Cash For Clunkers

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Definition of 'Cash For Clunkers'

A program that allows car owners to trade in their old, less fuel-efficient vehicles in exchange for more fuel-efficient vehicles. Although commonly referred to as "cash for clunkers", the formal name for the program in the U.S. is the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS). The CARS program gives people who qualify a potential credit of up to $4,500 depending on the vehicle purchased.
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Investopedia explains 'Cash For Clunkers'

The Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) was signed into law by President Obama in July of 2009 and will be administered by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). If you qualify, once you purchase a car, the dealer will submit all the required information to the NHTSA.
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'Cash For Clunkers'

  • Cash For Clunkers: Whom Did It Help?

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    Though it had good intentions, cash for clunkers didn't help many car companies
    for the long run. ... Cash For Clunkers: Whom Did It Help? ...

  • Cash For ... Refrigerators?

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    ... The summer has come to an end and so has the controversial "Cash for Clunkers"
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  • Are Automakers Getting In Gear?

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    ... New products and vigorous cost-cutting along with aggressive pursuit of market share
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  • Clunker Collateral Damage?

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    Has the Cash for Clunkers program ruined things for the retail auto parts sector? ...

  • Automakers Bask In Warm Glow Of February Sales

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    ... estimates, with brisk sales from most automakers.The annualized rate for February
    sales was the highest since the government's "cash for clunkers" program in ...

  • Hard Road Still Ahead For Automakers

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/Hard-Road-Still-Ahead-For-Automakers-F-TM-HMC-MGA-DAI0921.aspx
    ... Cash For Clunkers "Sugar High" Now Over In the US, the "Cash For Clunkers" program,
    which offered consumers incentives of between $3,500 and $4,500 to trade up ...

  • Used Car Market On Top

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    ... IN PICTURES: 20 Tools For Building Up Your Portfolio Don't Need Cash for Clunkers
    Third-quarter sales at CarMax were up 19%, used unit sales were up 9% and net ...

  • November's Auto Sales Good, But Not Great

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/Novembers-Auto-Sales-Good-But-Not-Great-F-HMC-GM-TM-NSANY1207.aspx
    ... March. Moreover, the only other month that was worse last year was September,
    right after the cash for clunkers surge in August. ...

  • 4 Dynamic Consumer Goods Stocks

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    ... Email. IN PICTURES: Learn To Invest In 10 Steps Cash In-Fusion The Cash for Clunkers
    program has propelled sales of domestic automobiles and Ford (NYSE:F) has ...

  • Add Industrial Production To Your Portfolio

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/Adding-Industrial-Production-Gains-XLB-IYJ-SEE-PX-PCP0126.aspx
    ... experienced their largest sales increase since 2005 and the automotive sector saw
    sales increased to the highest level since the cash-for-clunkers program was ...

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