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Top 10 Traded Vehicles Of The "cash For Clunkers" Program

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LawmanSS Senior Enthusiast

LawmanSS

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The gov't released trade-in/sales statistics about the "Cash for Clunkers" program:

 

Top 10 Trades/Sold

 

One particular vehicle stands out in the list. Another point of note, the majority of the purchased vehicles came from foreign manufacturers. :D

Shrek Enthusiast

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I cant vouch for the Explorers/Cherokee trades. I work at a dealer & we have traded about 15 explorers & 6-7 cherokees

 

see if you can find them

 

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WilliamBos Senior Enthusiast

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Where were these taken??

 

I cant vouch for the Explorers/Cherokee trades. I work at a dealer & we have traded about 15 explorers & 6-7 cherokees

 

see if you can find them

 

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Matt_ Senior Enthusiast

Matt_

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Something seems weird about that list... are they saying that each model year of those explorers was so significant that they could count them seperately, but the jeep grand cherokee and cherokees are the total of all of their years?

 

This could also mean that there are so many explorers out there because they were the #1 selling SUV during that time, and they're the only ones still on the road available for trade since all the Chevy's are broken down :D

thecraft Senior Enthusiast

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I cant vouch for the Explorers/Cherokee trades. I work at a dealer & we have traded about 15 explorers & 6-7 cherokees

 

see if you can find them

 

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:D Please don't tell me someone brought in that OBS Denali on the right.

P71_CrownVic Senior Enthusiast

P71_CrownVic

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I can hear Mike Rowe now:

 

"People ask me Why Ford? Why Now?

 

The answer is simple, here at Ford, we build more clunkers than any other manufacturer..."

 

And in case anyone was wondering, C4C has NOT run out of money:

 

Official Department of Transportation stats as of 4:00 p.m. on Monday, August 3, 2009.

 

Dealer Registrations:

 

Number Submitted - 24,238

Number Approved - 20,495

 

Dealer Transactions:

 

Number Submitted - 133,767

Dollars Submitted - $563.8 million

 

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/more-evid...un-out-of-cash/

Draenor Senior Enthusiast

Draenor

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I cant vouch for the Explorers/Cherokee trades. I work at a dealer & we have traded about 15 explorers & 6-7 cherokees

 

see if you can find them

 

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:nono: Please don't tell me someone brought in that OBS Denali on the right.

 

I thought the same thing. :cool:

Z45 Senior Enthusiast

Z45

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Just a little thing I noticed. Last night we drove by the local GM dealer and saw the clunkers. I counted 11 at this small town dealer. Only 2 were Chevys, (early 90's Tahoes), the rest were Dodge and Fords, I saw 1 Exploder, 3 Ford Vans and a couple Dodge trucks/ vans and a Town car. All were heavily rusted and 2 Dodges had plows.

 

So we took a ride to the Furd dealer and they had about 16 vehicles marked at clunkers. There was no GM vehicle, 3 Dodge big vans and the rest were all Fords, some Lincolns, big Ford Vans and beat up Ford PU's. So for this dealer its Ford customers buying Fords. The GM dealer was getting converts.

 

With all the clunkers it would be interesting to know how many switched brands and how many just bought the same brand albeit a newer car.

 

Also as one salesman told me (I know him) many are dumping the 2nd vehicle i.e, winter beater.

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