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SEMA 2009: What we didn't get to cover

Every year at SEMA, we fill the week with posts featuring special vehicles and products that we felt were important enough to share. Generally, they are the most newsworthy projects and new model introductions, but sometimes they are just things that caught our eye. When all is said and done, we think we've given all of you a good taste of what's on offer here in the desert. Of course, there are always things we see and shoot that don't make it into the regular posts from the days we are here. We end up with a few hundred photos of random ... Read more →

Hard to Handle: Recyclers reportedly facing crush of cars after C4C Jeremy Korzeniewski

The ramifications of America's. Cash for Clunkers program are still being figured out – which isn't all that surprising given that a total of 700,000 or so sales totaling $2.877 billion were ...

Top Ten "green" cars that met their fate during Cash for Clunkers Sebastian Blanco

One rule that all clunked cars needed to adhere to was a maximum rating of 18 MPG from the federal government, right? What wasn't required was that the clunked car be considered dirty. After all, ...

REPORT: GM tells dealers to think small to sell big Michael Harley

After decades of pushing heavy iron, General Motors executives are telling the company's dealers to think "beyond our dominance in trucks" and prepare to start selling small cars (vehicles like ...

REPORT: Cash for Clunkers is costing charitable organizations donations Noah Joseph

Cash for Clunkers is good news for people looking to trade in their old cars for new ones. It's good news for America's troubled car dealers. It's good news for automakers. And it's good news for auto ...

Cash for Clunkers: Dealers claim more than 316,000 "clunkers" for $1.33 billion [w/VIDEO] 2 months ago on Autoblog

On Monday we reported that as of August 7, U.S. auto dealers had received 245,000 Clunkers worth $1.03 billion as of. Today is Wednesday, August 12 and those numbers have swelled by 71,000 cars and $300 million. Put another way, dealers are hoping to collectively collect $60 million a day. And ...

Dealers claim $1.03 billion worth of Cash for Clunkers 3 months ago on Autoblog

As of last Friday, August 7, US dealers submitted 245,384 Clunker claims totaling $1,030,000,000. That's an awful lot of government cheese, so to speak. According to data released by the Department of Transportation (DOT), claims were up an amazing 33% in two days since Wednesday, August 5. ...

REPORT: Toyota Corolla passes Ford Focus as top C4C car; program extended thru September 3 months ago on Autoblog

The more things change, the more they change back again. Or something. As of August 3, Reuters reports that the number one car Cash for Clunking consumers were purchasing was the long-in-the-tooth Ford Focus. Well, just two short days later, the Focus has been dethroned and Toyota's Corolla ...

Jim Cramer throws his Mad Money behind Cash for Clunkers 3 months ago on Autoblog

Capitalist-on-steroids Jim Cramer of Mad Money fame (or, if you're a Daily Show fan, infamy) thinks Cash For Clunkers is a great idea. This might surprise some of you (and shock us), but here's his reasons why: If the total price tag of C4C is $4 to $5 billion dollars, big deal – we spent ...

Can't Win For Losing: Chrysler kills Cash for Clunkers incentives after running out of cars? 3 months ago on Autoblog

What do you do with a program that is driving so many customers into your showrooms that inventory is now running low? If you are Chrysler, and it's the popular incentive plan tied to the government's C.A.R.S. (a.k.a. "Cash for Clunkers") program, you extinguish it and replace it with a new, less ...

Doh! Dealers learn Cash for Clunkers rebates count as taxable income 3 months ago on Autoblog

As you're aware by now, yesterday's big news was H.R. 3435, the emergency legislation passed by the House of Representatives authorizing an additional $2B for the CARS scrappage scheme. As had been widely reported on Thursday, the clunkers program appeared to have run out of money a lot sooner than ...

REPORT: Cash For Clunkers to live through today, $2 billion more on its way [UPDATE] 3 months ago on Autoblog

Last night came the shaky, breathless news that Cash for Clunkers (C4C), the federal program to get older, more polluting cars off the roads by giving consumers between $3,500 and $4,500 rebates for their trade ins, had run out of money and was being shut down. Not so fast says the Detroit Free ...

