Comments on: October 2010 Dashboard: Hybrid Car Sales Returned to Life in October

By: SithfromSuisse

SithfromSuisse — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 08:51:38 +0000

I would prefer a Hybrid (Prius) because there is the bad reliability and to much bucks for maintenance of the Diesel.

By: Yegor

Yegor — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:15:33 +0000

I think that Toyota Prius sales should continue to go up thanks to its proven excellent reliability.

By: Yegor

Yegor — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:02:40 +0000

Good news from Consumer Reports. The new Consumer Reports auto edition is out and Toyota Prius shows remarkable reliability! Toyota Prius shows mostly excellent reliability in 17 different parameters of the vehicle. The only problem area is electric in the the very first 2001-2003 model years but it was an all new type of car back then. The reliability of this area in 2001-2003 models was below average through the years but was fixed starting with second generation of Prius - 2004 model. Since 2004 model year Prius is going excellent in reliability!

Kudos to Toyota for doing an excellent job in proving that Hybrids can be extremely reliable!

I think this news deserves a separate news article on Hybrid Cars website!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:11:39 +0000

Typical Lincoln buyer would go for V8, if 366 people buy the MKZ (V4) in the very 1st month, then its a good start. As the news spreads, more people will buy and this may cross 1,000 mark. I hope Ford applies this hybrid in Edge and MKZ to compete with Highlander & RX450h.

Good that Prius could sell 21K units in Japan even without subsidy. So that means its priced well in Japan. They can do the same in US as well.

Good that hybrids share has increased to 2.55 %.

By: JJ

JJ — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 03:17:02 +0000

Is the Saturn Aura considered a collectors item?

By: Yegor

Yegor — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 04:00:38 +0000

There are plenty of models with low volume. For example Honda Element, Honda Ridgeline, Toyota FJ CRUISER, Toyota SEQUOIA sell about 1,200 per month.

By: jarman

jarman — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:29:01 +0000

The sales volumes as they are would never support a manufacturer in profit. Only the Prius is a vehicle that would ever substantiate its reason for production. The others are only being produced to substantiate a “green” feeling. Those sales numbers starting with the Honda Insight would be clearly enough to drop the product had they not been hybrids because they cannot make money at those dismal volumes.

By: Yegor

Yegor — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 15:02:43 +0000

Hybrid sales fluctuate with the price of oil. Right now the price of oil is actually very low because of the global economic depression but it can go back to $4 per gallon as soon as economy starts to improve and that can happen at any moment.
People should use $4 per gallon in their evaluation when selecting a new car. Unfortunately fueleconomy.gov website is not helping – they have $ 2.87 per gallon on their website

By: Yegor

Yegor — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:25:39 +0000

Yes, diesel is not dirty anymore but its reliability record (according to Consumer Reports) is still below average.

By: Yegor

Yegor — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 17:09:53 +0000

Two new models – Honda CR-Z and Lincoln MKZ Hybrid helped to boost Hybrid market share from 2.35% to 2.55%.
Indeed as the number of offered Hybrid models grow the Hybrid’s market share will grow.