Comments on: September 2009 Dashboard: End of Clunkers Hurts Hybrids

By: Fred_H

Fred_H — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:08:00 +0000

I think you forgot to update the title:
"US hybrid sales for June 2009 by manufacturer and model"
to September.

By: Charles

Charles — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:30:46 +0000

With the Milan only 8 sales behind the Civic hybrid, I wonder how long Honda will stick with the Civic hybrid. I think the Fusion and HS 250h cost the Camry a few sales.

I do not understand buying the Insight over the Prius or the HS 250h over the Milan, but it is not my money. The cost of the Prius is just not that much over the Insight for a much better car. The performance of the HS 250h is about the same as the Milan, and the Milan has better MPG rating. I guess some people like the gadgets a whole lot.

By: Robert0123

Robert0123 — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:25:54 +0000

It’s good that so many Americans dumped clunkers for hybrids, but I hope the ‘green’ trend will continue through the recession.

By: Victor Solis

Victor Solis — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:38:41 +0000

Thanks for the great insights into the Hybrid market. I see that the new Lexus hybrid the HS 250h climbed to third in monthly sales, not bad for the second month on the market. That does however mean that they had a positive month to month change from 543 to 1242 units.