Car companies are making a mistake in targeting their marketing of hybrid cars to a youth demographic. Recent research indicates that the biggest buyers of hybrid cars are older, from the baby boom generation (which controls about half of consumer spending). Older consumers have the money to spend on a green status symbol, and perhaps aren’t as concerned about the often less exciting driving performance of hybrid vehicles.

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Carmakers should be marketing their hybrids to older baby boomers – Quartz