15 Cars Fueling the Auto Recovery

[meanmike]

I love the G8 and all but I would like too know since when did selling 700 or so a month become something too talk about.

[UncleBenny]

Nope they stopped bring G8's over a while ago. Last I heard there were like 15 GXP's left total in the whole country, not sure about the other models.

[BackinBlackSS/RS]

Originally Posted by squat

As it should be. Kinda weird to see my car on the list, makes me wonder if the list is old - I don't think you can buy a new G8 anymore.

Exactly. Where is the Equinox? I think that vehicle is having an impact.
I know they are not readily available as of yet, so maybe that is the reason.

[Mr. Wyndham]

Erm...it's fantastic they put the Camaro on that list, but....the rest of the list is BS....The Challenger? Insight? G8? Genesis? Seriously? These cars combined can't stack up to the Equinox, or Malibu, or hell, even the Camaro's sales numbers!! And that's what's fueling the recovery...sales numbers...good cars people WANT to buy...not good cars the author likes for various reasons...

....Yahoo needs to get out of the auto journalism business...every article I've read from them to date makes 'em look like a bunch of...well, yahoos.

[manimsoblack]

merge? http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=51432

[cab2g]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

Erm...it's fantastic they put the Camaro on that list, but....the rest of the list is BS....The Challenger? Insight? G8? Genesis? Seriously? These cars combined can't stack up to the Equinox, or Malibu, or hell, even the Camaro's sales numbers!! And that's what's fueling the recovery...sales numbers...good cars people WANT to buy...not good cars the author likes for various reasons...

....Yahoo needs to get out of the auto journalism business...every article I've read from them to date makes 'em look like a bunch of...well, yahoos.

Now in the author's defense, he may have only listed cars that are selling better this year than they did last year or were not on the market last year but are selling well compared to other cars somehow. The Challenger is a mystery to me, but if it is selling more than other Chrysler cars, then I guess it needs to be on the list for Chrysler. I wouldn't call sales in the 20k level a success especially when the new Mustang is selling more cars...by thousands...

[FenwickHockey65]

Honda Insight. Honda's latest hybrid undercuts the standard-setting Toyota Prius by about $2,500, the right formula for people looking to save gas and money both. City mileage of 40 mpg falls below the Prius's 51 mpg, but it still beats almost every other car on the road. Honda has sold about 18,000 Insights since the car went on sale in the spring, which has helped the Japanese automaker do better than the industry overall.

18,000 units sold since launch is pathetic and hasn't done anything to help Honda except make them the laughing stock of the hybrid world.

[a_Username]

Originally Posted by Dragoneye

Erm...it's fantastic they put the Camaro on that list, but....the rest of the list is BS....The Challenger? Insight? G8? Genesis? Seriously? These cars combined can't stack up to the Equinox, or Malibu, or hell, even the Camaro's sales numbers!! And that's what's fueling the recovery...sales numbers...good cars people WANT to buy...not good cars the author likes for various reasons...

....Yahoo needs to get out of the auto journalism business...every article I've read from them to date makes 'em look like a bunch of...well, yahoos.

. I'm pretty sure sales is what fuels the auto industry lol.

[a_Username]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

18,000 units sold since launch is pathetic and hasn't done anything to help Honda except make them the laughing stock of the hybrid world.

The Challenger is selling more than it!

[cab2g]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

18,000 units sold since launch is pathetic and hasn't done anything to help Honda except make them the laughing stock of the hybrid world.

actually, you got me there... I take back what I said. The article is not really based on any real unit of measure and appears to be based on the author's opinions.

The Insight is smaller than the Prius, gets worse mileage and apparently has a terrible ride. ...At least according to the Autoblog review I read awhile back.

None of Honda's hybrids have sold particularly well IMO. You barely see either the first gen Insight or the V6 Accord Hybrid on the road. I wonder why Honda can't get it right??? People make fun of Ford, but they hit a sweet spot with the Fusion Hybrid in my opinion.

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by cab2g

actually, you got me there... I take back what I said. The article is not really based on any real unit of measure and appears to be based on the author's opinions.

The Insight is smaller than the Prius, gets worse mileage and apparently has a terrible ride. ...At least according to the Autoblog review I read awhile back.

None of Honda's hybrids have sold particularly well IMO. You barely see either the first gen Insight or the V6 Accord Hybrid on the road. I wonder why Honda can't get it right??? People make fun of Ford, but they hit a sweet spot with the Fusion Hybrid in my opinion.

It's partly because Honda hasn't done much to improve their hybrid system. Toyota's improved their HSD system, and GM's developed Two-Mode. Honda's still using more or less the same system from the Civic Hybrid and wondering why it isn't getting better fuel economy when the Insight is about the same size as a Civic but has a higher coefficient of drag.

[Captain Awesome]

The Insight was summed up perfectly by Jeremy Clarkson of "Top gear" fame in his review:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/dri...cle6294116.ece

[Mr. Wyndham]

Originally Posted by Captain Awesome

The Insight was summed up perfectly by Jeremy Clarkson of "Top gear" fame in his review:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/dri...cle6294116.ece

Is that the one where is said he considered slamming it into a pole so he wouldn't have to drive it anymore?