LAST AUTO NEWS – TOP CASH FOR CLUNKERS TRADE-INS AND NEW CARS
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America has a lot beneath activity Ford Explorers these days.
The amount one car destroyed beneath the Cash for Clunkers program, the Transportation Department says, was the Ford Explorer (1998 edition). Amount two, the Ford Explorer (1997). Amount Three…you estimated it. The ’96 model.
The top eight, Jalopnik reports, were all SUVs. In fact, they were all assorted editions of the Ford Explorer and Jeep Grand Cherokee. A brace backward ‘90s of minivans, the ‘97 Ford Windstar and ’99 Dodge Grand Caravan, annular out the top ten. All ten were calm vehicles.
Domestics claimed a appropriate allotment of the new car sales generated by the affairs as well. The Detroit News notes, “Detroit’s automakers accounted for 47 percent of the aboriginal 80,000 ‘Cash for Clunkers’ sales, the Obama administering said today…which is aloft their all-embracing allotment in the auto bazaar of about 45 percent.” The top-selling car beneath the affairs so far is the Ford Focus. “Four of the top 10-selling cars are bogus by Detroit’s Big Three. Of non-Big Three purchases, the Transportation Department’s basic assay suggests that added than bisected of these new cars were bogus in the United States.”
Autoblog adds, “White House agent Robert Gibbs says the boilerplate ammunition abridgement access so far is 9.4 mpg; a 61% increase.” Based on the aboriginal 80,000 sales, “83% of the cars traded in accept been trucks, while 60% of the cars purchased beneath the affairs accept been cars.”
The Top Ten Cash for Clunkers Trade-Ins:
1. 1998 Ford Explorer
2. 1997 Ford Explorer
3. 1996 Ford Explorer
4. 1999 Ford Explorer
5. Jeep Grand Cherokee
6. Jeep Cherokee
7. 1995 Ford Explorer
8. 1994 Ford Explorer
9. 1997 Ford Windstar
10. 1999 Dodge Caravan
The Top Ten Cash for Clunkers New Cars:
1. Ford Focus
2. Honda Civic
3. Toyota Corolla
4. Toyota Prius
5. Ford Escape
6. Toyota Camry
7. Dodge Caliber
8. Hyundai Elantra
9. Honda Fit
10. Chevy Cobalt
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