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Hybrid gains were largely due to an increase in Prius sales (up 29.7% to 19,173 units) and Ford hybrids (up 323% to 5,353 units). On 27 July, Chrysler restarted production at 9 of its 11 manufacturing facilities. Nissan sold 1,030 units of the Altimahybrid, up 44.1% Total Altima sales were down 21.2%
There is more to Dan Neil's recent LA Times column than a favorable review of yet another gasoline-only hybrid. He likes the Nissan AltimaHybrid well enough. Calls it a "Camry hybrid in tight jeans." More important, Neil says, is that it comes from an automaker that had scoffed at "hybridization."
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.
Combined reported US hybrid sales from Ford, GM, Honda, Nissan and Toyota fell by 45.5 per cent share last year, which was hybrid cars’ highest monthly share to date. Here is how each manufacturer faired: - Chrysler - Chrysler LLC returned total US sales of 76,682 in April - a 48 per cent decrease from the previous year.
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. The Insight sold 2,096 units in April pushing combined Honda hybrid sales up 25 per cent year-on-year.
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 per cent.
However, with overall light duty vehicle sales remaining essentially flat over the month, there are clear signs that hybrid cars 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. per cent to 566,527 with hybrids having a particularly good month. The company had an exceptionally strong month with hybrid sales which leapt by 323 per cent year on year to 5,353 units.
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