Best Selling Hybrid – Part2

The Third-Best Selling Hybrid: Honda Civic Hybrid

Honda Company has offers Honda Civic Hybrid, the most affordable hybrids out of the top ten best selling hybrids in America. The Honda Civic Hybrid is nearly indistinguishable from the conventional Civic, except for its powertrain.

In 2008 purchasers snapped up more than 31,000 Honda Civic Hybrids. Not only is it an economical choice for green drivers, the Civic Hybrid also retains a lot of the fun to drive characteristics of the standard Civic. The Honda Civic Hybrid handles well, has Honda’s bulletproof reputation for reliability, and accelerates with some oomph. But the Civic Hybrid won’t be the cheap kid on the block for long. Honda will reintroduce the Honda Insight, a midsized hybrid that will likely be priced less than the Honda Civic Hybrid, in April of 2009.

The Fourth-Best Selling Hybrid: Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner Hybrids

Even though General Motors has three hybrids on this top 10 list, Ford is the only US local automaker with hybrids listed in the top five. Together, the Mercury Mariner and Ford Escape Hybrids are the fourth best selling hybrid vehicles of 2008. The two models are fairly similar. Both are compact SUVs that seat five and are almost mechanically identical.

In 2008, Ford sold almost 20,000 of the Mariner and Escape Hybrids as buyers opted for all the capabilities and convenience of a small SUV, but with the added boost of improved gas mileage and decreased emissions. As Ford starts to roll out more hybrids, ‘counting’ the well-reviewed Ford Fusion Hybrid, the Mariner and Escape seem to be a good platform to build on.

The Fifth-Best Selling Hybrid: Toyota Highlander Hybrid

Toyota Highlander Hybrid is a car that uses fewer gas but is still ‘qualified of handing all of the people and stuff you need to haul. The Toyota Highlander Hybrid is one of those vehicles that do just that.

The Highlander Hybrid is a midsize hybrid SUV, which means Highlander has seven seating and has plenty of cargo space for sports equipment, luggage or pets. It’s also fairly rugged; while it wouldn’t be most people’s first choice for an off-road machine, it can handle unclean weather and dirt roads with no problem. When you add a hybrid power train that give drivers a 37% improvement in city fuel economy, you get a machine that really earns its spot as the fifth best selling hybrid in America.

Another articles by Johan Young you may interest in reading: 2007 Toyota Highlander Hybrid, and Best Selling Hybrid-1.