Despite record gas prices, Prius sales down 25%

Amid record gas prices, sales of Toyota's Prius economy car in the United States fell 25 percent, when compared to sales numbers from April 2005. What's more, overall Prius sales for 2006 were down 10.4 percent for the January to end-of-April period. In fact, the only Toyota brand vehicle sold in the United States with a larger sales decrease was the Sequoia SUV, which fell 28 percent. It's unclear what, if anything, this data says about the buying habits of Americans, but it seems they are less swayed by high gas prices than one might think. The Prius hybrid model gets up to 60 mpg in the city.