Another excellent effort by Jeff Cobb's team: model Dec_14 Nov_14 Oct_14 Sep_14 1 Prius Liftback 8799 8038 7326 7986 2 Nissan Leaf 3102 2687 2589 2881 3 Prius C 2839 2975 3192 3192 4 Camry Hybrid 2448 2220 2161 1986 5 Fusion Hybrid 2372 2323 2164 1972 6 Prius V 2284 2493 2514 2746 7 Jetta Diesel 2247 2790 2721 2586 8 Tesla Model S 1900 1450 1300 1300 9 Passat Diesel 1764 1434 1449 1720 10 CT200h 1608 1322 1158 1078 11 Chevrolet Volt 1490 1336 1439 1394 12 ES Hybrid 1400 1194 1182 1128 13 C-Max Hybrid 1303 1296 1318 1109 14 Optima Hybrid 1299 1101 1483 1003 15 Accord Hybrid 1233 1094 1130 1095 16 Avalon Hybrid 1154 1212 1330 1437 17 i3* 1013 816 1159 1022 18 RX 400 / 450 h 930 788 728 695 19 Sonata 897 781 1181 2134 20 Golf Diesel 856 744 746 789 21 Fusion Energi 789 752 686 640 22 MKZ 743 569 662 645 23 Lacrosse Hybrid 698 772 704 587 24 Ford C-Max Energi 659 644 644 677 25 BMW X5 Diesel 630 485 450 496 26 Q5 Diesel 565 598 506 452 27 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel 500 326 426 430 28 Toyota Prius Plug In 492 451 479 353 29 Civic Hybrid 476 432 395 360 30 Highlander Hybrid 428 425 327 303 31 XV Crosstrek Hybrid 427 575 617 571 32 GL-Class Diesel 419 351 304 344 33 Q50 Hybrid 386 422 296 274 34 NX Hybrid 354 35 forTwo EV 351 313 150 182 36 Cayenne Diesel 349 404 60 115 37 Touareg Diesel 330 319 352 353 38 B-Class Electric 326 193 39 Insight 311 278 222 240 40 Q7 Diesel 306 333 377 269 41 3-Series Diesel 296 293 232 122 42 X3 Diesel 241 175 135 191 43 e-Golf 237 119 44 CR-Z 224 188 205 248 45 Pathfinder Hybrid* 204 187 166 160 46 GLK Class Diesel 194 275 407 222 47 A3 Diesel 182 167 48 A6 Diesel 177 167 157 138 49 Grand Cherokee Diesel 172 153 150 129 50 E-Class Diesel 170 168 128 126 51 QX60 Hybrid* 168 146 114 109 52 i8 158 126 53 Spark 131 61 58 51 54 ELR 118 155 152 111 55 500E 115 100 140 137 56 5-Series Diesel 113 86 81 44 57 Kia Soul EV 110 140 58 Impala Hybrid 93 23 32 35 59 Beetle Diesel 89 74 104 105 60 Cayenne S E-Hybrid 67 45 61 Accord Plug In 63 43 34 42 62 A7 Diesel 58 74 80 64 63 Jetta Hybrid 57 68 97 114 64 Ford Focus EV 53 191 186 176 65 A8 Diesel 48 55 41 37 66 Honda Civic 40 52 61 33 67 Toyota RAV4 EV 37 83 97 125 68 Fit EV 32 5 23 29 69 Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid 31 57 97 82 70 RLX Hybrid 29 37 71 Regal Hybrid 22 46 40 32 72 Q70 Hybrid 20 17 73 Malibu Hybrid 15 14 17 10 74 ML Class Diesel 14 21 38 60 75 ML Class Diesel 14 21 38 76 i 12 18 17 15 77 Q5 Hybrid 11 16 24 19 78 GS 450h 11 9 2 3 79 ML450H 10 0 0 80 ILX Hybrid 9 10 15 15 81 E400H 9 5 5 12 82 ActiveHybrid 3 (335ih) 9 4 2 23 83 ActiveHybrid 5 (535ih) 6 4 3 3 84 LS 600h 4 1 2 85 S400HV Hybrid 4 1 86 7-Series ActiveHybrid 2 2 4 6 87 Touareg Hybrid 2 1 1 1 88 Escalade Hybrid 1 2 3 1 89 Tahoe Hybrid 1 2 0 90 Yukon Hybrid 1 2 2 1 91 Sierra Hybrid 1 1 92 S-Class Diesel 1 0 2 2 93 Cayenne Hybrid 0 10 18 13 94 Silverado Hybrid 0 3 1 Source: Jeff Cobb's Hybrid Market Dashboard | HybridCars.comHybridCars.com (well worth reading!) 'The reports of hybrid death have been greatly exaggerated.' (thanks Mark Twain) Prius hatchback growing, slowly but still positive slope 2nd tier Leaf looking good Jetta TDI hit hard Camry and Ford Fusion neck-and-neck . . . something to say for comfort? Prius c and Prius v - slow decline 3d tier - new models and wanna-be solid growth Sonata falling off significantly Bob Wilson
Man, the Sonata hybrid has taken a dive over the past couple of months. It looks even worse with the Optima doing slow but steady growth over the same time. I suspect with the model age, end of year, and gas prices have lead many dealers to use incentives to move the Prius, and others, off the lot. The c and v are still new enough that the dealers and Toyota may not want to lower their perceived value. Likely covering them with increased sales of their FSP models. That may also be a factor with the Jetta TDI. The 2015 gets an updated drivetrain, I think it now uses SCR and DEF, so combined mpg went up 2. There may be deals on the 2014, but potential buyers may only be interested in the 2015 with the greater diesel to gasoline price difference.
thanks serge, you should post this in the 'why can't i get a 2015 pip in maryland' thread. i suppose the sales fluctuations have more to do with deep discounts and hov stickers than anything else. comment number 2 is interesting, 'pip has 4 star safety rating vs 5 for lift back, because pip rolls over more easily. i did not know that. and pip gets lower highway mpg, i did not know that either.
Wow, bad month for alt fuel vehicles, Jan 15. Hybrid, plugin, diesels, bad, double digit down from Dec '14.
at a buck something a gallon, if i was in a gasser and looking around? i wouldn't be looking at alt fuels either.
