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With the global recession making drivers think about their wallets and the environment ahead of power and good looks, a greencar race has emerged with manufacturers keen to offer more fuel efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles than their rivals. So who is leading the greencar race? Faye Sunderland.
Greencars continue to be as badly hit as any during the on-going recession as sales of hybridcars showed another dramatic year-on-year slump in April. Combined reported US hybrid sales from Ford, GM, Honda, Nissan and Toyota fell by 45.5 Just 222 AltimaHybrids were sold during the month.
Both Ford and Nissan made significant gains in their share of reported hybrid sales with Nissan reporting the share of hybrid sales jumping from 1.7 Honda: The company sold a total of 4,943 hybrids during the month with 4,226 of these units being the new Honda Insight. per cent in August last year to 8.2 per cent to 12.1
Indeed sales of hybrids have significantly out-performed the total light duty vehicle market, which dropped by 27.7 The Civic Hybrid meanwhile posted 1,583 units, which is a fall of 41.6 Nissan: The Japanese manufacturer posted 666 units of the AltimaHybrid, which is a fall of 50 per cent compared to June 2008.
Compared to August results, this meant that hybrid sales were down 48.4 Here is how each manufacturer faired: Ford: The company reported a six per cent drop in sales year-on-year. However, it sold 2,138 hybrids in September which is 116 per cent up compared to September 2008 – sales of the Milan/Escape hybrid were down 11.3
Overall, reported sales of hybrids dropped 45.5 per cent year-on-year to 21,735 even though it incorporated a full month’s sales for new vehicles such as the Honda Insight, as well as the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Hybrids. Together the two cars sold 2,299 units. Toyota : Its’ combined hybrid sales dropped by 62.8
The greencar race may have been dominated by Japanese and German manufacturers to date, with American automakers playing catch-up, but now it is the French who are fighting back with Peugeot, Citroen and Renault all revealing a greener outlook…. The greencar race: the French are coming. Renault – the fab four.
Secondly, hybrids held a 2.8 Here is how each manufacturer faired: Chrysler: The manufacturer saw its sales drop by 47 per cent compared to May 2008 to just 79,010 units sold. The new Honda Insight did help to boost sales however - 2,780 models were sold meaning hybrid sales of Honda cars increased by 3.5
However, with overall light duty vehicle sales remaining essentially flat over the month, there are clear signs that hybridcars are developing into a more mainstream alternative. Here is how each of the major manufacturers faired: Ford: The company sold a total of 2,282 hybrid units during the month – an increase of 14.3
Today we take a closer look at how each manufacturer has faired as US auto sales slowed their decline throughout the month of July. In all, passenger car sales dropped 10.6 per cent to 566,527 with hybrids having a particularly good month. GM delivered a total of 1,487 hybrid vehicles in the month - an increase of 36.3
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