Green Options » Ipsos News Center http://greenoptions.com/tag/ipsos-news-center Posts tagged 'Ipsos News Center' Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:18:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en First Time Ever: Prius is Most Searched New Car on Cars.com http://gas2.org/2008/06/12/first-time-ever-prius-is-most-searched-new-car-on-carscom/ http://gas2.org/2008/06/12/first-time-ever-prius-is-most-searched-new-car-on-carscom/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:18:33 +0000 Nick Chambers http://gas2.org/2008/06/12/first-time-ever-prius-is-most-searched-new-car-on-carscom/ Cars.com has announced that for the first time ever, the Toyota Prius has become the most searched for new vehicle on the popular vehicle classifieds site — surpassing long time favorites such as the Accord and Camry.

Not only that, their top ten list for new car searches (see below) now contains mostly fuel-sippers including the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic Hybrid, Toyota Yaris and Honda Fit.

The Prius first appeared in the top 10 most searched vehicles list last summer.

Patrick Olsen, Cars.com editor in chief, had this to say about it:

“It’s not surprising that the Prius became the No. 1 most searched vehicle on Cars.com at the same time gas reached a $4 national average. Surveys have shown $4 to be the tipping point in consumer purchase behavior, and we are seeing that ring true in shopping patterns on Cars.com.”

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