Hybridcars Dashboard Summary: March 2015

As always, and excellent set of data from Jeff Cobb's team:

	model	Mar_15	Feb_15	Jan_15	Dec_14
1	Prius Liftback	9485	7070	7316	8799
2	Prius c	3564	2701	2614	2839
3	Camry Hybrid	2739	2110	2143	2448
4	Fusion Hybrid	2534	2416	1782	2372
5	Prius v	2516	1850	1913	2284
6	Jetta Diesel	2409	1786	1555	2247
7	Model S	2000	1400	1300	1900
8	Passat Diesel	1949	1387	970	1764
9	Leaf	1817	1198	1070	3102
10	Sonata	1793	1605	672	897
11	CT200h	1416	978	1005	1608
12	ES Hybrid	1076	758	746	1400
13	C-Max Hybrid	1054	878	765	1303
14	Accord Hybrid	948	832	805	1233
15	i3*	922	1089	670	1013
16	Avalon Hybrid	902	864	912	1154
17	Golf Diesel	841	631	730	856
18	Fusion Energi	837	603	426	789
19	Optima Hybrid	805	856	844	1299
20	MKZ	717	480	468	743
21	C-Max Energi	715	498	395	659
22	RX 400 / 450 h	641	494	521	930
23	Volt	639	693	542	1490
24	E-Class Diesel	593	70	323	170
25	XV Crosstrek Hybrid	587	549	512	427
26	Lacrosse Hybrid	497	514	326	698
27	Prius Plug In	473	397	401	492
28	Q5 Diesel	464	309	306	565
29	X5 Diesel	459	405	263	630
30	Q50 Hybrid	390	365	297	386
31	Cruze Diesel	387	262	186	500
32	3-Series Diesel	386	155	125	296
33	GL-Class Diesel	377	265	235	419
34	Civic Hybrid	351	358	320	476
35	Q7 Diesel	345	234	158	306
36	Grand Cherokee Diesel	336	275	128	172
37	Cayenne Diesel	314	357	483	349
38	Highlander Hybrid	295	256	268	428
39	Touareg Diesel	273	232	257	330
40	GLK Class Diesel	270	179	144	194
41	Pathfinder Hybrid*	258	212	184	204
42	CR-Z	255	175	196	224
43	A3 Diesel	240	178	225	182
44	NX Hybrid	225	164	163	354
45	Insight	209	211	223	311
46	QX60 Hybrid*	195	179	129	168
47	e-Golf	195	130	181	237
48	500E	164	117	119	115
49	Spark	151	119	86	131
50	B-Class Electric	145	109	240	326
51	i8	143	113	85	158
52	Focus EV	140	145	85	53
53	Beetle Diesel	129	91	87	89
54	5-Series Diesel	106	79	52	113
55	forTwo EV	103	76	147	351
56	A6 Diesel	94	72	74	177
57	ELR	92	127	92	118
58	Golf Sportwagon Diesel	87
59	Cayenne S E-Hybrid	72	106	83	67
60	Soul EV	63	48	69	110
61	Jetta Hybrid	45	36	50	57
62	Panamera S E-Hybrid	44	40	61	31
63	Civic	38	26	50	40
64	A8 Diesel	35	17	15	48
65	A7 Diesel	30	15	26	58
66	Impala Hybrid	29	19	19	93
67	Promaster Van Diesel	23
68	Q70 Hybrid	22	14	19	20
69	Regal Hybrid	21	20	12	22
70	X3 Diesel	20	258	93	241
71	RLX Hybrid	18	21	14	29
72	ML Class Diesel	14	4	2	14
73	ML Class Diesel	14	4	2	14
74	E400H	13	3	30	9
75	i	10	2	3	12
76	Q5 Hybrid	9	10	8	11
77	GS 450h	9	10	8	11
78	Malibu Hybrid	8	8	6	15
79	LS 600h	7	7	5	4
80	Accord Plug In	5	12	28	63
81	7-Series ActiveHybrid	5
82	ILX Hybrid	4	5	3	9
83	RAV4 EV	4	2	7	37
84	Yukon Hybrid	3	3	2	1
85	ActiveHybrid 3 (335ih)	3	1	3	9
86	Touareg Hybrid	3	1	2	2
87	ActiveHybrid 5 (535ih)	3
88	ML450H	2
89	Escalade Hybrid	1	2	1	1
90	S-Class Diesel	1
91	S400HV Hybrid	1
92	Fit EV	1
93	Tahoe Hybrid	0	3	0	1

