Fuel prices have undercut hybrid sales

Going green may be all the rage these days.

Unfortunately for struggling automakers, hybrid cars are a tough sell.

“Anytime gas prices go up, hybrid sales go up,” said Crystal Rowe, sales manager at Jones Honda in Lancaster. Sales of “any economical car goes up.”

Indeed, as gas prices have fallen, so have sales of hybrid vehicles.

“People interested in the environment and fuel savings still are a very select market,” said Dennis Silvius, general sales manager for Chapman Ford in Lancaster. “Not every American is going to drive a hybrid vehicle or take an interest in it.”

Unless, of course, all conventional cars are replaced by hybrid engines, he says.
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