Time will tell, hybrid 'used car value'

[Wagner]

A study by Automotive Lease Guide says that hybrid cars will hold less value in the long run as compared to their gasoline-only counterparts.

According to John Blair, CEO of Automotive Lease Guide, used-vehicle shoppers tend to be more concerned with pricing rather than with fuel-economy. Blair feels that’s the reason that hybrid cars and trucks will have relatively less valuable to used-car buyers.

“When you look at the (Honda) Civic Hybrid and how much money it’s going to save you a year gaswise, the numbers aren’t staggering,” Blair told Automotive News. “The used-car buyer is looking at it from a different angle.”

However, Automotive Lease Guide provided Automotive News with a list of 17 2008 hybrid models that will be worth more than their gasoline versions after three years. According to the list, The Ford Escape Hybrid will have higher residuals after 36 months than the gasoline version. The Honda Civic Hybrid which has a price tag of $23,195, will be worth 58 percent of that price after 36 months. The 2008 Saturn Aura Green Line hybrid with a price tag of $23,985, will be worth 48 percent of that price after three years.

However the story is different with the Toyota Prius which has no gasoline variant. Jesse Toprak, executive director of industry analysis at Edmunds.com, says that the fuel economy and name recognition of the Toyota Prius will help it hold its value better than other hybrids.

[rebound]

I'm waiting to see what their landfill value will be. Those things are toxic nightmares.

[Wagner]

"Hybrids are good for the environment man"

[rebound]

Cool man...

[E61Silver]

Once you take the batteries out they are as toxic as any other car.

Why do some of you have the need to bash hybrid.......does it make you feel macho?

Are you just against hybrids or the green concept?

[Wagner]

I think we all know it makes your testosterone increase to knock on a BS horrible idea that is they battery powered hybrid

And your argument is dumb, it's like saying 'well a nuclear reactor isn't toxic once you remove the enriched uranium'

[E61Silver]

The battery would be recycled which is much different than nuclear waste.

[Wagner]

really, how? It isn't a Duracell

[E61Silver]

This link has lots of information :

http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.ef2b471/0

[rebound]

Originally Posted by x54.4blue

Once you take the batteries out they are as toxic as any other car.

Why do some of you have the need to bash hybrid.......does it make you feel macho?

Are you just against hybrids or the green concept?

Damn, Blue. These last couple of days someone's sure peed in your Cheerios.

Used to be, you'd roll in here, ask what you should buy, change the parameters several times, and then roll out without listening to anyone.

Those were the days...