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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 →

REPORT: All those clunkers messed up with no where to go Sebastian Blanco

We found out which vehicles were the most popular "green" clunkers in the Car Allowance Rebate System that ran its course earlier this fall, but it won't take much sleuthing to discover where all ...

Italy extends its cash for clunkers program for 100,000 more vehicles Xavier Navarro

The Italian cash for clunkers program was supposed to last until the end of 2009. However, there were voices that called for the extension of the program. Once such voice was Sergio Marchione, the ...

Average new car mpg levels hit record high in August, spurred by Cash for Clunkers Jeremy Korzeniewski

The success or failure of the Cash for Clunkers program that recently came to an end here in the United States has been and will continue to be debatable, but at least some good was accomplished ...

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, ...

Unintended Consequences Bite Again: C4C won't save fuel? 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

As is all too often the case, unintended consequences appear likely to play a part in the aftermath of Cash for Clunkers. One of the points made in selling the whole idea was that it would save fuel by taking older fuel-guzzling vehicles off the road and replace them with new, more efficient ...

Cars.com survey says public wants more Cash for Clunkers. Well, of course they do. 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

After a month of relentless Cash for Clunkers coverage, we were more than pleased when the Fed's buy-back program finally ended. Nearly every other day C4C was in danger of getting shut down because of a lack of funds. Then there were dealers were worried about getting paid and customers who had ...

Cash For Clunkers final numbers: 690,000 vehicles sold; $2.8 billion used; 24.9 mpg average for the new cars 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

C.A.R.S. ended Monday night and the numbers are in. At first blush, things look positive. First, 690,114 vouchers were submitted asking for $2.877 billion (just under the program's $3 billion limit). There was also $100 million used for administration costs (as Autoblog calculates, about ...

Cash For Clunkers ends tonight, 8 p.m. EST - $2.65 billion spent so far 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Cash For Clunkers (C.A.R.S.) program ends today. There are about five hours left before the über-successful government program comes to a sodium silicate-induced halt. So, anyone who's on the fence about getting an extra $4,500 for their low-mileage clunker should call their local ...

REPORT: Cash For Clunkers ending Monday 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

This year, Labor Day in the U.S. will be celebrated on September 7. That's over two weeks away, and not that long ago, the government had said the C.A.R.S. (Cash for Clunkers) program would be funded through that date. Looks like the rebate system is once again a victim of its own success once ...

STUDY: Cash For Clunkers not exactly a bargain, emissions reduction costs 10x more than carbon credits 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Cash For Clunkers (C.A.R.S.) program has been a big success. No question there. But one of the stated reasons for the program is to reduce emissions. Getting low-mpg vehicles off the road in favor of ones that are more fuel efficient is a good idea, but a new report by UC Davis says that the ...

Cash for Clunkers update: 25-year limit keeps clunkers on the road, Ford boosts Focus production 2 months ago on Autoblog Green

We heard a while back that charities that rely on donated cars to fund their projects were some of the groups that helped implement the 18 mpg upper limit for passenger vehicles that qualify for C.A.R.S. (Cash for Clunkers). Turns out that the 25-year-old limit was also influenced by ...

REPORT: Not all clunkers in Germany being junked; some are "stolen" from the junkyard 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

There's no arguing that the various Cash for Clunkers-style programs all around the world are intended first and foremost to spur lagging automobile sales. Environmental concerns have taken a back seat to helping automakers and dealerships move some more metal. Still, at least we know that the ...

Bill Clinton suggests "Cash for EVs" (w/POLL) 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

By most measures, the U.S. Cash for Clunkers program has turned into a rousing success story for consumers that happen to qualify for the government's somewhat arbitrary rules as well as dealers and automakers looking to sell a few more cars. What's still debatable, though, is how much ...

Cash For Clunkers, the potential downsides and unintended consequences 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

In the flurry to give Cash For Clunkers – sorry, C.A.R.S. – a very quick $2 billion extension last week, some of the more critical voices of the program were drowned out. At the very least, their effort was in vail. It may be too late to stop the bill from becoming law, but it's ...

Cash For Clunkers gets $2B assist in the Senate; C.A.R.S. funded through Labor Day 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

After a week of uncertainty and a lot of weighing in from all sides, C.A.R.S. (aka Cash For Clunkers) looks set to continue for another month, at least. The Senate confirmed the House's $2 billion funding of the incredibly popular program yesterday in a 60-37 vote, mostly on party lines. ...

It Never Ends Update: Cash For Clunkers sales total at least 180,000, average increase is 6.8 mpg 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Another day, another Cash For Clunkers news digest: First off, some numbers. The government now says that 180,000 cars have been sold through C.A.R.S., enough to account for $775.2 million of the original plan's $1 billion in funding. Since not all of the vehicles sold have yet been confirmed ...

Daily (Show) update on Cash For Clunkers, and a look into the future 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The foggy blur surrounding the fate of Cash For Clunkers (aka C.A.R.S.) is clearing up. On the political front, passage in the Senate of the extra $2 billion in funds now looks incredibly likely. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that the $2 billion would be enough to keep C4C ...

