Hybrid Car Discounts

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US hybrid sales for April 2010 (source: http://www.hybridcars.com/hybrid-clean-diesel-sales-dashboard/april-2010.html)

Model
Units
vs. last month
vs. April 2009
CYTD
vs. CYTD 2009

Toyota
Prius
12,555
6.5%
49.7%
40,793
24.9%

Ford Fusion
1,516
-9.2%
41.3%
5,512
273.7%

Honda
Insight
1,880
13.8%
-10.3
6,853
157.1%

Toyota Camry
1,655
6.8%
-24.7%
5,082
-36.3%

Lexus HS 250h
1,076
-28.0%
n/a
4,529
n/a

Lexus RX450h
1,232
-1.5%
88.1%
4,383
-10.1%

Ford Escape
1,048
-10.3%
-0.1%
3,559
-15.0%

Toyota Highlander
692
16.52%
-25.8%
2,151
-45.0%

Honda Civic
621
7.3%
-81.5%
1,799
79.2%

Altima
330
-16.2%
48.6%
2,402
11.0%

Cadillac
Escalade
114
-7.3%
-33.3%
435
-38.4%

GMC Yukon
144
22.0%
25.2%
421
-28.6%

Chevy Tahoe
141
11.0%
-40.5%
504
-52.8%

Chevy
Silverado
107
-7.0%
52.9%
336
130.1%

Mercury Milan
91
-20.2%
-1.1%
348
146.8%

Mercury Mariner
71
-27.6%
-16.5%
323
-31.9%

Mercedes
S400
108
10.2%
n/a
360
n/a

Chevy
Malibu
67
-16.3%
-87.8%
282
-80.4%

Mercedes ML450
37
-44.8%
n/a
243
n/a

GMC Sierra
54
-16.9%
116.0%
208
193.0%

Mazda Tribute
58
1.7%
36.3%
202
-33.3%

BMW X6
21
0.0%
n/a
85
n/a

Lexus
GS450h
25
-19.4%
-24.2%
119
-13.8%

Lexus LS600hL
7
-22.2%
-63.2%
40
-59.6%

Saturn
Vue
4
-50.0%
-98.8%
30
-97.1%

Saturn Aura
0
-100.0%
-100.0%
31
-68.7%

All hybrids
23,654
1.6%
8.4%
81,030
8.2%

All vehicles
982,131
-7.8%
19.8%
3,527,383
16.7%

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