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

Green Car Congress

Buoyed by the US government’s CARS (“Cash for Clunkers”) program, US auto sales slowed their decline in the US in July, dropping on 12.1% The Tundra full-size pickup recorded July sales of 6,313 units, down 52.9%. Monthly new vehicle market share for hybrids. Click to enlarge. Passenger car sales dropped 10.6% to 443, 297 units.