Recent Posts Tagged With 'Cars'

• Manufacturers Have Opportunity To Heal Consumer Wounds

  Posted on Thursday August 27th, 2009 at 07:47 in Cars, car dealers, national highway traffic safety administration, car inventory, car incentives, cash for clunkers, peter valdes-dapena

  CNN-Money Senior Editor Peter Valdes-Dapena, writing today about car sales during the Cash for Clunkers program stated that average profits were up at car dealers during August.  He also predicts that since inventory at local car dealers is deplete...

• NHTSA Blunders Again With New Deadline

  Posted on Monday August 24th, 2009 at 19:06 in Cars, car dealers, deadline, nhtsa, cash for clunkers, cash for clunkes ends

  The NHTSA website has been having problems all afternoon. Dealers were originally told that their deadline for submitting all CARS sales transactions for Monday, August 24th at 8:00 pm.  Due to the delays, the NHTSA has granted an extension till Tu...

• Cash for Clunkers Past $3 Billion Funding Limit

  Posted on Friday August 21st, 2009 at 11:36 in Cars, deficit spending, cash for clunkers, cash for clunkers funding, cars.gov, cash for clunkers sales, over $3 billion

  As the Cash for Clunkers Olympics Sprint has officially started it will be interesting to see how these next four days play out in the greatest sales race to be hosted by the automotive industry.  The NHTSA said they were going to announce a plan to...

• August 24th is Cash for Clunkers Last Day

  Posted on Thursday August 20th, 2009 at 15:48 in Cars, cash for clunkers, cash for clunkers ends

  Monday Night, August 24th will be the last day for the NHTSA Cash for Clunkers program. NHTSA Ray LaHood confirmed today that the program will end this Monday night putting to rest any uncertainty about how the program will wind down. Consumers Have ...

• Cash for Clunkers Prophesies Came True

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 00:14 in Cars, citigroup, nada, nhtsa, cash for clunkers, cars sales, cash for clunkers rules, car allowance rebate system, cars regulations, cash for clunkers sales, cash for clunkers final rules, cash for clunkers predictions

  It has been a wild ride in the past few months and I want to thank the thousands of US consumers that have come to this website and participated in supporting others during the roll-out of the Cash for Clunkers program.  As I look back at the evolut...

• Why Cash for Clunkers Failed America

  Posted on Tuesday August 18th, 2009 at 00:03 in Cars, congress, national healthcare, nhtsa, pasch consulting, obama healthcare, cash for clunkers rules, congress cash for clunkers, cash for clunkers failed

  An Open Letter to Americans: The Cash for Clunkers program has provided an important lesson that Congress must take to heart at this time when other sweeping measures such as national healthcare reform are being considered. The concept of creating a ...

• Rep. Joe Sestak Calls for Cash for Clunkers Reform

  Posted on Monday August 17th, 2009 at 00:17 in Cars, cash for clunkers, representative joe sestak, cash for clunkers rules, cars.gov, cars regulations, cash for clunkers final rules, cash for clunkers payments

  Congressman Joseph Sestak, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, on Sunday called for “immediate action” to address the lack of payments that car dealers across the country are facing from the Cash for Clunkers program.  In a letter to Presid...

• Hyundai Sales Skyrocket As Demand Continues

  Posted on Tuesday August 11th, 2009 at 13:02 in Cars, hyundai, car dealers, hyundai sales, car allowance rebate system, cash for clunkers sales, august sales, ford cash for clunkers sales, hyundai cash for clunkers sales

  Hyundai reported that car sales were up 12% in July, delivering another all-time retail market share record of 5.1% (J.D. Power U.S. Light Vehicle Sales Report).  Together Hyundai dealers across the USA sold over 23,327 cars at retail in the last we...

• Car Dealers Who Break The NHTSA CARS Rules

  Posted on Saturday August 8th, 2009 at 10:01 in Cars, law, car dealers, breaking the law, dealers, cash for clunkers, cash for clunkers rules, car allowance rebate system, cars regulations, final rule

  Consumers from across the country are reporting that dealers are not allowing them to take their new cars off the lot when they submit their qualified clunker.  These irate consumers claim that dealers are holding their new car hostage and transferr...

• Senate Votes on $2 Billion Clunker Funding

  Posted on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 at 23:00 in Cars, cash for clunkers funding, car allowance rebate system, cash for clunkers vote, $2 billion funding, senate cash for clunkers vote

  CBS Channel 2 News in New York is reporting that Senator Harry Reid is not only saying that there are enough votes in the Senate to pass the $2 billion funding extension for the Cash for Clunkers bill but that the vote will take place today. Thurs...

• Cash for Clunkers Continues Without Senate Vote

  Posted on Wednesday August 5th, 2009 at 04:20 in Cars, car dealers, nhtsa, cash for clunkers, senate approval, cash for clunkers funding, cars funding, senate funding, sentae vote

  As of 9:00 am EST on August 5, 2009, the official website for the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) www.cars.gov indicates that consumers can still particpate in the Cash for Clunkers program.  The key question for today, Wednesday, will be if loca...

• Cash for Clunkers Stress Management Classes

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 19:22 in Cars, cashflow, car dealers, cash for clunkers, cash for clunkers funding

  We are fortunate to have dozens of car dealers and consumers keeping us in the loop on what is happening on the front lines. The most popular complaints from auto dealers pertain to the CARS sales submission process and the lack of approved sales...

