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Empire Strikes Back: White House calls out Edmunds on Clunkers story, Edmunds responds

The facts in the case of the White House versus Edmunds are essentially indisputable – but they are open for interpretation. The federal government's $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program generated 690,000 sales by providing $3,500 and $4,500 vouchers to car buyers who turned in their eligible car or truck in exchange for a more fuel efficient ride. From here on in, Edmunds and the White House seem to be at considerable odds. Edmunds recently claimed that its statistical analysis shows that only 125,000 of the nearly 700,000 ... Read more →

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, ...

Official Cash for Clunkers trade-in list reveals oddities too strange to believe Frank Filipponio

Mixed reaction has surrounded the government's Cash for Clunkers program, but after spending around $2.8 billion, some 700,000 new vehicles have found homes. But what got traded in? We've heard ...

REPORT: 90% of Cash for Clunkers claims have been paid Jonny Lieberman

Actually, paid or approved. Clunker claims being approved is the last step before dealers get paid. But yes, Cash for Clunkers, the very popular, definitely controversial program that gave ...

REPORT: Just 5.7% of dealers have gotten cash for their clunkers Chris Shunk

When Cash for Clunkers was announced, most everyone was so fixed on government subsidies and the potential for a sales uptick that one big obstacle was apparently largely overlooked. How and when ...

Cash for Clunkers: Dealers claim more than 316,000 "clunkers" for $1.33 billion [w/VIDEO] 4 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 4 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: D.O.T. withholding Cash For Clunkers info; Senate warming to more funding 4 months ago on Autoblog

Another day, another bunch of news items about Cash For Clunkers (a.k.a. C.A.R.S.). With Friday's Senate recess date fast approaching, the Obama Administration is reportedly pushing the body's 100 members there to get their acts together and vote for more funding to keep the program alive. Two ...

REPORT: Cash For Clunkers to live through today, $2 billion more on its way [UPDATE] 4 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 ...

Hoping to snag a Jetta TDI with your clunker cash? Sorry, you may be too late! 4 months ago on Autoblog

Undoubtedly, one vehicle with the potential to profit handsomely from this week's expected rush by Americans to unload old gas guzzlers for newer, more thrifty vehicles is Volkswagen's Jetta TDI. With owners reporting typical real-world mileage of around 35-40 mpg along with superior dynamics to ...

Hyundai starts accepting Cash-for-Clunkers trade-ins early 5 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 ...

Analysts: There's no guarantee that Cash-for-Clunkers will really drive car sales 5 months ago on Autoblog

Now that the so-called Cash-for-Clunkers bill is ready for President Obama's signature, attention is turning to how much of an impact the negotiated bill will actually have on U.S. car sales. There are a lot of positive stories about the bill floating around – headlines hopefully implore that ...

Consumer Reports lists clunkers to cash in on 6 months ago on Autoblog

With Congress on the verge of passing some kind of 'cash-for-clunkers' legislation, it's time to take a look at what cars are worth trading in for the scrappage credit and what models would be better to sell by other means. The good folks at Consumer Reports have come to the rescue. Obviously, a ...

SEMA comes out against Cash For Clunkers. Again. 8 months ago on Autoblog

Reiterating their position from last December, SEMA has issued a statement against the ever-more-likely "Cash for Clunkers" proposal. This proposal, which would give Americans a financial incentive to get rid of older vehicles in favor of new models, could grant incentives of $3,000 to $5,000 to ...






Autoblog Podcast #157: Mike Levine trucks along with us.

Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com joins Chris, Sam, and Dan this week and gets a chance to talk about cars, too! 

 
 

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