| We have all heard a lot about hybrid cars lately | | | | person buys a car every three to four years that |
| and with gasoline prices between two dollars and | | | | means if there were more hybrids available to |
| three dollars per gallon we are reading many | | | | buy that we would see a whole lot more on the |
| articles in the newspapers, magazines and industry | | | | road, but production is not keeping up. |
| trade journals too, but where are all these hybrids | | | | The problem is; is that very few of the cars |
| we have been promised? There were only 12 | | | | being built today are hybrids and part of the |
| hybrid models on the market in 2005 - 2006. | | | | reason is that they cost more to build. In fact the |
| It appears that there are now some 52 models in | | | | percentage of hybrids to regular models was less |
| the works and slated for 2012 as our research | | | | than 1% of the 17 million cars built in 2005 and |
| indicates. There is significant demand, but still the | | | | 2006. |
| price point is off over $15,000 over reality for the | | | | Why are people interested in buying hybrid cars? |
| average new car buyer. | | | | Well when asked nearly all of them said their |
| More and more Americans are considering buying | | | | number one reason was to improve fuel |
| a hybrid car, in fact when surveyed 33% of all | | | | economy. And only a few really were considering |
| Americans say they would consider buying a | | | | their number one reason was the fact that it |
| highbred for their next car. Since the average | | | | would help the environment. |