Subaru, who possess the most technically advanced four-wheel drive system have all have already gone to the market in the US and shown their new XV Crosstrek Hybrid. Fuel consumption improvement is frankly marginal, but that is only part of the story. The ability to cover some miles on battery only and reduce overall emissions will be reflected in lower road fund licence costs and improved benefit in kind
Audi and VW already possess very developed hybrid technology and we will probably see an Audi Q3 hybrid, a Q5 hybrid, a VW Tiguan hybrid and its sister the Skoda Yeti hybrid. With their technology having covered thousands of miles with the German postal system vans, VW/Audi will be big players in this market
Lexus of course have the uber-smooth RX450h, already on its fourth generation with the fifth in the pipeline, the RX is the bestselling Lexus and not without good reason