Flex Fuel Vehicles

Here are my thoughts on flex fuel vehicles.

Owning a flex fuel vehicle gives motorists options that high prices of gasoline at the pump. Depending on the availability of fuel and local taxes you can save up to one third of the pump to fill your car with E85, the ethanol / gasoline blend popular with fuel vehicles mixed. As additional service stations add flex fuel to their available fuel options, more drivers will consider this alternative energy source to save money and help the environment. However, before making the change, your vehicle must be designed to E85 in the first place. Fortunately, automakers selection are jumping in by offering vehicles that can operate with E85 or gasoline right. Let's look at the current offer available to American consumers.

Surprisingly, not many vehicles Japanese automakers have flex fuel options for vehicles. Toyota and Honda to focus on hybrid technology, while also exploring hydrogen. The U.S. automakers have taken the lead in this important effort and all other vehicles from General Motors, Ford and Daimler Chrysler have models of fruits and vegetables available to consumers:

General Motors:

Chevrolet Silverado

Chevrolet Avalanche

GMC Sierra

Chevrolet Suburban

GMC Yukon

Chevrolet Tahoe

Chevrolet Impala

Chevrolet Malibu

Ford Motor Company:

Lincoln Town Car

Ford F-Series

Mercury Grand Marquis

Ford Crown Victoria

Ford Taurus

Daimler Chrysler:

Dodge Durango

Dodge Ram

Dodge Caravan

Chrysler Town & Country

Chrysler Sebring

Dodge Stratus

In addition, several foreign manufacturers offer E85 technology, including Mercedes and Nissan in the current models, while the Isuzu and Mazda on previous models. Just so you know, not all versions of this model have the ability to flex fuel vehicles, contact your dealer to make sure that your model is indeed able to flex fuel.

Yes, the flex fuel movement is growing and that new stations are online and more vehicles are available, consumers seek to flex fuel vehicles in greater numbers to select. Add in two major benefit of reduced emissions and reduced dependence on foreign oil and flex fuel vehicles a heck of a lot of sense. Will you drive the flex fuel vehicle?