#CONSUMERS SEEK DOMESTICS ONLINE

eNews Consumers Seek Domestics Online According to page views on Kelley Blue Book's website, which is defined as every time a KBB.com user visits a Web page, domestic automakers Chrysler and Ford continue to see the largest increases. Chrysler increased to 7.2 percent of page views on KBB.com, up from 6.1 percent last year, while Ford has seen the largest jump, to 12.6 percent in April from 10.6 percent in April 2012. Hyundai/Kia reports the steepest drops in KBB.com page view traffic, down to 7.5 percent in April from a 12.3 percent share in April 2012. As gas prices have dropped, Kelley Blue Book also has seen segments with the most fuel-efficient vehicles drop. Subcompact car page views are down to 3.5 percent in April from 5.3 percent in April 2012. Compact car page views are down to 13.5 percent in April from 15.4 percent in April 2012.Hybrid vehicles page views also are declining, down to 3.2 percent of all KBB.com page views in April 2013, from 3.7 percent in April. The segments that saw some of the largest increases in KBB.com page views are compact crossovers, which had the largest segment increase, up to 13.8 percent in April from 12.6 percent in April 2012. In addition, luxury crossovers also increased from last year, to 5.9 percent in April from 5.1 percent in April 2012.