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[Politics/AP] As Cash for Clunkers comes to an end, auto industry comes down ...: The Transportation Department granted the extension after the Web site set up to handle the claims was temporarily shut down from overload. Later Monday, the DOT said the Web site wouldn't be fully operational until Tuesday morning, and promised that dealers would have "time to submit pending deals equivalent to the time that was lost this afternoon while the system was down."

[Hot Air » Top Picks] Hot Air » Blog Archive » Big winners in Cash for Clunkers: Toyota ...: Why did GM and Chrysler, both owned in part by the same government that launched C4C, do so poorly?  In part, they didn’t have cars to sell.  Both GM and Chrysler had curtailed their production during their bankruptcies but had worked to have inventory ready for the new sales year.  By launching C4C in the middle of the summer, when most dealers are already cutting prices to move inventory off the lot, the administration practically guaranteed that C4C would leave them on the sidelines.  Chrysler had the worst inventory problems, but GM also had serious inventory issues.  Ford, which didn’t take the bailout, had continued production and had inventory ready to sell.

[The Truth About Cars] Henry Ford III Loves Him Some Blue Oval | The Truth About Cars: Really to say their products are far ahead of Honda, I believe a more appropriate line would be to Honda owners suggesting that they come and take a look a Ford, as we’re excited about our new vehicles and in competing with Honda for your business. Something like that…

[Autoblog Green] EDITORIAL: Attention Wall Street Journal - Ford does not use ...: Ford achieves better torque blending during engine start/stops, higher electric only speeds, higher regen braking energy recovery, better vehicle stability, and an overall better driving experience, even when compared with the Lexus vehicles which cost twice as much. I can also tell you that Toyota is scrambling right now to try to figure out how Ford achieved 8 mpg higher (25% better) fuel economy and more refined drivability on a vehicle which is essentially the same (Fusion vs.

[Daily Car News - US News] Report: Cash for Clunkers Benefitting SUV Sales Most - U.S. News ...: Ford Escape - Kansas City Ford Focus - Wayne, Michigan Jeep Patriot - Belvidere, IL Dodge Caliber - Belvidere, IL Ford F-150 - Kansas City Honda Civic - East Liberty, OH / Alliston, Ontario Chevrolet Silverado - Oshawa, Ontario Chevrolet Cobalt - Lordstown, OH Toyota Corolla - Freemont, CA Ford Fusion - Hermosillo, Mexico

[KickingTires] Toyota Pulls Ahead in Cash for Clunkers Sales - KickingTires: No automaker or automotive press entity groups cars in the way the government does so its misleading for all of these media outlets to report Toyota is dominating the top 10 list and people are flocking towards efficient car/crossovers. The government didn't even dispute edmunds list because they know its a better representation of whats being sold.

[Autoblog Green] Review: 2010 Mercury Milan Hybrid ”” Autoblog Green: The engineers at Toyota put a LOT of effort in to making the car feel like a regular car -- they even set the drive-by-wire system to enable some slight regenerative braking when you take your foot off the gas, because they found that normal drivers weren't comfortable with how well the car coasts. (If you put it in neutral, it'll coast so far that I bored and put it back in gear it'll I stop.)

[Leftlane - news, reviews, and info for the auto-industry] Toyota to boost U.S. four-cylinder production: The four-cylinder engines will go into Camry sedans produced in Indiana and RAV4 SUVs produced in Woodstock, Ontario. Those vehicles currently source their four-cylinder powerplants from Japan, according to Automotive News.

[Autoblog Green] Big shift: Ford plant produced last truck today, will start making ...: However, I also totally understand why, when the market came to them, companies like Toyota decide that they'll build more trucks (which is exactly where the net gain in truck volumes, by the way, came from over the past 5 years, not from the Fords & GMs of the world)... It's not fair to chastise Toyota for doing what it felt it had to do, especially since that's where the profit was to continue to add to it's crazy-big bank account...

[Signal vs. Noise] A design and usability blog: Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals): At the end of the day, if U.S. Citizens can invest their money in XYZ Foreign Auto Maker (owning / sharing the profits) and XYZ Foreign Auto Maker provides great jobs and direct foreign investment in the U.S., why should we favor GM or Ford over XYZ Foreign Auto Maker?

[Don Surber] Don Surber » Blog Archive » Ford wins Cash For Clunkers 500: :-P Seriously, if Ford wants to sell cars it should bring its Merkur-Opel brands from Germany over here for some quick sales. Many of us have no use for SUVs or Mustangs and just want a quality, economy, car.

[The Car Show] The Car Show » Blog Archive » 'Clunkers' binge may leave a serious ...: Cars, trucks and SUVs sold in July at an annual rate of 11.2 million vehicles, the first time this year the figure has crept above 10 million. That's still far below the 16 million vehicles sold just two years ago.

[Thinking-tech Blog RSS | SmartPlanet] Secrets of a happy Cash for Clunkers experience - SmartPlanet: It’s much the same with other full-size pickups from Toyota and Ford although some get up to 16 MPG whose 2 MPG improvement qualifies for the full $4,500 allowance. Chevy has some full-size hybrid pickup models with up 22 MPG, but they cost between $38,000 and $47,000 which is way more than I want to spend.

[Dvorak Uncensored] » Are We Heading Down The Wrong Road With All Electric Vehicles ...: At their best, PHEVs and EVs are all sizzle and no steak when it comes to national energy independence. At their worst, they are deep cover saboteurs that will undermine America’s drive for energy independence while stridently claiming to be part of the solution.

[Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog Since 2003] Cash for Clunkers: The Revenge - Consumerism Commentary, personal ...: Even the couple in the NPR article who say they wouldn’t have bought if not for C4C would probably have had to to buy a new car sometime in the near future, since they admit it had broken down on them. Thanks to C4C, they purchased a new car this month, but that’s one less car purchase that will be made in the next year or two.

[Money Rules, Debt Stinks!] Money Rules, Debt Stinks! » Blog Archive » Cash for My Clunker ...: This is where my blood pressure takes off. I believe that this reckless, short-sighted program will change the face of an entire .

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