Comments on: Study Shows Hybrids and Diesels Retain More Value Over Time

By: tapra1

tapra1 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:28:24 +0000

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By: Monthly Car Lease

Monthly Car Lease — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:27:58 +0000

I am not surprised that a Hybrid holds more value over time, but it does cost more to begin with. I wonder what the Residual Value of hybrids looks like based on the average of similar cars it compares to, ie the Honda Civic vs. Honda Civic Hybrid?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:08:12 +0000

Hello JJJ

"Truck sales have gone through the roof".

Biggest segment in the Trucks are the CUVs built on Car chassis. They have eaten into the sales of both Cars & SUVs. Of late, even smaller CUVs like Mini-Countryman and Nissan-Juke are coming and all these have a good mileage.

So overall the mileage is improving.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:05:24 +0000

The Hybrid analysis is bogus and false.

How can they compare Prius to Corolla when Prius has 22 cu ft and Corolla has 13 cu ft.

Parallelly Insight has 16 cu ft while Civic has 13 cu ft.

These analysis were promoted by Oil companies to discourage the hybrids.

Why are they combining all Hybrids together. 50 % of the Hybrid sales are Prius and it has only $4,000 premium over Matrix which is another 5 door vehicle.

Those Hybrids like ML450, X6, LS456hl their combines sales are not even 20 units in Jan-2011. Soon they may disappear from the market.

By: JJJ

JJJ — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 23:43:21 +0000

Jan car sales are out. Truck sales have gone through the roof. Car sales are down.

By: DownUnder

DownUnder — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:42:41 +0000

Concernicus,
I found this:
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/news/20110201p2g00m0bu085000c.html

By: Capt. Concernicus

Capt. Concernicus — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:40:22 +0000

@ Anonymous,

What's your source? Or should I say where's the link to your source?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:45:12 +0000

Japanese news media report that: “Toyota Motor Corp.’s Prius hybrid surrendered its leadership in Japan’s passenger car market in January for the first time in 20 months …”

By: Yegor

Yegor — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:30:33 +0000

Here is the most detail study on Cost of Ownership with the specific numbers from Vincentric (the company that provides state by state Cost of Ownership data to major car manufactures – Ford, GM, Toyota, Audi, Mercedes-Benz). Hybrids are doing very well.

http://www.vincentric.com/Home/IndustryReports/HybridAnalysisOctober2010.aspx

By: Lad

Lad — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 06:17:59 +0000

I think as soon as the price of BEV batteries comes down, the resale price of EV cars will rise above that of the current used car leaders.