Featured The Toyota Hybrid America Loves to Hate Is Quietly Crushing It

In one respect, the 'lessor of two evils' to the anti-efficiency crowd now that usable EVs are available.

Bob Wilson

 

it has brought in some new buyers due to styling, and lost some devoted fans for the same reason.
they are having a nice year compared to recent sales, but crushing it is an overstatement.
rav4 and camry are crushing it

 

Exactly. It seemed like it was crushing it when it initially released but now my local dealers have had the same ones on their lot since April/May. Rav4 and Camrys though, good luck finding them. 98% of them are sold before they even hit the dealer's lots here.

 

I couldn't find any '26 Prius HEVs. Plenty of PHEVs.

 

“ Last month, the Prius moved 3,813 units in the US”

not sure how this is “crushing it”.

Toyota Prius Family Sales Figures | US Car Sales Figure

 

Are you aware of anything sorted by color? I've looked but found nothing. Just curious where my Reservoir Blue fits in, popularity wise. I think near the bottom, with Grey, White and Black at the top. I can't see paying $450 for a white car though, no matter how "pearlescent" it is.

 

I just read an article where blue is the worst color when it comes to depreciation. 9% difference in depreciation after 5 years between blue and white which is the best.

 

In 5 years hopefully I'm not fully depreciated.

 

No, I just googled that link. When we bought our ‘10, the lot was awash in Prius. We just stumbled on our silver Touring model, and in hindsight love the the colour, no extra charge, and a perfect match for the rims.



we’re topic drifting though.

 

https://www.moneytalksnews.com/this-common-car-color-loses-of-its-value-in-years/

Here is a summary of how much each car color depreciated on average over the first five years:

• Blue: 27.1% average depreciation, $12,449 average loss in value
• Black: 23.3%, $10,804
• Red: 21.7%, $8,776
• Silver: 21.3%, $8,232
• White: 18.0%, $7,067

 

Blizzard Pearl (metallic white) "was" plagued by paint peeling issues. There's also a non-metallic white, but I believe it was just fleet sails, short supply.

 

I'm sorry now I got off topic on colors, with @mikefocke making me feel "blue".