With the “Cash for Clunkers” program, some automakers had their best month of the year. But the week after the program ended sales fell considerably.

Ford said its sales rose 17% last month from the previous year. July also showed increased sales by 2.3 %.

Hyundai said its sales increased by 47% last month compared to the previous year. Honda rose by 10% and Toyota rose by 6%.

The Clunkers program seemed to help the Asian automakers more than the Detroit companies. About one out of every five vehicles was a Toyota, making it the most popular followed by GM, Ford and Honda.

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2009-2010 Toyota Corolla Matrix – Vehicles equipped with 1.8L Engine and originally sold in or registered in Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakora, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Under certain conditions in extremely low temperatures cetain parts may become locked due to freezing of condensation from positive crankcase ventilation. This could lead to increase in vehicle stopping distance and could result in a crash. Please call your dealer immediately to schedule an appointment.

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2009-2010 Toyota Corolla – Vehicles equipped with 1.8L Engine and originally sold in or registered in Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakora, South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Under certain conditions in extremely low temperatures cetain parts may become locked due to freezing of condensation from positive crankcase ventilation. This could lead to increase in vehicle stopping distance and could result in a crash. Please call your dealer immediately to schedule an appointment.

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Toyota will stop some production at their factory in Aichi Prefecture from spring 2010 until summer 2011 because they are cutting back. This will lessen their capacity by about 220,000 vehicles. They currently have the capacity to produce about 10 million vehicles a year.

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After 93 years of major automaking plants in California , Toyota will shut down the last plant in March, 2010. This plant was a joint venture with General Motors, but GM pulled out as part of its reorganization after bankruptcy. Currently 4,700 people are employed there and Senator Feinstein has said that closing the plant could cost upward of 40,000 jobs. Corolla Production will now be done in Canada and Japan and Tacoma production will be moved to San Antonio, Texas. This will be the first time that Toyota has closed a major automobile assembly plant.

The automobile industry used to be very important to the state of California. California’s first plant was for General Motors in Oakland from 1916-1964. The Willy’s- Overland automobile factory was in Maywood, California from 1928-1954. Ford had a plant in Long Beach from 1930-1959. Chrysler had a plant in City of Commerce 1032-1971. Studebaker has an auto plant in Vernon from 1936-1956. General Motors opened another plant in South Gate 1936-1982. General Motor’s had plant number 3 in Van Nuys from 1947-1992. Nash had a plant in El Segundo from 1948-1955. Ford’s 2nd plant was in Milpitas 1955-1983. Ford’s 3rd auto plant was in Pico Rivera from 1957-1980. General Motor’s 4th plant was in Fremont 1962-1982. And then Nummi, the re-opening of the Fremont plant under both GM and Toyota from 1984-2010.

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“Cash for Clunkers” is finally came to a close and the figures are in. Almost 700,000 auto sales and car dealerships have submitted documents requesting $2.877 billion in rebates by the deadline. It was originally scheduled to run through November 1, 2009.

The Transportation department announced that the Ford Explorer was the most traded clunker and the Toyota Corolla was the most purchased vehicle. The following are lists of the top 10 purchased and traded in vehicles.

The Top 10 New Vehicles Purchased

1. Toyota Corolla
2. Honda Civic
3. Toyota Camry
4. Ford Focus
5. Hyundai Elantra
6. Nissan Versa
7. Toyota Prius
8. Honda Accord
9. Honda Fit
10. Ford Escape FWD

Top 10 Traded Vehicles

1. Ford Explorer 4WD
2. Ford F150 Pickup 2WD
3. Jeep Grand Cherokee 4WD
4. Ford Explorer 2WD
5. Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan 2WD
6. Jeep Cherokee
7. Chevrolet Blazer 4WD
8. Chevrolet C1500 Pickup 2WD
9. Ford F150 Pickup 4WD
10. Ford Windstar FWD Van

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Toyota, considered the greenest of automakers, is falling behind in the race to go electric.
Mitsubishi started leasing its all electric vehicle in June. Next year Nissan is set to release the Leaf (its electric car). Toyota has said they will not introduce their electric car until 2012. Toyota does plan to introduce a plug in electric gasoline hybrid later this year.

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The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has recently rated the Honda Insight, Toyota Prius, and Kia Soul the top rating of Good (on a scale of Good, Acceptable, Marginal, and Poor), in testing for side and rear crash testing. In order to achieve this rating a vehicle has to earn good ratings in three tests and must have electronic stability control.

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