Comments on: January 2009 Dashboard: Hybrid Pickups Arrive

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 13:13:29 +0000

It takes profit out of the shareholders and auto executive’s pockets – that’s why it is not happening as fast as you wished. But it is only very costly for large OEMs, because of their huge overhead. And despite realizeing, that they have to best utilize these humangous resources, they rather let them idle and/ or lay them off with high retirement/ pension costs – insane!

By: Bill Cosworth

Bill Cosworth — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:51:12 +0000

Great truck.

Would get one, this saves you much more money than a prius.

In these lower millage areas is where its makes sence to get a hybird.

When you get a prius vs a focus its a difference of like 20 dollars and when you add the cost of the prius and the saftey of the prius the focus makes more sence to buy.

The Prius is the worst car in my opinion and a peice of junk.

By: Boom Boom

Boom Boom — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:55:47 +0000

Good point, steve.

GR, I don't know of any states that provide an rebate/incentive for hybrids to the consumer.

By: steved28

steved28 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:57:37 +0000

BoomBoom, it’s even worse when you consider the Nissan is only sold in 8 states.

By: perfectapproach

perfectapproach — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:49:54 +0000

I personally can’t wait to see what Honda does with the CR-Z. Not been much talk about it lately. But if they’re as dedicated to it as Chevy is to the Volt, odds are pretty good.

I did read some bad news though. Honda cut development on a convertible version of the car. I hope they don’t cut funding to the rest of the car too. I want a 2-door coupe that screams and sips gas for less than $20k! Is this too much to ask??

By: GR

GR — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:49:18 +0000

ps – Does anyone know which states provide incentives for buying hybrids vs which ones don’t?

By: GR

GR — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:47:41 +0000

I’m not sure whether to feel proud that CA has 7 cities where hybrids are in the top 15 for popularity, or to feel sad that the next two most populous states (TX and NY) have no cities on that list.

By: Bryce

Bryce — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:15:19 +0000

These are all vehicles they shipped. GM production was cut again meaning less got made. As you saw in the article, only 7 silverado hybrids were made and shipped for the month, with all 7 being sold. The Carpocalypse is killing sales, and production sadly. : (

By the way, why were Chrysler products listed under GM. Just thought that was kinda weird.

I can't wait until the Insight and Fusions come out in the coming months. Should be very interesting.

By: Boom Boom

Boom Boom — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:19:05 +0000

Whoah! GM makes a big splash on the market with 7 different hybrid models! It is just like their ad’s say, they’ve got more hybrids than anyone… except if you look at the fact that they sold less than Honda (one hybrid) or Ford (two hybrids). Nissan has one model that is a Camry Clone and they’re selling almost as many as GM. I guess all that talk hasn’t really produced much walk….

By: Lowell Hagele

Lowell Hagele — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:34:41 +0000

You list hybrid sales for January as..Hybrids sold in the US (January 2009): 17,697 in the article yet the totals in your table of January sales is 156,441. Which data is correct or am I missing something.