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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 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD. Jeep Cherokee 4WD. Click to enlarge. Eighty-four percent of consumers traded in trucks and 59% purchased passenger cars.

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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. The state that requested the largest share of the cash for clunkers cash was California with 11.3 The state that requested the largest share of the cash for clunkers cash was California with 11.3

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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% Dodge Journey, Avenger and Caliber and Jeep Patriot and Compass registered their best July sales ever. Jeep Patriot sales increased 134 percent (8,059 units) compared with July 2008.