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“Cash for Clunkers” closed on Tuesday

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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 Holds Back in Race to Go Electric

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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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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Ratings

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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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Opposition to Car Voucher Proposal

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Regarding the $3 billion Cash for Clunkers Program. Lawmakers would like to allow consumers to get vouchers from the auto makers if a vehicle is not in stock. Toyota, Honda and 11 other foreign car manufacturers feel that changing the car rebate midstream could be confusing for all those involved.

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Toyota Recalls

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2010 Tundra – Vehicles were not equipped with load carrying capacity labels which does not conform with the requirements of Federal motor vehicle safety. This can cause the vehicle to be overloaded, increasing the risk of a crash. Please call your Toyota dealership immediately to take care of this problem.

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Car Sales for July, 2009

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Cars and light truck sales were up for the month of July. The Cash for Clunkers Program is credited with giving auto makers a boost. The White House has guaranteed the program through Friday, but the continuation of the program depends on the Senate vote.

General Motors sold 187,582 vehicles, Toyota sold 174,872 vehicles, Ford sold 158,354 vehicles, Honda 114,690 vehicles, Chrysler 88,900 vehicles, Nissan 71,847 vehicles, Hyundai 45,553 vehicles, Kia 29,345 vehicles, Subaru 21,839 vehicles, and Volkswagen 20,590 vehicles.

The difference from auto sales in July, 2008 are: Subaru up 34.2%, Hyundai up 11.9%, Kia up 4.7%, Ford up 1.6%, Volkswagen up 0.7%, Chrysler down 9.4%, Toyota down 11.4%, Honda down 17.3%, GM down 18.9%, and Nissan down 24.6%.

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