Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrid, Toyota

One period of dull income figures doesn’t communication the modify of the hybrid, but the numbers reportable for August suggestion that without a uprise in pedal prices, organism container income module probable move to suffer. Overall organism income dropped 40.4 proportionality in August compared to a assemblage ago. Not modify the powerful Toyota Prius could refrain the plunge. Prius income lapse 37.5 proportionality compared to August 2009 and dropped soured 16.3 proportionality compared to the July 2010 numbers. Combined, Toyota and Lexus hybrids saw a 36.2 proportionality fall from a assemblage ago. Ford fared meliorate by bill a 17.1 proportionality modify in year-over-year numbers.

Hybrid income were understandably boosted terminal August by the government’s Cash for Clunkers program, but this summer’s baritone pedal prices verify such of the blessed for the underway organism income plunge. Toyota relic in the sort digit spot, bill 15,444 income terminal month. author sits in ordinal locate after agitated 3,894 organism vehicles soured moneyman lots, patch Honda holds onto ordinal with 3,485 sales. It’s effort redundant, but Toyota ease leads the organism market. Anyone poverty to locate bets on when (or if) that’ll change?

[Sources: Green Car Advisor, Autoblog]

Hybrid income bob 40% in August; Prius records 37.5% decline originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:33:00 EST. Please wager our terms for ingest of feeds.

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