REPORT: Cash for Clunkers could be dead tonight [UPDATE] 3 months ago on Autoblog

Congress allocated close to $1 billion for the Cash for Clunkers program. That's billion with nine zeros. And all that money might be gone by midnight tonight. This, according to reports by both the Detroit Free Press and Edmunds AutoObserver. We learned earlier that the C4C program has proved ...

Cash for Clunkers racks up 22,782 trade-ins and $95.9 million so far 3 months ago on Autoblog

When the government's Cash for Clunkers program returned 4,026 orders on its first full day of availability, some were surprised by the speed with which the sales booster took off. After only five days, the program seems to have picked up steam rather than lost it: 22,782 trade-ins have funneled ...

REPORT: EPA performs 11th-hour refresh that makes some cars ineligible for Cash for Clunkers 3 months ago on Autoblog

It seems the folks working the late shift at the EPA made a few changes to their published numbers just before the federal Car Allowance Rebate System - CARS (a.k.a. "Cash-for-Clunkers") program went into effect last week. The sweetening $3,500 and $4,500 incentives are available to consumers who ...

REPORT: Dealers may have to pay taxes on Cash for Clunkers rebates 3 months ago on Autoblog

Nothing is ever as simple as it seems. One prime example is the government's newly minted "Cash for Clunkers" program, or CARS (Car Allowance Rebate System) that launched yesterday. As the rebate program kicks into gear, dealers that are hoping to cash in are facing a new worry. But according to ...

Rules for CARS, the cash for clunkers bill, released 3 months ago on Autoblog

Preliminary rules for the CARS act – which was known as the Cash for Clunkers bill and is now more officially known as the CAR Allowance Rebate System or the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 – were released by the Federal government today. Automakers have been busy ...

Hyundai starts accepting Cash-for-Clunkers trade-ins early 4 months ago on Autoblog

While the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration doesn't plan to release its final rules and regulations for the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), otherwise known as Cash-for-Clunkers program, until July 23rd, Hyundai has decided that its customers don't have to wait. Alexandria ...

Ford launches Cash-for-Clunkers eligibility calculator 4 months ago on Autoblog

In the coming weeks before the U.S. Department of Transportation finalizes the rules and regulations for the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), otherwise known as Cash-for-Clunkers, we expect every automaker who operates in this country to start promoting which vehicles they sell that meet the ...

Obama signs Cash-for-Clunkers bill into law, countdown to start begins 4 months ago on Autoblog

President Obama has taken pen to paper and signed off on Cash-for-Clunkers, a law that could help the auto industry shake its year-long funk. The Transportation Department now has 30 days to determine the rules and regulations for Cash-for-Clunkers, placing the start of the program at the end of ...

VIDEO: Tokyo Mater - Pixar's Cars stars head to Japan for some drifting fury 5 months ago on Autoblog

Disney's Pixar are currently working on Cars 2, set to debut in the summer of 2011, but to hold us over until then, they have created a series of animated shorts called "Mater's Tall Tales" that air on the Toon Disney network. Each video features the lovable tow truck Mater, voiced by Larry the ...

GM CEO heading to Japan to talk with Toyota, expanding business partnership 1 year ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/business_finance/Toyota_offers_GM_a_helping_hand_the_end_is_near'; According to a report by Japan's Kyodo News, General Motors' chief executive and chairman Rick Wagoner is considering visiting Toyota in Japan to discuss a myriad of issues, ranging from ...

You know, for the kids: Cars to appear at British motor show 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for the Cars at BIMS in high-res British kids are at least as into cars as American kids, and probably liked the Pixar movie just as much. But Route 66 is far away from old Blimey, as is the Cars-dedicated theme park which Disney is making at its California Adventure location. British ...

