The London Guardian reports today that SUV sales in the UK are soaring whereas in the rest of the world, including the USA, SUV sales are falling steeply. The article includes the following on Prius sales: The decline of the SUV in America is also heralding the rise of the fuel-efficient motorist. Even in Britain sales of the part electric Toyota Prius, the world's leading hybrid, have more than doubled in the past year to more than 4,000, with waiting lists of 10 weeks. More than 40,000 hybrids, which run on two or more sources of power, have been bought in the US in the past two months with sales "going through the roof", according to a Toyota spokesman yesterday. The company, thought to have a three-year technological lead on most US and European car manufacturers, expects to sell a record 250,000 hybrids worldwide this year. See www.guardian.co.uk/transport
