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0Study: U.S. diesel auto sales up 27% in 2011 while hybrid share shrinks 1326315660
A plethora of new diesel offerings is driving sales, according to a new report from the Diesel Technology Forum. Sales of diesels rose 27.4 percent in 2011, according to numbers from HybridCars.com and market researchers Baum and Associates. The Diesel Technology Forum pegs the overall market ...
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Spike in small-car sales ups average fuel economy to 22.7 mpg in first quarter of 2011 1304366580
A first-quarter spike in small (subcompact and compact) car sales, attributed mainly to rising gas prices, boosted the average fuel economy of light vehicles (LVs) in the U.S. to 22.7 miles per gallon, coming within ...2011 Hyundai Elantra – Click above for high-res image gallery -
Rising gas prices fail to spark sales of compact cars 1294077720
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image galleryThe price for regular gasoline in the U.S. averages $3.06, up from $2.65 that Americans paid for a gallon of fuel a year ago, but consumers apparently haven't adjusted their auto-buying habits to lessen the pain at the pump. ... -
U.S. car buyers want large vehicles, SUVs again thanks to "stabilizing gas prices" 1281657000
In the market for a new car this summer? Has it been long enough since the last gas price spike that you're not really worried about possible pain at the pump? If so, then you're like a lot of U.S. car buyers right now, according to new figures from AutoTrader.com. Autotrader analyzed recent ...
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Report: Sales of 30+ MPG cars fell 10% in first five months of 2010 1276538160
Every month, Ward's Auto posts its Fuel Economy Index (FEI) numbers. Last time around, we noted that Ward's witnessed a decrease in buyer interest in fuel-efficient vehicles. While the numbers did indicate that overall fuel efficiency was still on the rise, it was also evident that buyers were ...
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Hybrid sales up 18 percent in March, trail overall market increases 1270558320
2010 Toyota Prius – Click above for high-res image galleryThe numbers are in for Mach sales and hybrids have fared well compared to last year. Hybrid automakers can't heave a sigh of relief quite yet, because sales have fallen short of the overall industry rise compared to a year ago. ... -
Report: Number of cars in the U.S. dropped by four million in 2009 - is America's love affair ending? 1262652600
2009 was not a good year for car sales. No surprises there. An interesting side effect of lowered sales last year, though, is that the total number of vehicles in the overall U.S. car fleet dropped. There were 250 million cars here in 2008, and only 246 million at the end of 2009. We may have ...
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Sales of natural gas powered cars increase in Germany 1254340980
Despite the general economic downturn – felt in Germany as much as anywhere else – sales in Germany of natural gas (CNG) powered cars increased by 14 percent this year. Specifically, the increase saw 6,561 more CNG vehicles sold this year so far, adding about 80,000 CNG vehicles to ...
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Hybrid sales up despite another down month overall, Prius leads charge 1246719720
2010 Honda Insight - Click above for high-res image galleryInitial strong sales of the 2010 Honda Insight slowed last month, but new models of the Toyota Prius and Ford Fusion helped give hybrids car sales in June 2009 a nine percent increase over last June. In the U.S., dealers sold 26,205 new ... -
2009: Year of the hybrid sales
boombust? 1237227060Click above for high-res image gallery of the 2010 Honda InsightThree things to note: The new Honda Insight went on sale in Japan earlier this year and has been selling well. Toyota has sold a million hybrids in the U.S. Ford has built 100,00 hybrid SUVs. Sounds good, right? Not ...
