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Is This a Great Time to Buy a 2008 Hybrid?

Posted by on Dec 20, 2008 | 5 Comments

With the credit market still frosty and gasoline prices nearly a third of what they were at their peak this past summer, sales of 2008 hybrid models have plunged precipitously. Green Car Congress reports that hybrid sales are off by 50% for the month of November. It’s a far cry from six months ago, when gas prices were at their peak and hybrids were tough to find at dealer lots at MSRP.

For those who waited, this presents a opportunity … six months later, we’re looking at a buyer’s market for those with the means to make the purchase. Dealers have the inventory and they’re itching to move it.

While a hybrid vehicle might not seem like a prudent purchase, given the current economic situation, today’s cost/availability differential is profound. Although gasoline prices are low, they won’t stay that way, given OPEC’s intent to cut back production. In another six months, this may be a remarkable opportunity.

Or not …

  • http://www.facebook.com/swapnildinkar Swapnil Dinkar

    I live in india , the apple rates here are too damn high . Is it any way i can get a macbook shipped to india from the US ?

  • Ralf Sternberg

    Seems that the AVOS terms of service have been changed meanwhile. I can’t find the paragraph in question anymore.
    Update: they actually changed it: http://www.avos.com/terms-and-privacy-update/

  • Anonymous

    Keep these audio blogs coming. I am particulaly interested in the frequency range and how to differentiate between sub woofers and tweeters. It might also help if you explain the difference in the two types of quadafonics for splitting stereo signals by frequency or directionality by recorded track.

  • http://twitter.com/Cirric Ric Shanahan

    When I was much younger the expression we used was “If the music is too loud then you are too old.” I can enjoy my Home Theater with my amp at its absolute lowest volume setting now. Does this mean I’m going to die soon? (Actually loved AVATAR at nearly full volume, and Forrest Gump played loud during his Vietnam run sequence blew the cone of my powered sun-woofer. Yea, Forrest Gump.)

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_MC7VGHEV62VKCGYEEIGEAZMPUI CL

    There is no point as the Decibel system here without first mention the distant. For example, thundering generally consider a very loud noise with high dB rating, but how about if thundering happens over a hundred mile away? Mosquitoes humming is generally consider to be a little sound, but it is quite annoying if that mosquito is humming just outside your ear. People making use of the dB system would they making it clear?