Cash For Clunkers Daily Update: D.O.T. withholding info; Senate warms to more funding 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

Cash for Clunkers update: IRS taxes rebates, Chrysler in a good kind of trouble, more 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Cash For Clunkers program, officially known as CARS, is a program in flux. If you missed the CARS news over the weekend, read this post. Here's what has happened since then: The White House was pushing the Senate to act today, making it very clear that CARS has pushed average mpg numbers ...

Cash for Clunkers "Back on the Road," but is it for real? 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The Cash for Clunkers website sent out a short and sweet email update on the roller-coaster status of the program: "CARS Back on the Road." Thanks to quick Congressional action on Friday, CARS was given a $2 billion revival shot – enough to maybe keep it alive for another two weeks – ...

REPORT: House approves $2 billion more for Cash for Clunkers, Senate votes next week 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 316 to 109 today in favor of H.R. 3435, a bill that will infuse the Car Allowance Rebate System, or Cash for Clunkers program, with an extra $2 billion. Word came late Thursday evening that the program, which offers consumers a rebate of $3,500 - $4,500 ...

Cash For Clunkers good through today, at least; White House looking for $2b more for CARS 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

For vehicles with their engines disabled, the clunkers sure are moving fast. At 10 a.m. yesterday, a gauge on the CARS website declared that there was estimated $779 million left in the $1 billion fund that is being used to take low-mpg vehicles off the road in exchange for new, more ...

REPORT: Cash for Clunkers could be dead 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

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 to ...

REPORT: 9 of Top 10 clunkers being traded in are large trucks 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The fickle nature of the American consumer is on obvious display in car dealerships across the country right now. With the government sponsoring a giant garage cleaning through the CARS ("cash for clunkers") program, people are taking old vehicles and turning them into new ones, with a fancy ...

Where the fiasco is at today, a Cash for Clunkers update 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

As the whole "Cash for Clunkers" program has transitioned from Congressionally-passed legislation to NHTSA rule book, it has at same time gone from a great way to get old gas guzzlers off the road to something resembling a fiasco. Over the course of the past week, dealers have worried that they ...

REPORT: EPA ratings changes shift some "clunkers" out of cash range 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Hmm. Last Friday, the official rules for the CAR Allowance Rebate System (CARS, also known as the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 and the "cash for clunkers" bill) were released. Also last Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "refreshed" the combined mpg ratings ...

Hoping to snag a Jetta TDI with your clunker cash? Too late! 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Undoubtedly one of the vehicles that could have profited handsomely from this week's expected rush by Americans to unload old gas guzzlers for something more thrifty was Volkswagen's Jetta TDI. With its typical 35-40 mpg real-world mileage, superior dynamics to most hybrids and relatively sedate ...

smart USA president Dave Schembri on clunkers, upcoming electric smarts 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

In the first year that smart fortwo's were available in the U.S., the company sold about 30,000 units. After that first heady period, though, sales dropped off dramatically. In June 2009, the company sold just 1,116 fortwos and in May the number was 1,169, for an annual rate of just over ...

Us, too! Mexico introducing cash for clunkers legislation 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Méxican President Felipe Calderón has announced a "cash for clunkers" plan similar to his country's northern neighbor. The idea is, unsurprisingly, to help people to get rid of old and polluting cars in order to both improve car sales and to help the environment by putting more ...

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

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: CARS (cash for clunkers) will improve fuel economy by 60 percent 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

Automakers in the U.S. are scrambling to figure out how best to sell their vehicles under the new cash-for-clunkers Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS). BMW is offering "Eco Credits" for some of its diesels and Chrysler is offering "Double CA$H For Your Old Car". Hyundai has been offering clunker ...

BMW throws big cash on the hoods of its U.S. diesel offerings 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

When Chrysler started its new "Double CA$H For Your Old Car" promotion that included up to $4,500 in incentives on select vehicles, we weren't that surprised. After all, there are plenty of Chrysler products with at least that much cash on the hood. News that BMW is following suit with the same ...

REPORT: Impact of Cash for Clunkers might not be so hot; charities insisted on 18 mpg limit 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

With the official kick-off date for the Cash For Clunkers program CARS just over a week away, people are already saying it's really too little, too short. Last week, Auto Alliance president Dave McCurdy said that Congress could expand the program, and now some economists interviewed by Reuters are ...

Does the government know if ethanol cars qualify for Cash-For-Clunkers? 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

AutoblogGreen reader Michael recently sent in a question regarding the about-to-start "Cash for Clunkers" program. Officially known as the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), the program allows owners of some older and inefficient vehicles to trade them in and get a rebate check worth up to ...

REPORT: Spain introduces motorcycle scrapping scheme 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

Countries all over the world have recently implemented schemes to get drivers to trade in their older vehicles in exchange for newer, cleaner models. There are obvious questions as to whether any of this is really a good idea, especially when the fuel mileage requirements to qualify for the program ...

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