Forget the marketing; the figures are real: The Regal with eAssist gets better gas mileage than the standard version, 25 mpg in the city and 36 mpg on the highway, compared with 19/31 mpg for the non-eAssist car.