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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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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).

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Hybrid sales continue downward trend

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Green cars continue to be as badly hit as any during the on-going recession as sales of hybrid cars showed another dramatic year-on-year slump in April. Combined reported US hybrid sales from Ford, GM, Honda, Nissan and Toyota fell by 45.5 Just 222 Altima Hybrids were sold during the month.

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Hybrid sales leap in the US

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Both Ford and Nissan made significant gains in their share of reported hybrid sales with Nissan reporting the share of hybrid sales jumping from 1.7 per cent, while Toyota saw a fall from 75 per cent to 62.5 The Civic Hybrid meanwhile sold 717 units, down 77 per cent compared to August 2008. per cent in August this year.

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More information on hybrid sales slump

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Honda: The first full month of sales for the Insight gave Honda a boost to the number two slot behind Toyota. The Insight sold 2,096 units in April pushing combined Honda hybrid sales up 25 per cent year-on-year. Meanwhile, the Honda Civic Hybrid sold 3,361 units, down 22.3 Toyota Prius sales dropped 61.5

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Huge rise in hybrid sales during October

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Sales of the Civic Hybrid however, dropped 85.3 Nissan: With just 299 Altima Hybrids sold during October, Nissan suffered a 46 per cent drop in hybrid sales during the month. Toyota : The Japanese manufacturer posted 18,757 hybrid units during the month – an increase of 15 per cent, and representing a 12.3

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US hybrid sales slump in September

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Sales of the Altima Hybrid suffered a particularly significant fall down 26.6 Toyota : Japanese manufacturer Toyota reported September sales of 126,015 vehicles, which is down 12.6 per cent compared to the previous year – hybrid sales fell to 14,585 units, down 5.3 The Highlander Hybrid sold 269 units, down 70.8

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Sales of hybrid cars increase in US

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The Civic Hybrid meanwhile posted 1,583 units, which is a fall of 41.6 Nissan: The Japanese manufacturer posted 666 units of the Altima Hybrid, which is a fall of 50 per cent compared to June 2008. Toyota : Taking the lion share of hybrid sales in the US, the Japanese manufacturer posted 16,744 units in June.

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