California's top-selling vehicle: Prius. America's: Ford F-series truck.

[Newsjock]

http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-autos-prius-top-california-seller-20130122,0,6622427.story

Toyota's Prius has toppled the Honda Civic from its two-year reign as the bestselling vehicle in California.

... A hybrid capturing the sales crown in the state and passenger cars making up the bulk of the top 10 places demonstrate just how different the California car market is from the rest of the nation, analysts said.

Ford’s F-Series pick-up truck, perennially the bestselling nationally, placed seventh in California with sales of 25,434. The Chevrolet Silverado truck, the second bestseller nationally last year, didn’t come close to even cracking the top 10 in California. It had sales of 17,804, below such disparate vehicles as the Hyundai Elantra compact car and the BMW 3-series sports sedan.

California’s disinterest in trucks “speaks to the high percentage of drivers that commute long distances. The need to travel 30-40 miles to and from work per day makes the prospect of owning a Ford F-Series or Chevrolet Silverado an expensive one,” said Alec Gutierrez, an analyst at auto price information company Kelley Blue Book.

[still_one]

1. I don't know, I live in the Bay Area, and I see a lot of trucks and suvs

[longship]

2. I lived in SoCal for ten years.

Traffic there is horrible!! It's just the environment where a Prius would do extremely well. The more stop-and-go, the better for Prius owners. And believe me, there is plenty of stop-and-go in SoCal to go around.

I liked many things about CA, but not driving there.

It's good that people are buying Priuses.

R&K

[xxxsdesdexxx]

3. Which part of SoCal?

I'm assuming somewhere in Los Angeles county? I'm in San Diego and thankfully the majority of my shifts allow me to drive to work and back home from work when traffic is light.

[longship]

6. Ontario, San Berdoo County.

Driving into LA could be horrible. Driving to LAX, a real nightmare. To Orange County, almost always madness ensues. To Las Vegas on a weekend? Forgettaboutit!

Now I live in rural west Michigan. All I worry about is snow/ice and deer on the road.

[Tikki]

4. We drive a Prius in SoCal..next vehicle could be an American hybrid..

But it will be a hybrid or electric. I predict an extended family truck in the future or a community truck for when
someone needs a truck.


The Tikkis

[Kolesar]

5. F-series includes F-450s, F-550s and other very big commercial trucks

That are certainly not commuter cars, family cars, or "grocery getters". That skews the tally a bit.

[xxxsdesdexxx]

7. I'd love to get a fully electric vehicle, or a hybrid, but too expensive at the moment

for me.

[Blue_Tires]

8. FoMoCo sells a whole lot of F-series for work and professional duties....

and has a long history of being versatile, dependable and reliable (along with inexpensive)...No surprise there....

[madamesilverspurs]

9. Here in northeast Colorado

the parking lots at Democratic party events look like Prius dealerships. Conversely, Republican event parking areas look like monster truck rallies.


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