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Hybrid Car Review: Hybrid Car Sales, July 2008

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Hybrid Car Sales, July 2008

Hybrid Car Sales Figure 2004 to 2008
Reported hybrid car sales were down for the third straight month, which may surprise some people. But the numbers here are very misleading. The numbers are falling because demand is so high that automakers don't have enough hybrid cars to sell.

The days to turn a Prius are down to 1-4 days (depending on when you check). The same ridiculously low numbers can be applied almost uniformly across all the other hybrid models. With gas prices over $4 in the month of July, fuel efficiency, hybrids, and smaller cars were the order of the day and it shows.
Comparison Figure Hybrid Car Sales July 2007 to July 2008
But still, the overall number of hybrid car sales was down 9% to 26,137 units sold. As always, Toyota sold the most hybrids by a large margin, with 20,363 units sold, including 14,785 Prius. But even the Prius was showing an 8% drop from last July.

Honda increased sales of its Civic Hybrid, showing that they, at least, were capable of increasing production when needed of their compact hybrid sedan.

Through July, hybrid car sales are down by 1% and will probably end up around the 0% mark for change from last year. I believe it will be on the positive side, but only by a slight margin. Production is at it's highest point, but until there are new models being sold (and not the monster SUV hybrids from GM) or new production comes online, the numbers just can't increase all that much.

Make Model Jul-07 Jul-08 % Change
Honda Accord 260 3 -99%
Honda Civic 2,493 3,440 38%
Honda Insight 0 0 -
Toyota Prius 16,062 14,785 -8%
Toyota Highlander 1,205 1,371 14%
Toyota Camry 4,329 2,645 -39%
Toyota GS 450h 142 40 -72%
Toyota RX 400h 1,385 1,439 4%
Toyota LS600hL 0 83 -
Ford Escape/Mariner 1,578 1,265 -20%
Nissan Altima 1,131 715 -37%
GM Yukon/Tahoe 0 351 -
Total 28,585 26,137 -9%
Make Model Cumulative, 2007 Cumulative, 2008 % Change
Honda Accord 2,304 194 -92%
Honda Civic 19,634 22,472 14%
Honda Insight 3 0 -100%
Toyota Prius 110,565 106,227 -4%
Toyota Highlander 15,517 14,424 -7%
Toyota Camry 32,399 33,177 2%
Toyota GS 450h 1,136 499 -56%
Toyota RX 400h 10,042 10,477 4%
Toyota LS600hL 0 720 -
Ford Escape/Mariner 15,050 12,687 -16%
Nissan Altima 3,907 6,290 61%
GM Yukon/Tahoe 0 1,487 -
Total 210,557 208,654 -1%

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