OOYYO used car search engine has doing some research regarding used car sales and has found the top 5 most offered used cars in the USA.
Here at OOYYO used car search engine (www.ooyyo.com) we have been doing some interesting research in the past year regarding used car sales and we have found the top 5 most offered used cars for sale in the USA.
Ford (926,826) tops the list out of Chevrolet (869,380), Toyota (623,584), Dodge (490,433), Honda (385,881). We have thought long and hard considering the factors and we believe there could be a number of reasons for this.
Namely one BIG factor could be the upsurge in new car sales Ford has been experiencing this past year, as sales rose 19% from a year ago to 212,777 vehicles. Ford Motor Co. topped rival General Motors in U.S. sales taking the Number 1 spot for the first time in nearly 13 years.. But these figures do not reflect the same demand when converted to used car sales, as we mentioned they are the most offered car make on the used car market in the U.S.
Could it be that the people selling their old Fords are buying brand new ones as Ford's sales are helped by increased incentives that attract buyers, and also from a lineup of fuel efficient models as gas prices topped $3.60 a gallon during the past year. Could it be that die hard Ford lovers are for the most part selling their old Fords and buying brand new ones instead of trying some other brand of used car?
All we can tell you is that the figures are interesting to say the least. The top 5 most wanted used cars on the US market based on research of our data on OOYYO are Honda Civic, Dodge Charger, Toyota Prius, Chevrolet Tahoe and Ford Escape.
We ask, do the offers reflected the demand? The statistics show that they don't, unless we take into consideration that the 5th top searched for used car is the Ford Escape.
Maybe the people selling their old Fords are just upgrading to new ones, which would account for such a rise in Fords new car sales? Consider that the two of the top manufacturers in demand are Japanese brands, which could lead one to think that consumers are either looking at the tried and proven reliability or that the popularity of Hybrid Prius & Civic vehicles has finally taken flight, and most people have removed their taboos regarding hybrid reliability, and the fact that generally Japanese petrol only engines produce more power than their US counterparts in the same size category.
As of April 2011 the U.S. accounted for almost half of the Prius global sales, with one million Priuses sold since 2000, while the Civic hybrid ranks as the second best selling electric hybrid car in the U.S. These are startling figures, and show a gradual rise in the trend of green conscious motorists, which will eventually benefit us all in the race to slow down global warming due to car emissions.
Our conclusion is that the U.S manufacturers have generally lagged behind their Japanese counterparts in the Hybrid car race, and are only now feeling the pinch from such a delayed response in engine options. Ford has announced a hybrid version of their Escape for 2012. Dodge sells no such Dodge Charger Hybrid, although a Chrysler 300 Hybrid is said to be on the way for 2013, while Chevrolet Tahoe has been available in a Hybrid version since only this year. Our conclusion is this Hybrid option will be the rising trend in the future as fuel prices keep soaring and making a bigger dent in our wallets and purses. In a time of world economic woes, people will be more and more on the lookout for fuel efficient vehicles, as supposed to the classic muscle and grunt of the U.S cars till today.
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