The awareness of the hybrid is certainly at its highest level ever.
We had a huge March and went into April with limited supplies across the Civic line.
Fuel prices played a role. It's been flying off the trucks.
Fundamentally, we see a positive correlation between gas prices and sales of vehicles. We're certainly seeing fuel economy becoming a more important issue with consumers as we continue to see gas prices rise.
The only thing that will keep us from selling more is limited inventory from Japan.
It was just tested and certified a couple days ago, which was not in time. Frequently cars will undergo adjustments and fine-tuning up until the last minute, and frankly even after cars go on sale.
Inventories are as low or lower than they've ever been for the Civic. They're basically being bought right off the truck.
