article thumbnail

Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

The Truth About Cars

Honda beat everybody to the production gasoline-electric hybrid game in the United States, putting the Insight in showrooms in 1999. Toyota followed with the Prius a year later, but it took GM until 2006 to introduce its first true gasoline-electric hybrid here. liter engine and automatic).

VUE 97
article thumbnail

Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

Green Car Congress

Monthly sales of hybrids. General Motors. On 27 July, Chrysler restarted production at 9 of its 11 manufacturing facilities. Nissan sold 1,030 units of the Altima hybrid, up 44.1% Total Altima sales were down 21.2% Click to enlarge. GM dealers delivered 189,443 total vehicles in July, a 19.4%