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According to an interesting article published in the latest issue of Newsweek Magazine, thanks to the dramatic fall of gas prices, sales of trucks and SUVs have recently begun to rise, while sales of hybrids have become a bit stale.

While this certainly is interesting news, it doesn’t compare to another statistic discovered by Newsweek: nearly 1 out of every 4 (24.2%) households that owned a hybrid car also owned an SUV.

This statistic just absolutely blew my mind.Â One would assume that if you were environmentally friendly enough to own a Toyota Prius or Honda Insight, that would probably preclude you from owning a Ford Explorer or Chevy Suburban.Â Apparently that’s not the case.

While I can understand the increase in sales of SUVs and small trucks, thanks to lower gas prices as well as unheard of manufacturer and dealer incentives, it still seems hard to fathom that hybrid sales are proportionately decreasing.Â Considering up until recently there were long waiting lists for popular hybrid vehicles, it just doesn’t seem logical.

In regards to the one out of four hybrid owners also owning an SUV, this sounds to me like some people were buying hybrid cars just because it was the “in thing” to do, just like several years ago everyone had to own an SUV.