Reported Sales of US Hybrids Drop 1.9% in September

It's MY guess that sales sagged because they sold 'em all! I've been waiting since MAY to get mine! There haven't been any available (and they stopped advertising back in June). At least, that's MY experience.

Your mileage may differ...

 

Unless the price of gasoline goes up considerably in the near future, Prius sales will probably stabilize or decline. Consequently the market will change from a seller's market to a buyer's market. To the individual looking to buy a Prius, it means that one will be able to negotiate a better deal.

And for used vehicles, the resale value will also decline. The used Prius market is still kind of crazy - with sellers asking the price of a new vehicle for a used automobile. The secondary market (used) will probably be affected the most in the next 6 months.

Keith

 

Hi All,

Somebody on Greencarcongress pointed out that this article is a red herring. Since all car sales were down 3 % in Sept 2007 compared to Sept 2006. So, normalized for the market, hybrid vehicles were actually up about 1% .

 

Well, speaking for myself, I WOULD have bought my Prius in September, but it won't be delivered until late October.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tripp @ Oct 6 2007, 11:20 PM) [snapback]522355[/snapback]</div>

There were also 25 selling days this Sept. compared to 26 last year, or about 4% less.
Here's the Toyota press release : http://www.toyota.com/about/news/corporate...02-1-sales.html
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"Toyota Division passenger cars recorded September sales of 107,743, a decrease of one percent from last September. Passenger car sales were led by Camry, which posted best-ever September sales of 40,438, up 9.9 percent over the same period last year. Camry Hybrid reported sales of 4,196 units in September, up eight percent over September 2006. The Prius hybrid gas-electric mid-size sedan posted best-ever September sales of 12,494, an increase of 23.8 percent over September 2006. "
</blockquote>
According to my estimate, there are 225,000 more Prii on U.S. roads since I bought my car in Feb. 2006. The Prius is now over 10% of all Toyota passenger cars sold.

 

Okay, where are the GM hybrids to compare sales numbers? I've done a google search and am not finding any hybrid only numbers. any help out there?

"While GM’s BAS system allowed the domestic automaker to crow that it was, finally, in the hybrid business, sales are… unknown. [GM is the only automaker that doesn’t to break out hybrid sales numbers.] "

from: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=5579

What, are they embarrased? How hard is it to count to 10?


Zeitgeist.

 

saying Prius sales will slow down if gas prices stabilize is not a prediction i would put any money on. everyone i know or talk to has more interest in the Prius now than ever.

for one thing, every Prius owner i know except one (my dad) is strongly thinking about getting a 2nd Prius.

the Prius cracked the top ten for all car sales and unless someone does a better job on a hybrid, the Prius will continue to move up as long as Toyota can continue to increase production

 

http://www.hybridcars.com/market-dashboard...7-us-sales.html


Found it!

"GM sold 142 Saturn Vue Hybrids and 103 Saturn Aura Hybrids in August. That’s it.

For contrast, Toyota sold 14,055 Priuses, 4,284 Camry Hybrids, 378 Highlander Hybrids, 1,172 Lexus RX400hs, 267 Lexus 600hLs, and 130 Lexus GS450hs during the same time period. Toyota has 80% of the hybrid market in the US; GM has 1%. "


Enjoy.

Zeitgeist.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DaveinOlyWA @ Oct 18 2007, 11:44 AM) [snapback]527330[/snapback]</div>

I agree completely.

Here in So. Calif. there are so many on the roads now that it reminds us Seniors of the VW bug days.

We had an 05. In Feb this year we bought 2 07s because the prices/financing seemed right at the time. The car is FUN to drive even w/o considering the advantages of clean emissions and mileage.
Gasoline prices have started back up here. With oil in the high $80 dollar range seems continued upward trend to me.

Carl

 

yep jus saw blurb on the news last night, oil prices hit record high, that means prices will go back up again.

 

Oil futures were over $90/barrel today. Think we'll all be VERY happy with the Prius.
Carl

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(finman @ Oct 18 2007, 10:06 AM) [snapback]527308[/snapback]</div>

I'm sure they could get an accurate count from people who crush junk cars for a living.

 

http://www.hybridcars.com/market-dashboard...7-us-sales.html

Overall hybrid market sales for Sept2007.

Looks like GM will have to crush all those hybrids, since they ain't selling.

Of course...to be as fair as I can be, Toyota should crush the Highlander Hybrid...or at least put together a 4-cyl, less expensive version.

 

I would assume the first 2007 spike is due to the tax rebate (haha) deadline at end of 1st quarter. That's what got me to purchase at the end of March. The other spike in May, tax refund checks coming in??