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2014 Honda Civic Natural Gas, Hybrid on sale this month

Buyers looking to up their mpg will have two more options beginning this month. The 2014 Honda Civic Hybrid goes on sale Wednesday, returning 45 mpg combined, while the 31-mpg 2014 Civic Natural Gas sedan will start selling in 37 states on Feb. 15.

VW to go totally turbo

A Volkswagen AG executive announced Tuesday that the company is planning to turbocharge the entire VW fleet by the 2016 or 2017. VW's executive vice president, Mark Trahan, spoke with The Detroit News, saying they will replace the company's remaining three naturally aspirated engines, a five-cylinder 2.5-liter and two six-cylinders with turbo mills. The trend seems to be gaining popularity, seeing as Ford Motor Co.

Fox Marketing gives the Nissan Juke a boost

Nissan U.K.'s effort to transplant the GT-R's powertrain into the Juke small crossover has been an inspiration to car tuner Fox Marketing. Fox on Thursday said it's working on an upgrade for the all-wheel-drive Juke as part of Fox's celebration of 12 years customizing cars. Fox is calling it the Juke-S.