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- Getting Cash for Your Clunker
- Car owners could get paid to unload their gas guzzlers under a new plan intended to both goose car sales and help the environment. The House passed the plan Wednesday; here's how it would work.
- Videos 2009-06-10
- Cash for Clunkers: 5 Secrets and 3 Smart Tips
- The conventional wisdom says: Dump your wheels now and grab the rebate from Uncle Sam. The conventional wisdom is wrong. ...
- Articles 2009-07-21
- Cash for Clunkers: How to Make It Work for You
- As the government's new car trade-in program rolls out, MoneyWatch.com editor-at-large Jill Schlesinger tells you what the catches are -- and helps you calculate whether you can cash in.
- Videos 2009-07-24
- More Ways to Cash in on Stimulus
- While 'Cash for Clunkers' has been hogging the headlines, there are other stimulus provisions that could mean real money for consumers. Here are a few ways to take advantage.
- Videos 2009-08-07
- Dealers Angry at 'Clunkers' Wait
- As the government's "Cash for Clunkers" program starts winding down, some dealers are dropping out early, saying they have yet to receive a dime from the feds.
- Videos 2009-08-20
- ‘Cash For Clunkers': Did It Work?
- Sure, the program boosted sales and put more-efficient cars on the road. But a look behind the numbers reveals some surprising side effects. ...
- Articles 2009-08-24
- 6 American Cars Worth Buying Now
- It's time to give U.S.-made cars another chance. Here are our picks for the best models to consider ― including one that may surprise you. American car companies say they're retooling and — finally! — making stylish, reliable, high-mpg vehicles. So maybe you're thinking it's...
- Articles 2009-09-03
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- Auto Dealers Pull Out Of Cash For Clunkers After Government Welshes On Payments
- Car dealers continue to whine that the government isn't getting them money fast enough through the cash for clunkers program. Now, some of them are pulling out of the program, fearful that the government won't pay them back. AP: The Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association, which represents dealerships in...
- News items 2009-08-20
- Cash for clunkers: NADA asks government to suspend program
- It looks like itâ??s happened again--Cash for clunkers may have run out of money. The National Automotive Dealers Association NADA has asked the U.S. government to suspend the Cash for clunkers program following a dealer survey it conducted earlier this week that found the $3 billion fund has been depleted....
- News items 2009-08-20
- Cash For Clunkers Pushes August Sales And Stirs Debate
- Posted by: David Kiley on August 28 Helped by Cash for Clunkers, which ended Monday, the annualized selling rate for the auto industry in August is expected to be about 15.5 million, according to Wall Street firm Goldman Sachs.That would be a 16% improvement year over year, and nearly a...
- News items 2009-08-28
- The Hidden Payoff from Cash for Clunkers
- The final scorecard is out on the cash for clunkers program: In return for taking on $2.88 billion in additional debt, Uncle Sam helped the auto industry sell 690,000 new vehicles. Whether this was a winning trade is debatable, as this MoneyWatch story points out and this post How Would...
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- Dealers wary of Cash for Clunkers final push
- WASHINGTON - Auto dealers are bracing for a possible rush of last-minute shoppers before the Cash for Clunkers program ends Monday, but some buyers may find they won't be able to cash in on big government rebates. Dealers are increasing staff for the last weekend of the $3 billion program....
- News items 2009-08-22
- Cash for clunkers fuels August sales
- The August car sales numbers are in and with the help from the federal cash for clunkers program, car sales saw a jolt for all automakers over last month, although, even with the boost, 2009 sales for year to date is still down for all manufacturers except Subaru. Here are...
- News items 2009-09-02
- Cash for Clunkers program may lead to Car Shortage in 2010
- Question: Was the Cash for Clunkers program initiated by the Obama Administration and an act of Congress a good idea? The countries of Europe also used a similar program to boost sales of cars made by their domestic auto manufacturers. Statistics show that the stimulus worked.But now pundits in Europe...
- News items 2009-08-17
- Cash for Clunkers Pilfers Renewable Energy Loan Program
- Cash for clunkers, the popular federal car trade-in program that ripped through $1 billion in a less than a month, has been extended thanks to money pilfered from a different stimulus fund that provides loan guarantees to clean energy projects. The Senate approved Thursday night extending the clunkers program by providing another $2 billion,...
- Blog posts 2009-08-07
- $15,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit Rejected For Cash For Clunkers Bill
- It's Cash for Clunkers - but for home buyers. That's how Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) described his $15,000 home buyer tax credit proposal. The proposed legislation would have given a $15,000 tax credit to any home buyer who bought a home, regardless of income. Sen. Isakson's proposal...
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Congress Likely to Bail Out Cash for Clunkers
- The dust, or maybe it’s tailpipe exhaust, is beginning to settle, and it seems likely that Congress will approve another $2 billion for the bankrupt Cash for Clunkers program. The House voted 316-109 to make that happen this afternoon. “Cash for Clunkers may have run out of cash, but America’s...
- Blog posts 2009-07-31
- Cash for Clunkers Ends With a Bang and a Whimper
- And so Cash for Clunkers ends with both a bang and a whimper. The program, which stopped accepting new consumer applications on Monday, was undoubtedly a success. In the third quarter, the White House Council of Economic Advisors said the program would increase economic growth by as much as 0.3...
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- Cash for Clunkers is Cash for Auto Insurers
- Auto insurers should congratulate their Congressional representatives for approving that additional $2 billion for the "Cash for Clunkers" program. It could be just the cash infusion the doctor ordered at a time when at least some insurers are struggling to stem the bleeding. All told, taxpayers will...
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- Is Cash-for-Clunkers Crackpot Economics?
- The government's cash-for-clunkers program to get old gas guzzlers off the road and people back in dealer showrooms buying new -- albeit more fuel efficient -- autos appears to be working. But some critics worry that: The $3 billion program is helping just a few people (car...
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
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