Arizona residents consider hybrid-vehicle purchases
About one of every three Valley residents are looking at buying a new car in the next year, and 10 percent of them may be looking at hybrids.
A WestGroup Research study found 33 percent of Valley residents might be inclined to buy cars during the next 12 months. About 14 percent said they’d be looking for new cars, with 19 percent looking for used vehicles.
Ten percent of the potential buyers said they would consider hybrids, while 6 percent stated interest in their alternative-fuel brethren, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, which are not on the market yet free credit report .com. Only 4 percent said they would consider buying sport-utility vehicles.
The WestGroup study was conducted of a sample of 429 adults. It has a margin of error of 5 percent.