根据在线汽车交易平台 CarGurus 的最新数据，一些二手车的售价比全新的汽车在经销商处的售价高出 3,000 至 6,000 美元。这些使用了几个月的二手车仿佛“像优质葡萄酒一样”逐渐“成熟”（即价值逐渐提升）。
Some used vehicles are listing for $3,000 to $6,000 above brand-new dealership prices, according to new data from the online automotive marketplace CarGurus. The months-old cars are aging like fine wine.
这款在美国销量极高的跨界 SUV 去年全面转向了混合动力版本；此前丰田宣布将停止生产这款汽油动力车型。这或许就是导致二手车价格上涨的原因之一。CarGurus 的经济与市场情报总监凯文·罗伯茨（Kevin Roberts）表示，这种情况让他想起了疫情期间芯片短缺的情况：当时新车供应短缺也推高了二手车的价格，买家随后转而购买二手车以获取利润。
The crossover SUV—one of the top-selling in the US—went all-hybrid last year, after Toyota announced it would drop the gas-powered model from its lineup. That’s likely why we’re catching a glimpse of an economic Upside Down. Kevin Roberts, director of economic and market intelligence at CarGurus, says the situation reminds him of the pandemic-era chip shortage, when a supply crunch for new cars also drove up used prices, and buyers flipped them months later for a profit.
“对混合动力汽车的需求非常强劲，因此 Rav4 仍然属于‘2021 年的时代’（即仍处于混合动力汽车流行的阶段），”罗伯茨说，“丰田的生产速度远远跟不上市场需求。”
“Hybrid demand is so strong, the Rav4 is still in that 2021 world,” he says. Toyota can’t make new models fast enough.
如今，美国汽车市场的格局正在发生变化：无论是新车还是二手车，混合动力车型都越来越受欢迎。丰田本月宣布，2026 年第三季度其混合动力汽车的销量增长了 29%；起亚的混合动力汽车销量更是翻了一番多。根据 Cox Automotive 的数据，目前在美国售出的新车中，几乎每六辆就有一辆是混合动力车型。
The leaves are changing, and America’s hot hybrid summer has become a toasty hybrid autumn, for new cars and for old ones. Toyota reported this month that its hybrid sales are up 29 percent in the third quarter of 2026; Kia said its sales more than doubled. Nearly one in six new US cars sold is a hybrid, according to Cox Automotive data.
“美国市场过去以耗油量大著称，但由于人们对混合动力汽车的喜爱，这种印象正在逐渐改变，”罗伯茨说。
“The American market has a reputation for gas guzzlers, but we're starting to shake that reputation because of how much we like hybrids,” Roberts says.
推动这一变化的主要因素是汽油价格：自伊朗战争爆发以及霍尔木兹海峡地区的冲突以来，汽油价格急剧上涨。根据美国 AAA 组织的数据，目前全国平均每加仑汽油的价格为 4.40 美元，比去年同期上涨了 40%；而在加利福尼亚州，这一价格更是高达 6.36 美元。罗伯茨指出，消费者非常简单直接：一旦油价上涨，他们就会立即寻找更省油的汽车。很快，越来越多的车主开始购买混合动力汽车。
The major driver is gas prices. They’ve skyrocketed since the start of the Iran war and the ensuing conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, a global center of oil and gas production and shipping. Nationally, a gallon costs an average of $4.40, up 40 percent from this time last year, according to AAA; Californians pay an average of $6.36. Car buyers are a simple bunch, Roberts says—when prices start rising, they immediately look for more fuel-efficient cars. Soon, drivers actually start buying them.
目前，美国电动汽车市场面临的困境反而成为了混合动力汽车的机遇。由于特朗普政府取消了原本能降低混合动力汽车购买成本的联邦税收优惠，新电动汽车的销量相比去年下降了近一半。与纯电动汽车不同，混合动力汽车并不会迫使驾驶者改变他们长期以来一直使用的加油习惯（即使是一些插电式混合动力汽车也需要偶尔加油，不过聪明的车主通常主要依赖电力驱动）。
For now, struggles in the US electric vehicle market are hybrids’ gain. New EV sales are down by almost half from last year, after the Trump administration cut a federal tax credit that made the often-expensive powertrains more affordable. Unlike electrics, hybrids don’t necessarily force drivers out of their familiar gas station routines. (Even plug-in hybrids sometimes need a gas top-up, though smart owners depend mostly on electricity.)
此外，如今市场上可供选择的混合动力汽车种类也比以往更多了。对于几乎所有类型的乘用车（三排SUV、皮卡、小型面包车或豪华轿车）来说，消费者都能找到配备混合动力系统的车型。根据汽车数据网站iSeeCars.com的统计，混合动力汽车在二手车市场的需求也在增加，其价格相比去年上涨了近5%。二手混合动力汽车的平均售价为34,500美元，高于二手纯电动汽车或传统燃油汽车的价格。显然，买家非常看重混合动力汽车带来的长期燃油节省优势。
Finally, more hybrids are available now than before. A buyer interested in nearly every major sort of passenger vehicle—three-row SUVs, pickups, minivans, or luxury cars—can find one with the powertrain Interest has spread to the used market, where hybrid prices are up almost 5 percent over last year, according to the automotive data website iSeeCars.com. At $34,500, the average price of used hybrids is higher than used EVs or gas-powered cars. Used buyers seem to be especially keen on long-term fuel savings.
混合动力技术已经存在了几十年，但它在美国市场的真正崛起可能才刚刚开始。“从哲学、功能性和成本角度来看，混合动力汽车确实是最合理的选择，”iSeeCars的执行分析师卡尔·布劳尔（Karl Brauer）表示。目前，已有几款混合动力汽车的销量超过了同类型的燃油汽车，例如丰田Highlander和福特Maverick。他预测，很快美国市场上大多数汽车都将配备混合动力系统。
Hybrid tech has been around for decades, but it still may be just the beginning of its reign in the US. “Certainly from a philosophical, functional, and cost perspective, they make the most sense,” says Karl Brauer, iSeeCars’ executive analyst. Several hybrid models already outsell their gas counterparts, including the Toyota Highlander and the Ford Maverick. Soon, he predicts, most US cars will come with a hybrid drivetrain.
美国汽车制造商似乎已经意识到了混合动力汽车的重要性。本世纪初，通用汽车曾表示到2025年其产品线中40%的车型将是电动汽车；但这一目标并未实现，导致该公司在新的混合动力汽车竞争中落后于亚洲竞争对手。如今，通用汽车的态度已经发生了转变。一位高管本周对CNBC表示：“混合动力汽车是我们计划的一部分。我们非常了解消费者的需求，并希望尽快为他们提供他们想要的产品。”
US automakers seem to see the hybrid writing on the wall. At the beginning of the decade, General Motors said that 40 percent of its 2025 lineup would be electric. That didn’t happen, and the subsequent pivot left it well behind its Asian counterparts in the new hybrid race. Now, GM has changed its tune. Hybrids “are part of the plan,” an executive told CNBC this week. “We’re not tone-deaf to our customers. We know what they want, and we want to give that to them as quickly as we can.”