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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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Ford launched the Escape Hybrid as a 2005 model (its Mercury Mariner and Mazda Tribute siblings showed up a bit later), so The General had some catching up to do in the green-car department. liter engine and automatic). Geo and Oldsmobile were already gone, with Pontiac and Saturn following in 2010.

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September Auto Sales Plunge in Aftermath of Cash for Clunkers; SAAR at 9.2M units, LDV Sales Down 41% from August, Hybrid Sales Down 48%

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American Honda Motor Co., Honda hybrid sales dropped 6% year-on-year to 1,898 units. Sales of the Civic Hybrid plunged 92.5% General Motors. General Motors dealers in the United States delivered 155,679 light duty vehicles in September, down 45% year-on-year. Sales of the Altima Hybrid dropped 26.6%

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Reported US Sales of Hybrids Up 11.4% in October Year-on-Year; 2.9% New Vehicle Share for the Month

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The new Honda Insight hybrid sold 1,739 units. General Motors. General Motors reported a total of 1,159 hybrids sold in October 2009, a 22.5% Nissan posted sales of 299 Altima Hybrids in October, a 46% drop year-on-year, representing 2% of all Altimas sold. drop from October 2008.

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US Hybrid Sales in February Drop 29%; Lower Decline Than General LDV Market

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General Motors. GM came in second for total hybrid sales in the month, with 1,807 units sold. Combined sales of the Escape and Mariner hybrids fell 25.8% Sales of the non-hybrid Escape and Mariner fell 47.8% Nissan reported 463 units of the Altima Hybrid sold, a 12.5% of all Altima models sold.

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Reported US Sales of Hybrids Drop 31.2% in January; 2.3% New Vehicle Market Share

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Honda sold 1,076 units of the Civic Hybrid, a 38.3% Honda sold one Accord hybrid in the month. General Motors. GM reported a total of 923 hybrid sales in January, including: 599 2-mode full-size SUVs (Tahoe, 299; Yukon, 168; Escalade, 132), presenting 8.0% 153 VUE Green Line hybrids, representing 5.3%

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Reported US Hybrid Sales Up 5.2% Year on Year in June; 3% New Vehicle Market Share for the Month

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Buoyed by sales of the new hybrid Fusion and Milan, Ford’s hybrid vehicles posted sales of 3,649 units, a June sales record and up 91% versus a year ago. General Motors. GM reported a total of 1,454 hybrid vehicles delivered in the month, up 26.5% Sales of conventional Altima models were down 32%.

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US Hybrid Sales Down 45.5% in April

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The new Fusion and Milan hybrid sedans sold a combined 1,165 units, representing 5.7% General Motors sold 1,534 hybrids in April, comprising: 523 units of the two-mode SUVs (Tahoe, Yukon, Escalade), representing 4.5% 547 units of the Malibu hybrid, representing 3.7% of Altima sales. of Malibu sales.

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