Articles tagged with: cash for clunkers
All throughout the month of August, reports that the month’s auto sales would plunge surfaced time and again. This reporting was wholly unnecessary or at least overdone as an obvious factor was kicking in: August …
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The summer months are supposed to be fairly quiet when it comes to developing auto industry news stories, but there is enough happening this summer to keep everyone’s eyes focused.
This time last …
When the December selling period for US car sales comes to a close on January 4, 2010, there should be some good news to report. In fact, if J.D. Power and Associates projections are correct, …
I am so glad that the federal government’s Cash Allowance Rebate System (CARS) program is over. Not because I didn’t think it was a good idea (I have mixed thoughts about that), rather the program …
Once in awhile I get through to my readers or, in the case of talking directly with my sister about cars, I pass along some important news which others are glad to receive.
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When Bob Elliott brought his silver 1986 Mercury Marquis to his local Ford dealer, he heard some news that he wasn’t prepared to take in: his 23 year old sedan with more than 225,000 miles …
Not everyone who owns a rusting relic will seek to trade their car in under the federal government’s “Car Allowance Rebate System” or CARS. More widely known as “cash for clunkers” the program has been …
Used car prices will often fluctuate depending on the popularity of the vehicle as well as other factors including the price of gasoline. Indeed, in 2008 owners of compact cars saw their prices increase as …
The on again, off again, on again and now stalled “Car Allowance Rebate System” or CARS has been deemed as a success, but that also depends on how you define the word success. As the …
The ink wasn’t even dry on the “cash for clunkers” bill that President Obama signed into law when word came out that scams were already taking place. It seems that some enterprising people were creating …
I am not one for seeing the federal government create endless taxpayer assistance programs, believing that the consumer is the best party to determine what he or she should buy. However, I’ve resigned myself to …
The first quarter of the year is now over and what a busy three months it has been. Not for car sales unfortunately as the US (indeed the world) market has been down sharply since …
A sign of the economic times we live in is that home foreclosures are up sharply while unemployment is at the highest levels we’ve seen in many years. Homeowners who lose their jobs are at …
