Ford Wants To Out-Hybrid Toyota. It Will Be Tough Slogging

Ford is "seeking to challenge Toyota Motor Corp.'s dominance in gasoline-electric vehicles," says Bloomberg. According to the report, Ford "has rolled out the new C-Max hybrids and electric versions of its redesigned Fusion sedan in the past year to take on Toyota, which has dominated with its Prius hybrids since the early 2000s." Some say, Ford already subjugated Toyota. Ford left Toyota in the dust, says Seekingalpha, which reports that in April, Ford delivered "35,034 Fusion hybrids compared to the 3,257 Camry and 19,889 Prius hybrids Toyota moved. " That of course is complete baloney. U.S. Hybrid sales for April 2013 Mfr Model April YTD Share Ford Fusion Hybrid 3,625 13,891 8.47% Ford C-Max Hybrid 3,197 11,708 7.47% Lincoln MKZ 884 1,607 2.07% Total Ford 7,706 27,206 18.01% Lexus ES Hybrid 1,237 5,276 2.89% Lexus CT200h 1,171 4,416 2.74% Lexus RX 400 / 450 h 688 3,113 1.61% Lexus GS 450h 34 162 0.08% Lexus LS 600h 15 63 0.04% Lexus HS 250h 0 2 0.00% Toyota Prius Liftback 12,432 47,413 29.04% Toyota Prius C 3,486 13,351 8.14% Toyota Prius V 3,372 11,897 7.88% Toyota Camry Hybrid 3,257 15,691 7.61% Toyota Avalon Hybrid 1,423 5,440 3.32% Toyota Highlander Hybrid 495 1,865 1.16% Total Toyota   27,610 108,689 64.51% Nobody keeps better track of hybrid sales than our sister publication Hybridcars, which runs a monthly report. According to Hybridcar's tally, Ford is far away from taking on Toyota. However, sales of Ford's Fusion hybrid are up, whereas Toyota's hybrid sales are mostly down. Toyota's Americas chief Jim Lentz blamed falling U.S. gasoline prices and said last month that Toyota may not reach its U.S. sales target for Prius hybrids of about 250,000 this year. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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