Vermont car dealers are seeing a change in trends. Some car buyers are simply buying more fuel efficient vehicles, but others who are less willing to jeopardize the image their vehicles provide for them are buying smaller cars to use as second automobiles says Bill Shearer, owner of Shearer Chevrolet in South Burlington. Larry Lussier of Heritage Toyota says many people are ready to trade in their SUVs for smaller vehicles that get better gas mileage. Heritage alone has 49 Toyota Priuses pre-sold and Mr. Lussier said the hybrid electric vehicle would be their top seller in the past few months if they had more to sell. Dan Bokan, the general manager of Shearer Chevrolet said truck sales are down, but cars sales are definitely up. He attributed this to the fact that drivers with a 16 gallon tank vehicle driving on average 15,000 miles per year could save at least $400 switching from a vehicle that gets 20 mpg to one that gets 23 mpg. [Source: Burlington Free Press]
Smaller Vehicles
Vermont car dealers are seeing a change in trends. Some car buyers are simply buying more fuel efficient vehicles, but others who are less willing to jeopardize the image their vehicles provide for them are buying smaller cars to use as second automobiles says Bill Shearer, owner of Shearer Chevrolet in South Burlington. Larry Lussier of Heritage Toyota says many people are ready to trade in their SUVs for smaller vehicles that get better gas mileage. Heritage alone has 49 Toyota Priuses pre-sold and Mr. Lussier said the hybrid electric vehicle would be their top seller in the past few months if they had more to sell. Dan Bokan, the general manager of Shearer Chevrolet said truck sales are down, but cars sales are definitely up. He attributed this to the fact that drivers with a 16 gallon tank vehicle driving on average 15,000 miles per year could save at least $400 switching from a vehicle that gets 20 mpg to one that gets 23 mpg. [Source: Burlington Free Press]
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Those same folks who are buying a 23mpg car to save $400 could instead purchase a 3kW PV system for their home for about the same amount and save $575 a year on their electric bill (more if they are Green Mountain Power customers). And the PV panels come with a 20-25 year warrantee. A new car won't come close to that.
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