Comments on: Down Economy Tests Carmakers’ Commitment to Hybrids

By: j

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:02:42 +0000

Listen guys.. we have been fooled by the car industry and we will continue to take that crap judging from your comments. How crazy is this we are driving in cars based on a 130 year old technology, even a T-ford gets better millage. and the first cars were electric cars.

What happened to common sense folks. Don't be fooled the technology is stored in secret warehouses until the public really really gets upset.

Stop buying cars and maintain the one you have. Believe me a well build car can easily get 15 years. The more people realize this the lower the sales of cars and the more they realize that there is a need for improvement. Let the big 3 fall on there behinds so badly that the message gets out.

J

By: J-bob

J-bob — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:29:23 +0000

Recent report shows people driving 9.5 billion fewer miles this year than the same time last year. High gas prices, higher cost of food and energy, less jobs (hmmm.. recession anyone?) Yeah, the figures (even for hybrids) are gonna go down. Most people have had a 'eureka' moment. Rather than trading their gas hogs for hybrids and still spending even more money for 3-7 years, most are going back to the day when they went to school via public transit and biking, if they need a motor vehicle, motorcycle and scooter sales are going through the roof.

States hate it because then there is less revenue to maintain streets and highways, oil companies are noticing a significant decrease in overall oil demand, and nobody is buying these cheesy auto ads for 30+ miles per gallon (yeah... highway. 20 or less in city driving where most of us need it, most of us are not that gullable).

These are interesting times.

By: skooldays

skooldays — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:41:06 +0000

Love the comments
i see according to Webxact that Nissan are now claiming it can save at least 10% on fuel costs!
now thats what a car really needs!

http://www.webxact.co.uk/2008/08/will-eco-pedal-change-your-driving.html

By: anon Imus

anon Imus — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:53:27 +0000

Whatever happened to editing? This article is a mess.

By: dangerous

dangerous — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:21:52 +0000

As we can see buyers really have some factors when buying cars. When they knew that gas is going down again, they prefer to guy non-hybrids because hybrids are much expensive than those that are not. Manufacturers can't produce hybrid and sell in low cost because they produce that with all the budget even though it's really expensive because they want to give the best for the buyers. We can't really understand Car Techs because buyers really don't know what they want too.

By: steved28

steved28 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:24:50 +0000

Maybe some people (like me) are simply waiting and not buying anything new. I already own a hybrid, and I'll never settle for less. So we sit on our (paid for) Explorer and wait. Apparently until at least 2010. At $8.9B and $15B losses, I can wait longer than Ford and GM.

We really want to trade the Explorer for a FEH, but I'm not going to hunt the nation and bend over for one.

As far as the price of gas goes, they now have people believing anything below $4 is a bargain, so next year we do this all over again, gas goes up to $5, then creeps back to $4.50 and we think that's cheap. OH, and there's a hurricane heading for the gulf...

By: autobob

autobob — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:55:25 +0000

Chevy new small car the Cruz coming in 2010. They need to kick it up a notch. They need to make a hybrid model in 2010 of the Cruz. lLets get fuel efficient with smaller cars GM. Quit putting all your hybrid eggs in $48,000 volts and $50,000 suv’s. Make a $18,000 hybrid that the masses can afford. Get 50-55 mpg and watch them fly off the shelfs.

By: Stan

Stan — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:32:51 +0000

Hybrid sales are down (attrib: WSJ) because they aren't
available. Several Florida and California dealers are paying
"original price" for used Prius and Civics!

By: TommyJ

TommyJ — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 21:07:59 +0000

Main reason why hybrids are down is b/c of production. But we can’t say thats the only factor. I would say to anyone out there go to a dealership and they will play games with you either they don’t have hybrids or have 1 floor model then show you the cars they want to sell to you. Another thing they will do is have 3 Civic Hybrids on lot and offer no and I mean NO deals you take it for what they ask for! Personally it turned me off

By: TD

TD — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:48:23 +0000

And Nissan is only offering hybrids in limited markets. Can't buy one in Washington state.

They are fools!