{"id":927,"date":"2013-01-22T14:08:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T18:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ardmoretoyota.com\/?p=927"},"modified":"2013-01-22T14:08:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T18:08:42","slug":"toyota-prius-topples-honda-civic-as-bestselling-car-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ardmoretoyota.com\/blogs\/97\/toyota-prius-topples-honda-civic-as-bestselling-car-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota Prius topples Honda Civic as bestselling car in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ardmoretoyota.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/74120724.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-928\" title=\"1144049_FI_1114_toyota_RCG\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.ardmoretoyota.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/74120724-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ardmoretoyota.com\/blogs\/97\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/74120724-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ardmoretoyota.com\/blogs\/97\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/74120724.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toyota\u2019s Prius has toppled the Honda Civic from its two-year reign as the bestselling vehicle in California.<\/p>\n<p>It was a thin margin. Toyota sold 60,688 of the hybrid last year,   almost 26% of the Prius cars sold by Toyota in the U.S. last year. Honda   sold 57,124 Civics.<\/p>\n<p>The Toyota Camry was third with sales of 50,250. The sales data\u00a0are   from the California New Car Dealers Assn. and tracked retail auto   registrations, which do not include sales to rental car companies,   government and other fleet customers.<\/p>\n<p>A hybrid capturing the sales  crown in the state and passenger cars  making up the bulk of the top\u00a010  places demonstrate just how different  the California car market is from  the rest of the nation, analysts  said.<\/p>\n<p>Ford\u2019s F-Series pick-up truck, perennially the bestselling   nationally, placed seventh in California with sales of 25,434. The   Chevrolet Silverado truck, the second bestseller nationally last year,   didn\u2019t come close to even cracking the top\u00a010 in California.\u00a0 It had   sales of 17,804, below such disparate vehicles as the Hyundai Elantra   compact car and the BMW 3-series sports sedan.<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s disinterest in trucks \u201cspeaks to the high percentage of   drivers that commute long distances. The need to travel 30-40 miles to   and from work per day makes the prospect of owning a Ford F-Series or   Chevrolet Silverado an expensive one,\u201d said Alec Gutierrez, an analyst   at auto price information company Kelley Blue Book.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s gasoline prices are consistently among the highest in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Yet while fuel efficiency is one major reason why cars rather than   trucks dominate the market \u2014 California\u2019s favorite truck or sport   utility vehicle was the comparatively small Honda CR-V with sales of   29,055 \u2013- but there also are cultural factors that influence which   vehicles sell best in the state, said Peter Welch, chief executive of   the California New Car Dealers Assn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnvironmental consciousness and changing trends are large   contributors,\u201d Welch said, \u201ceight years ago everyone was driving sport   utilities and trucks, now it\u2019s almost trendy to drive a fuel-efficient   hybrid or plug-in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hybrids, plug-in hybrids \u2013 which like the Chevrolet Volt can travel   some distance only on electricity before a gas engine kicks in and   extends the range \u2013 and electric-only vehicles now make up 7.4% of the   California market, more than double the national average.<\/p>\n<p>Financial incentives such as state rebates for plug-in hybrids and   electric vehicles and other perks, such as car pool lane permits, help   increase the California numbers.<\/p>\n<p>The Prius got its jump in the California market through state policy   that once allowed solo drivers of the vehicle in car pool lanes, said   Rebecca Lindland, an analyst with IHS Automotive.\u00a0Now only the plug-in   version qualifies for the permit.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, a wide-open car pool lane isn\u2019t the place to show off a hybrid\u2019s gas-sipping skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get better mileage in stop and go traffic, which the HOV lane is   supposed to alleviate so it\u2019s an interesting juxtaposition,\u201d Lindland   said.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota sells four different versions of the hybrid. The hatchback is   the biggest seller.\u00a0Other versions include a plug-in hatchback, a Prius  C  mini-car and the Prius V station wagon.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, auto sales \u2013 including fleet sales \u2013 rose 25% in California,   almost double the national growth rate of 13.4%, according to the  state  dealer group.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese brands, rebounding from inventory and production problems   caused by the Japanese earthquake in 2011, had the fastest growth. They   now control 46.3% of the California auto market, up from 44.5% in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Most of that growth came\u00a0at the expense of\u00a0the domestic brands, which   saw their combined market share slide to 29.7% from 31.6%. Chrysler  was  the only U.S. brand to show any market share growth in California,   rising to 1.4% from 1%.<\/p>\n<p>The domestic car companies do much better nationally, where they control almost 45% of auto sales.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota and its brands are the biggest sellers in California, owning   21.1% of the market.\u00a0Honda follows with 12.5% and Ford is third at   11.3%.\u00a0General Motors with 11.2% and Nissan with 8.3% round out the top  five.\u00a0Fast-growing  Volkswagen, with 5.5% of the market, has almost  caught Chrysler\u2019s 6.5%  share.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: LA Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toyota\u2019s Prius has toppled the Honda Civic from its two-year reign as the bestselling vehicle in California. It was a thin margin. Toyota sold 60,688 of the hybrid last year, almost 26% of the Prius cars sold by Toyota in the U.S. last year. Honda sold 57,124 Civics. 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