On Jan 23, 2009, at 5:07 PM, xponentrob wrote: > From: "xponentrob" <xponent...@comcast.net> > To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 4:49 PM > Subject: Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years? > > >> *************************************************************** >> So I'm wondering if the more expensive luxury versions of the >> comparable >> models are seeing similar falls in sales. >> Are people forgoing the "bells and whistles" also? >> > To Answer my own question: > > http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-06-voa59.cfm > > "Industry analyst Jesse Toprak says that while the slumping global > economy > has hurt all vehicle sales, trucks and sport utility vehicles > outsold cars > because of deep dealer discounts, lower gas prices and the fact that > hybrids > cost $3,000 to $5,000 more than conventional cars." > > It is a known that dealers have had a lot of overstock in trucks and > SUVs > from last summer. I would think that if the same discounts were > available > for the hybrids, sales would not have dropped off so steeply. > > xponent > Da Moneez Maru > rob
A bit of anecdotal data that might be informative: According to more than one local Toyota dealer, the Prius holds its resale value well enough that there is surprisingly little price difference between a new Prius and a used but new condition Prius, even from a previous model year. The standard ICE-only cars' resale values tend to drop like rocks once they get into the hands of their first owners. (This may no longer be true, as my last info on it comes from near the $4/gal peak and depreciation may now be a bigger factor, but it's something to think about. As far as I know, ICE's still depreciate considerably faster than hybrids.) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
