The Truth About Cars
MARCH 18, 2024
That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. Our nameless reviewer felt , back in 2006, that the Vue's panel gaps made it the "automotive equivalent of a shotgun shack" and calculated that the Green Line version would require 90,000 miles of driving with $2.15/gallon
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 8, 2009
Ford came in a strong second in the monthly hybrid tally, with 2,361 units sold, up 73.5% Total Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales were down 0.2% The Escape/Mariner hybrids sold 960 units, down 30% year-on-year, for 5.6% of all Escape/Mariner sales. Sales of the Saturn VUE mild hybrid were down 31% to 134 units, for 9.8%
Green Car Congress
MAY 4, 2009
Reported sales of hybrids in the US reported by Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM and Nissan dropped 45.5% year-on-year in April to 21,735, despite full month sales for the new Honda Insight and the Ford Fusion and Milan hybrids. Ford posted 1,134 units of the Escape and Mariner Hybrids, down 40.5% of Escape and Mariner sales.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 5, 2009
The Saturn VUE hybrid posted 188 units, for 6.4% of all VUEs sold. Combined sales of the Escape and Mariner hybrids fell 25.8% of combined Escape and Mariner sales. Sales of the non-hybrid Escape and Mariner fell 47.8% The two-mode Sierra pickup joined the Silverado two-mode pickup for 47 units representing 0.2%
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 4, 2009
153 VUE Green Line hybrids, representing 5.3% of all VUE sales. Ford reported combined sales of the Escape and Mariner hybrids of 880 units in January, a 40.3% Ford reported combined sales of the Escape and Mariner hybrids of 880 units in January, a 40.3% of combined sales of those models. of all Aura sales.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2009
The month also saw the debut of three new hybrids—the Honda Insight and the Ford Fusion and Milan—all of which only came on sale toward the end of the month. The Escape and Mariner hybrids sold a combined 1,351 units, down 32.7%, representing 9.3% of all Escape and Mariners sold in the month. Click to enlarge.
Green Cars News
MAY 4, 2009
per cent year-on-year to 21,735 even though it incorporated a full month’s sales for new vehicles such as the Honda Insight, as well as the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan Hybrids. Meanwhile, the Ford Escape and Mariner hybrids saw sales drop by 40.5 Overall, reported sales of hybrids dropped 45.5 per cent to 19 units.
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