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LOS ANGELES, October 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – - Winner to be Announced at the LA Auto Show Nov. 17 Green Car Journal announced its five finalists for the 2012 Green Car of the Year® award today. For the seventh consecutive year, the Green Car of the Year® honors environmental leadership in the automotive field, with the winner being announced during a press conference at the Los Angeles Auto Show Press Days on Nov. 17. This year’s five finalists include the 2012 Ford Focus Electric, 2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas, 2012 Mitsubishi i, 2012 Toyota Prius v and 2012 Volkswagen Passat...

LINK TO SUPERBOWL AD AND ADDITIONAL MOCKING ADS FROM AUDI The Audi A3 TDI Diesel was named by Green Car Journal at the L.A. Auto Show as the GREEN CAR OF THE YEAR. Besides the staff of Green Car Journal and self-described environmentalists, the judges include Jay Leno and legendary muscle car icon Carroll Shelby. The TDI clean diesel gets 42 mpg. Gee, maybe we can have a balance of doing good environmentally, lessening dependence on foreign oil, and actually not destroying jobs and economies. Ya think? That is Audi's point in a series of ads about the Green...

Toyota Camry Hybrid Named Green Car Of The Year (AP) LOS ANGELES The Toyota Camry Hybrid has been named the 2007 green car of the year by the magazine Green Car Journal. Four magazine staffers and seven outside judges helped pick the car, which editor and publisher Ron Cogan said raised the bar for cars in terms of performance, efficiency and protecting the environment. The Camry was picked from a field of five finalists, including the Mercedes-Benz E-320 Bluetec clean diesel; Honda Civic GX, which runs on compressed natural gas; Lexus GS 450h Hybrid; and Saturn Vue Green Line Hybrid....