Hybrid
cars, trucks, and SUVs: All vehicles hybrid
Interested
in a hybrid vehicle? Now might be the best time
Monday,
February 27, 2006
So, you're
thinking about buying a hybrid vehicle, but you just
aren't ready? Well, now might be your best
opportunity.
In the last several weeks gas prices have dropped, yet
last week's suicide attack on a Saudi oil refinery
could have pushed the price of gasoline up far more
than Katrina. Almost certainly, we are in the calm
before the oil price storm and gas prices will
eventually spike this year. When that happens, as it
did after Katrina, interest in hybrid
cars will also spike.
Even without a spike, tax
credits for Toyota hybrids will expire before the
end of the year. So, if you are interested in a Prius
or Highlander
hybrid you should act now, if the credit is
important. Interest in the Prius is always high, but
if gas prices skyrocket again, finding a Prius could
prove almost impossible.
While tax credits for the Honda
Civic hybrid or the Ford
Escape hybrid, for example, will probably last
through the year, finding one of these vehicles might
also prove nearly impossible following another surge
in energy prices.
So, if you want to buy a hybrid this year, now could
be the best time. Of course, if you are waiting for
the Camry
hybrid, there isn't much you can do until at least
May.