Baltimore area families looking to go green without spending a lot of green might consider the Saturn Vue Hybrid. And an even better deal can be found in picking up any remaining 2008 Vue Hybrids.

The 2009 Vue hybrids came out in August but some area dealers still carry less expensive 2008 models, which were the first of the redesigned series. The 2008 models were in short supply over the last year because of a battery problem. The battery was fixed and many dealerships were sent shipments of the corrected 2008 models in July, which ran into the debut of the more expensive 2009 model the following month.