<ul _extended="true"><li class="cnnHiliteHeader" _extended="true">Story Highlights<!-- google_ad_section_start --></li><li _extended="true">Sales of hybrid cars up 38 percent in 2007<br _extended="true" /></li><li _extended="true">Toyota Prius leads the pack with 51 percent of hybrid buyers choosing it<br _extended="true" /></li><li _extended="true">rising gas prices part of reason why buyers are turning to hybrids<br _extended="true" /></li><li _extended="true">Hybrids growing steadily even as overall sales declined 3 percent</li></ul>Thanks CNN<br />