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Cash for Clunkers By the Numbers

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Cash for Clunkers sales by manufacturer. The US Cash for Clunkers program (CARS) ended Tuesday night with 690,114 dealer transaction submitted worth $2,877.9 Toyota reaped the largest percentage of sales under the CARS program (19.4%), followed by GM (17.6%) and Ford (14.4%). Click to enlarge.

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September Auto Sales Plunge in Aftermath of Cash for Clunkers; SAAR at 9.2M units, LDV Sales Down 41% from August, Hybrid Sales Down 48%

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In the aftermath of the summer sales boom fueled by the US Cash for Clunkers program, September 2009 light duty vehicles sales dropped back to pre-incentive lows. General Motors dealers in the United States delivered 155,679 light duty vehicles in September, down 45% year-on-year. Reported hybrid sales by month. General Motors.

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GM Launches Trial of Sales on eBay

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Starting tomorrow and running through 8 September, GM is running a test program for online car sales on eBay in California at gm.ebay.com. With more than 225 GM dealers in California participating, shoppers can at any given time expect to see a selection of up to 20,000 new GM vehicles, according to the company.

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Cash for Clunkers Buoys US Auto Sales; Hybrid Sales Up 31.8% for Monthly New Vehicle Share of 3.55%

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Buoyed by the US government’s CARS (“Cash for Clunkers”) program, US auto sales slowed their decline in the US in July, dropping on 12.1% GM dealers delivered 189,443 total vehicles in July, a 19.4% GM delivered a total of 1,487 hybrid vehicles were delivered in the month, up 36.3% Click to enlarge. General Motors.

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Cash for clunkers: a summary

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The US Cash for Clunkers scheme ran out of cash on Tuesday with 690,114 dealer transactions submitted. per cent; followed by General Motors (GM) at 17.6 The state that requested the largest share of the cash for clunkers cash was California with 11.3 So did it achieve its objectives?