Best Selling Cars Around The Globe: What Hybrids And Electric Cars Are Selling In The U.S.

After a trip to Russia last Wednesday and a thorough look at Japan on Monday, here I am again, annoying you with ever more worldwide car sale figures. This time let's get back to basics and look at the best-selling hybrid/electric cars in the USA, a category up 75 percent year-on-year… Can't get your head around why you would buy cars that  run on batteries? That's ok, you can discover the best-selling models in 168 countries and territories in my blog and you'll see most of them still are good old gas-guzzlers. Or today I can also offer you the Top 277 best-selling models in the USA over the first 9 months 2012… Sales of Hybrid and Electric cars in the USA are up 75 percent year-on-year in September to 39,974 registrations, which brings the year-to-date total to 351,703 units, up 73 percent on 2011 and now reaching a 3.2 percent share of the total market. In other words, if all Hybrid and Electric car sales were one model it would rank #2 behind only the Ford F-Series… Toyota/Lexus holds a huge 67 percent market share in this segment… The Toyota Prius Hybrid leads the way by far with 13,914 sales, followed by the Toyota Camry hybrid up a huge 1517 percent year-on-year to 3,704 units, the Toyota Prius C at 3,366 sales and the Chevrolet Volt up 294 percent on September 2011 to 2,851 units. The Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid is up to #7 with 1,656 sales or a 15 percent Hybrid ratio (vs. 7 percent year-to-date), ahead of the Toyota Prius Plug-in up to 1,652 units. Top 10 best-selling Hybrid/Electric cars in the USA in September 2012: You can check out the entire Top 43 best-sellers here Pos Model Sep-12 HR /11 9m 2012 Pos 2011 1 Toyota Prius 13,914 100% 49% 149,510 1 1 2 Toyota Camry Hybrid 3,704 11% 1517% 34,291 2 10 3 Toyota Prius c 3,366 100% new 26,110 3  - 4 Chevrolet Volt 2,851 100% 294% 16,348 4 12 5 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid 1,656 15% new 12,976 7 33 6 Toyota Prius Plug-in 1,652 100% new 7,720 12  - 7 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid 1,560 9% -22% 15,781 5 2 8 Lexus ES300h 1,414 22% new 2,231 19  - 9 Lexus CT200h 1,195 100% -17% 13,612 6 5 10 Nissan LEAF 984 100% -5% 5,212 14 9 HR= Hybrid/Electric Ratio. Sales of the hybrid/electric version vs. overall sales of the model. /11: Sales variation compared to September 2011. Pos: 2012 year-to-date ranking after 9 months. 2011: Full Year 2011 ranking. 1 in 4 Lexus ES sold in the US this month are a hybrid The Lexus ES300h delivers the performance of the month: it lodges 1,414 sales or 63 percent of its 2012 total, making it nearly one in four ES sold this month in the country (22 percent Hybrid ratio vs. 6 percent year-to-date!). The Lexus CT200h is down to #9 while the Nissan Leaf seems to have slowed down its decline at just -5 percent year-on-year and up 4 spots on its year-to-date ranking to #10. Nearly 1 in 3 Lincoln MKZ sold in the US this month is a hybrid The Lincoln MKZ delivers the highest Hybrid ratio of all traditional models: 30 percent thanks to 781 units sold at #15. The Buick Regal eAssist follows at 25 percent Hybrid ratio and #17 while the Lexus GS450h is up 294 percent to #22 and the Porsche Panamera reaches an exceptional 14 percent Hybrid ratio. There are no less than 3 newcomers in the ranking this month: the Toyota RAV4 EV lands #26 with 61 sales, the Audi Q5 Hybrid is #31 at 25 units and the BMW 3 Series ActiveHybrid is #37 with 13 sales. You can check out the August 2012 Hybrid/Electric cars Top 40 ranking here You can check out the general US September 2012 Top 265 ranking here You can check out the general US 9 months 2012 Top 277 ranking here Full September 2012 Top 43 Ranking Table below. from The Truth About Cars http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com

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