Total hybrid sales up 11.4 percent in October
Fusion hybrid pushes Ford into second placeSales of hybrid cars were up 11.4 percent in October compared to a year ago. Still, total market share was only 2.9 percent.
Once again, Toyota dominated the sale of hybrids with its sale's all-star, the 2010 Prius. The Prius moved 13,496 units, while the next closest competitor, the Honda Insight moved 1,739 units.
Despite the Insight's rank of second best selling hybrid in October, Ford still sold more hybrids overall than Honda.
Labels: hybrid vehicle sales, toyota prius
posted by Dahcredyns at
6:08 AM
3 Comments:
Indigo Incarnates
Well... It wasn't that long ago when hybrids made up less than one percent of the market share. They've come a long way, baby!
I think if the Insight gets a couple more tweaks it can bece more popular too. I want an Insight so badly that I actually have dreams about driving one, hee hee.
My observation about hybrids is that $3/gallon is the "magic number" for people to choose hybrid or small compacts (like my awesome Scion xD -- 42 mpg highway with moderate hypermiling).
Now that gas prices are headed towards $3 again, it makes sense that people don't want their wallets emptied every time they fill up.
I would love to read more about this topic.
$3.00 is definitely an important threshold for gas prices, and last year I think $3.00 was key.
This year, however, i think that threshold might be $3.50 or so. I don't think $3.00 is as scary or surprising anymore.
of course, i live in California and gas has been at $3.00 for a while by me.
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