GM, Ford and Chrysler call Japan’s ‘Clunkers’ Program Unfair
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: December 11, 2009Filed under: Autos
The three big automakers from Detroit, General Motors (GM), Ford and Chrysler have complained to the U.S. government and have asked for them to take immediate action over Japan’s Cash for Clunkers program, stating that it is unfair and should…
Clunker Pickups: New Analysis
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: November 5, 2009Filed under: Autos
According to the latest data, the recent Cash for Clunkers program set up to rid gas guzzling cars from our roads did not do as good a job as first thought. It had been hoped that more fuel-efficient vehicles would…
Positive Auto Sales even after Cash for Clunkers
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: October 2, 2009Filed under: Autos
The first full month auto sales are in, one month after the end of the governments Cash for Clunkers scheme or CARS. The auto industry had expected sales to fall dramatically, but that fall to their surprise did not happen….
60,000 Clunkers Rejected For Payout: Equals $250m
By: Alan Ng | Posted: September 21, 2009Filed under: Autos
It has been revealed that the government has rejected around 60,000 Clunker applications, which total to around $250 million. The stat is just one of many which have been released today, for the ongoing Cash for Clunkers program. As reported…
Cash for Clunkers: Toys ‘R’ Us offers crib version
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: August 29, 2009Filed under: Alternative News
Before you ask, no your not reading the article title wrong, over at the On Deadline site they are reporting that Toys “R” Us have started their own Cash for Clunkers scheme in which you can trade in your old…
Cash for Clunkers Tax: Rebate taxable or not?
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: August 28, 2009Filed under: Autos
We have not been short of “Cash for Clunkers” news over the last few weeks, and this includes news of a voucher system, success vs. hype of the program, and spin-offs like the cash for refrigerators and appliances idea. Now…
Cash for Clunkers (aka CARS): Success vs. Hype
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: August 28, 2009Filed under: Autos
Well over the last few months the car market has had it great, $3 billion in government incentives to drivers who scrap their old car in exchange for a more fuel efficient new car, but one does get the feeling…
Cash for Clunkers: Failure or Success
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: August 22, 2009Filed under: Autos
We recently reported that the Cash for Clunkers program is set to end on Monday and with over half a million cars already scrapped under the scheme, there is now less gas guzzling vehicles on the road. CARS (Car Allowance…
Cash for Clunkers Ending: CARS Ends Monday
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: August 21, 2009Filed under: Autos
The Cash for Clunkers program has proved a great success; this was proven a few weeks back when the U.S. government had to add a further $2 billion to the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS). The incentive program is now…
Cash for Clunkers: Appliances Program
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: August 20, 2009Filed under: Alternative News
The original Cash for Clunkers scheme, which was called CARS (Car Allowance Rebate System), proved such a success to the auto market, that there are those hoping to have the same kind of scheme for appliances. It seems that people…
Cash for Clunkers Voucher: From concept to reality
By: Daniel Chubb | Posted: August 14, 2009Filed under: Autos
It’s amazing how successful the CARS (Car Allowance Rebate System) has been from the moment it was announced, and following the additional two billion dollars of funding came a new idea, the “Cash for Clunkers Voucher”. Earlier this week you…
Cash for Clunkers: Toyota Cars in the 2009 program
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: August 12, 2009Filed under: Autos
The Cash for Clunkers program has confused so many of us, but at least we are finally getting to understand what it is all about and what cars qualify. Toyota has 25 vehicles that qualify for the Car Allowance Rebate…
Cash for Clunkers Update: Dealers claim $1.03 billion
By: Jamie Pert | Posted: August 11, 2009Filed under: Autos
An article on AutoBlog yesterday is reporting that as of Friday August 7th over 245,384 Cash for Clunkers claims have been submitted, these 245,384 claims totals up to around $1,030,000,000, this leaves the Cash for Clunkers program just under $2…
Cash For Clunkers Program 2009: Making sense of it
By: Jamie Pert | Posted: August 10, 2009Filed under: Autos
An article on the BeaufortObserver looks into the Cash for Clunkers program, whilst the Cash for Clunkers scheme does put more economical cars on the road, it does however result in many perfectly good cars, trucks and SUV’s being destroyed.
Cash for Clunkers Program: Charities Worried
By: Peter Chubb | Posted: August 10, 2009Filed under: Autos
Since the launch of the Clash for Clunkers program, there have been a number of people criticizing the incentive. According to USA Today, the latest is a number of charities across the United States who are worried that people are…