Source: Jeff Cobb's Hybrid Market Dashboard | HybridCars.comHybridCars.com (well worth reading!)

• Leaf looks to be in the third tier, strong there

The charts, I had to increase the Y-axis scale to show the data, nice trends:




The lower part of the third tier is still weak. I like the solid growth from the CT200h and above. Of course, "in your face Consumer Reports" the market likes the 'Prius c.'

Bob Wilson

 

They just made 108 and 5 was all they had left. <GRINS>

Bob Wilson

 

About once a month, the AutoLine Daily host likes to claim:

. . . And why is it that nobody in this business seems to be aware that diesels outsell hybrids? We first reported this a year ago and yet when I mention this to people in the business, they’re stunned to learn it.​

So I take the latest summary from the Hybridcars dashboard report and posted in the comments:

Bob Wilson Says:
April 10th, 2015 at 6:42 pm
Top 10 hybrids, plug-ins, diesels in March 2015

9,485 – Prius hatchback
3,564 – Prius c (in your face Consumer Reports!)
2,739 – Camry Hybrid
2,534 – Fusion Hybrid
2,516 – Prius v (the wagon)
2,409 – Jetta Diesel
2,000 – Model S (Tesla)
1,949 – Passat Diesel
1,817 – Leaf
1,793 – Sonata (hybrid)

Source: March 2015 Dashboard - HybridCars.com

Where is your list and counts?​

The devil is in the details. Perhaps I should have called the 'Prius v' the 'SUV-lite' instead of 'the wagon.'

Bob Wilson

 

It so happens we now know: http://www.dieselforum.org/files/dmfile/DieselTechnologyForum-2014LightDutyTopTenLists.pdf

For 2013 from an R.L. Polk registration study:

	count	classification
1	833324​	Diesel Car SUV
2	2821599​	Hybrid Car SUV
3
4	343926​	Diesel Van
5	0​	Hybrid Van
6
7	5891189​	Diesel Pickup Truck
8	0​	Hybrid Pickup Truck

Problem solved.

Bob Wilson

 

In 1993, I drove our 1991 Camry to Tuscaloosa and got 40 MPG. Realistically, we need to look at all trips, not a single instance. A good start is Fuel Economy:

	comb	city	highway	model
1	35	30	42	Corolla ECO 1.8L
2	50	51	48	Prius hatch 1.8L

From THE PRIUS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD HOW TOYOTA DEVELOPED THE WORLD.doc:

. . . .Toyota Chairman Eiji Toyoda (now Honorary Chairman) repeatedly expressed his sense of crisis at every chance. At the regular Board meetings he would ask, "Should we continue building cars as we have been doing? Can we really survive in the 21st century with the type of R&D that we are doing now?" The new models being introduced by auto makers during the bubble economy period had grown fancier and larger, loaded with excessive features and accessories. Toyota had applied its best technology towards developing sedans that could compete with the top luxury cars of the world such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW, and that had culminated in the introduction of the Celsior. With every model change, other Toyota models, such as Mark II, Corona, and Corolla, had become more luxurious. Corolla, which initially had been designed as a popular sub-compact car, now cost close to two million yen, and was nicknamed "mini- Celsior" due to its long list of features and accessories, as well as its exterior design. ​

Bob Wilson