They Don't Sell!!!

[usetosellhummer]

More proof that the need or desire for these vehicles is not there. Poeple talk but don't buy. Toyota is running rebates on theirs.


TOKYO - Honda will discontinue the hybrid version of its Accord sedans, the company said Tuesday, ceding Toyota?s dominance of the market with its Prius hybrid.
Honda Motor Co., Japan?s No. 2 automaker, will continue to make gas-and-electric models of its Civic sedan, but stop offering the hybrid Accord with the new model expected to go on sale later this year, company spokesman Yoshiyuki Kuroda said in Tokyo.
The Accord hybrid, which is sold only in North America, was a dud, selling just 25,000 since going on sale in 2004, and just 6,100 last year.
Story continues below ↓ Kuroda said the decision underlines how hybrids tend to be more popular with smaller models because mileage improvements tend to be more pronounced.

A hybrid switches between a gas engine and electric motor to deliver better mileage and reduce greenhouse emissions.
Toyota Motor Corp.?s Prius hybrid is the market leader, with 729,800 units sold since December 1997. Toyota offers several other hybrid models, including the hybrid Camry and hybrid Lexus models.
?Americans didn?t accept the Accord hybrid,? Kuroda said.
The Accord hybrid?s U.S. sales totaled just 439 last month, while Toyota sold 24,000 Prius cars during the same period.





Last year, Honda said it will stop making the slow-selling Honda Insight hybrid, but Honda is promising a new U.S. hybrid competitor in 2009.
Tokyo-based Honda continues to sell the hybrid Civic, which has sold more than 153,000 since going on sale in 2001 in Japan, Europe and North America. It said it remained committed to developing more hybrids.
Hybrid sales in North America have risen with soaring gas prices. The Prius made up more than 40 percent of hybrid sales in the U.S. last year.
Hybrids like the Prius and Civic deliver as much as 50 miles per gallon or more, depending on driving conditions, but the hybrid Accord delivered fewer miles to the gallon.

They sell still, but not at the high rate some stupid marketing guys predicted. Hard to believe how many units of the Prius were sold, considering how ugly and slow it is.

[Agriv8r]

thought there was more than that...seems the forum members have been cut off by more than have been sold

[usetosellhummer]

A co-worker bought the Prius and hates it. Sunk in the 20k pit now with no way out.

[Wisha Haddan H3]

My girlfriend was talking about trading her outback for a prius. Doesn't bother me any, but as soon as she saw the storage and passenger space (basically none and none) that idea flew right out the window.

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

I see at least 15 Priuses a day in my little one-horse town...

Yuck.

[GLBLWARMR]

Originally Posted by Hummer Aficionado_VT

I see at least 15 Priuses a day in my little one-horse town...

Yuck.

Did you mean to say you see (15) 1 Horsepower Priuses a day in your little town.

[Hummer Aficionado_VT]

Yes actually.

Thanks for catching my typo!

[usetosellhummer]

These won't make it either. people bish bish and then don't want the little things. So funny how the tree huggers scream bloody murder at us but won't buy these
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19030555/

[Huck BB62]

Originally Posted by usetosellhummer

These won't make it either. people bish bish and then don't want the little things. So funny how the tree huggers scream bloody murder at us but won't buy these
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19030555/

That's because it's a steaming pile-o-sheeot. It's pretty bad when you're a foreign car maker and Consumer Reports says your car sucks! I've read reviews of those rolling turds and tree hugger or no tree hugger, they're junk.

My mother-in-law just bought a Pious. I could puke. She drives about 50 miles a WEEK and says she needs to save gas. Yes, she lives in a college town. Makes me want to buy an H2 just to offset it. Has anyone started an FUPIOUS page?