Apocalypse Preparation: Geiger Ford F650 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high-res gallery of the Geiger Ford F650. When the fit hits the shan, we've got two phone calls to make: our Cayman Islands-based banker and Geiger cars. For 99,000 euro we can protect our loved ones while punching through some of the most wicked terrain this side of Dakar in the ...

Pixar confirms Cars 2 for 2012 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of reader-submitted Cars photoshops The animators at Pixar have set their schedules through 2012, and while the slate includes new films like Up and Newt, it's also brimming with sequels. Following the third installment of the studio's Toy Story franchise in 2010, ...

Kachow! Lightning McQueen 13th in first race, just ahead of Mach 5 1 year ago on Autoblog

Lightning McQueen came home 13th in his first race in the Japanese Super GT-300 Championship, one place ahead of new rival, Speed Racer Mach Go Go Go. The rookie, who looks suspiciously like last year's Team Toy Story APR Toyota MR-S, has apparently been lured away from The Piston Cup by a company ...

Automobile names 25 greatest cars of all time 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's the Ultimate List, at least until it becomes the Penultimate List the next time some publication decides to go through the exercise of picking the best of all time, and then justifying the results. Automobile Magazine has picked up the gauntlet for its September 2007 issue, and selected what ...

Rumormill: Disney/Pixar planning second lap for Cars 2 years ago on Autoblog

Our sister site Cinematical reports that a sequel to Disney/Pixar's Cars is apparently in the works, and could arrive as early as Summer 2009. If that's the case, we should expect to see a trailer for Cars 2 attached to next summer's Pixar entry, Wall-E. The rumor really built up steam when Paul ...

Be afraid: Dragon Tank Truck from Russia 2 years ago on Autoblog

Two slightly bigger pics can be seen by clicking above. The only info we have on this badass big rig is from the website where we found the pics: "I've seen a lot of photos of USA or Japan trucks looking very stylish after some big work of decorating. But this one looks different. And it can be met ...

Gadling digs up world's messiest cars 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click the image above to view photos of some of the world's messiest cars At one point or another, most of us have a messy car. It might be because your schedule is crammed, you were just on a road trip, or maybe you just got lazy for a while. Eventually, you take 5-10 minutes to straighten out ...

Fiore designs to hit the block 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click to view in high-resolution Automotive stylists draw up countless designs for every one that actually gets turned into a prototype, let alone goes into production. Those forsaken designs often fall into obscurity, never again to see the light of day. But some forty years later, one designer's ...

Kelley Blue Book names coolest cars under $18k 2 years ago on Autoblog

Cool doesn't have to be expensive. At least that's what the folks over at Kelley Blue Book figure. The website of the authoritative car-buying resource has put together a list of what they figure are the ten coolest cars you can buy with less than $18,000. There are some definite good choices on the ...

Forbes picks the 10 Sexiest Cars 2 years ago on Autoblog

We thought it was getting to be a long time since Forbes had put together another Top Ten list, but this time the journal of choice for successful businessmen put a twist on the annual tradition: instead of simply picking ten cars and assigning ranks by degree of sexiness, Forbes picked the sexiest ...

Spoiled Brats: Forbes makes teen-car wishlist 2 years ago on Autoblog

No matter how dramatic your explanations of how you walked barefoot uphill in the snow both ways are, the fact remains that teenagers will at least need access to a car from time to time. Given that your youngun' will be talking on the phone, listening to the radio, text messaging, chewing gum and ...

Further idolatry: Looking to TV and movie stars to learn respectful driving 2 years ago on Autoblog

Because they're such stellar role models with cutting, well-educated insight on all matters, we should follow the lead of our favorite television and movie characters when on the road. We've been so impressed by the well-informed and thoroughly considered stances that many movie and television stars ...

Champ Cars return to Europe 2 years ago on Autoblog

It's been almost four years since the Champ Car series has raced in Europe, but organizers are planning on bringing it back. 2003 was the last season the declining American open-wheel series raced in Europe, when French ace Sebastien Bourdais – now three-time Champ champ – won both the ...

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Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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