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UCS Hybrid ScoreCard Dings Automakers for Forced Features in Hybrid Offerings

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Ford, General Motors, Honda and Toyota all sell models with high hybrid value ratings, UCS noted. Size was not an issue, since UCS awarded high ratings to vehicles ranging from compact cars to luxury sedans to full-sized SUVs. With a sticker price of less than $20,000, the Insight is one of the most affordable hybrids available.

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February US LDV Sales Down 41.4%

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General Motors delivered 127,296 vehicles in February, down 52.9% Toyota.Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA reported month-end sales of 109,583 vehicles, a decrease of 39.9% Ford, Lincoln and Mercury February US sales totaled 96,044, down 48.2% Within the truck segment, sale of SUVS plummeted 71.4% American Honda Motor Co.,

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

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General Motors. Ford, Lincoln and Mercury retail sales increased 9% versus a year ago. Other results included: Ford Fusion sales totaled 17,610, a July record and up 66% versus a year ago, and Mercury Milan sales were up 60%. Toyota Motor Sales, USA (TMS) reported July sales of 174,872, down 11.4% American Honda Motor Co.,

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US LDV Sales Down 34.4% in April; Hybrid Sales Down 45.5%

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Combined reported US hybrid sales (from Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM and Nissan) in April totalled 21,735 units, a 45.5% General Motors. General Motors dealers in the United States delivered 173,007 vehicles in April, down 34% compared with a year ago. to 28,955 units; sales of SUVs dropped 60.9% American Honda Motor Co.,

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US LDV Sales Fall 37.1% in January; January SAAR Below 10 Million

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Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA reported January sales of 117,287 vehicles, a 31.8% Light truck sales were led by the RAV4 compact SUV with January sales of 8,034 units, down 26.3% Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales totaled 90,596 in January, down 38.9% to 20,147; sales of SUVs fell 52.7% Nissan North America, Inc.

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US LDV Sales Dropped 36.8% in March 2009; March SAAR Up Slightly to 9.86M Units

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Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), USA reported month-end sales of 132,802 vehicles, a decrease of 39% by volume from last March, on a daily selling rate basis. Ford, Lincoln and Mercury March 2009 sales totaled 125,107, down 41% by volume year-on-year. to 27,195; sales of SUVs plunged 73.2% American Honda Motor Co.,

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More information on hybrid sales slump

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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. Nissan: Just 222 units of the Altima hybrid were sold in the US in April - a drop of 72.3 Overall, reported sales of hybrids dropped 45.5

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