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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 Eighty-four percent of consumers traded in trucks and 59% purchased passenger cars. mpg and the average fuel economy of vehicles purchased is 24.9

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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% American Honda Motor Co.,

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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. According to official statistics, 84 per cent of consumers traded in trucks and 59 per cent purchased passenger cars. per cent; followed by General Motors (GM) at 17.6 So did it achieve its objectives?

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Reported Sales of US Hybrids Up 48.6% in August; 3.07% Market Share

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Buoyed by the extension of the US Cash for Clunkers (CARS) program, as well as the availability of more hybrid models on the market, reported sales of hybrids in the US jumped 48.6% Honda picked up less than a percentage point (12.8% in August 2008, while GM saw its share drop from 6.3% Click to enlarge. in August 2009.

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