• Senate Vote on Cash for Clunkers Funding Needed Today

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 07:34 in Cars, Government, congress, cash for clunkers, cars sales, senate approval, raymond lahood, congress cash for clunk, senate cash for clunkers

  According to a post on The Detroit News, the Senate is expected to vote on the Cash for Clunkers supplemental funding measure Wednesday or Thursday.  Since Friday is the last day before the Senate summer recess car dealers are biting their nails an...

• NHTSA Changes Rules On Killing Clunker Trades

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 23:29 in Cars, Salvage, cash for clunkers, nhtsa final rules, kill engines, new cars rules

  As we have written in the past, it seemed odd that the engine blocks of “clunker” trades had to be “killed” before a trade was submitted to the NHTSA for reimbursement and approved.  This practically prevented any trades to b...

• Cash for Clunkers Consumer Checklist

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 21:01 in Cars, cash for clunkers, cash for clunkers rules, cash for clunkers final rules

  Consumers send our staff emails every day with basic questions on the CARS program that are already answered on the NHTSA website (cars.gov) as well as this website.   We are pleased to help them but we also decided to make a simple checklist t...

• CARS Is A Four Letter Word

  Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 07:40 in Cars, car dealers, nhtsa, four letter word, cash for clunkers, cars sales, cash for clunkers blues

  Dealers and consumers from around the country are using a new four letter word:  CARS.  Imagine this round on Jeopardy: “Alex,  I’ll take Government Programs for $400.“   Joe Consumer asks confidently Alex Answers “The m...

• How To Get a Car Listed on Fuel Economy Website

  Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 19:16 in Cars, jeep wrangler, fueleconomy.gov, cash for clunkers, 1997 jeep wrangler, adding a car to fueleconomy.gov

  This is a great story that we have been following since it shows the determination of one person to get a final determination for his 1997 Jeep Wrangler ”clunker” and if it qualified for the NHTSA CARS program.  Many consumers have wri...

• Cash for Clunkers Runs Out of Cash

  Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 23:48 in Cars, cash for clunkers, cash for clunkers funding, cash for clunkes ends, cash for clunkers broke, cash for clunkers ends, no money for cash for clunkers

  We have been polling car dealers today and the number of Cash for Clunkers deals that I have been hearing that have been completed is staggering.  Most dealers that we have contacted have at least 15 deals done.  Preston Automotive group in Ma...

• NHTSA Updates Fuel Economy Website for CARS

  Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 at 15:08 in Cars, Fuel Economy, nhtsa, cash for clunkers, car allowance rebate system, epa mpg, nhtsa website

  Today we noticed a change when we visited the official website for the Cash for Clunkers program (www.cars.gov) and clicked on the link for fueleconomy.gov.  The website functionality has been updated and changed to provide a “guided tour̶...

• Dealers Forced to Play Cash for Clunkers Russian Roulette

  Posted on Saturday July 25th, 2009 at 12:00 in Cars, Salvage, nhtsa, sodium silicate, cash for clunkers, cash for clunkers final rules, disable engines, final rules, nhtsa dealer rules, nhtsa final rule

  On Friday July 24, 2009 the NHTSA published the “Final Rule“  for the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) program that was created by the Cash for Clunkers bill.   In this 136 page document a number of issues were clarified and at least...

• Dealers Frustrated With NHTSA Clunkers Registration

  Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 21:50 in Cars, nhtsa, cash for clunkers, participating dealers, dealer registration, dealer registrations, cash for clunkers registration problems, nhtsa server problems, nhtsa website problems

  Automotive retailers have contacted us to express their frustration with registering their dealer for the NHTSA Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) also known as the Cash for Clunkers program.  Due to online registration problems the NHTSA has mo...

• NHTSA Launches Blue Dealer Website for CARS Program

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 11:18 in Cars, cash for clunkers, cars.gov, blue nhtsa website, dealer support, car dealer registration, cars dealer website, nhtsa blue website

  The NHTSA now has a website dedicated to support cars dealers participating in the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS).  Click to visit the NHTSA dealer website for cars program:  Dealer Website The website has some new information for car deal...

• Approval Needed For Using NHTSA CARS Logo

  Posted on Friday July 17th, 2009 at 20:53 in Cars, nhtsa, cars logo, kristen allen dot, nhtsa cars logo

  Mazda sent a letter to their dealers today outlining the process for online registration for the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) which will start on Friday July 24, 2009.  Mazda confirmed what we reported yesterday that the NHTSA dealer registra...

• GM Bankruptcy Plan Approval To Boost Cash for Clunkers Sales

  Posted on Monday July 6th, 2009 at 07:37 in Cars, car allowance, car incentives, gm bankruptcy, cash for clunkers, car allowance rebate system, gm bankruptcy approval, gm bankruptcy cash for clunkers, gm banruptcy approved

  Working through the weekend, Judge Robert Gerber announced his approval of the proposed GM Bankruptcy Plan yesterday.  With this announcement, consumers may feel better about purchasing a GM car with their Cash for Clunkers rebate monies.  Acco...

• Manufacturers May Pull Rebates When CARS Starts

  Posted on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 at 16:14 in Cars, car dealers, car incentives, cash for clunkers, car rebates, cars.gov, car allowance rebate system, cars regulations

  Consumers have been reporting that calls into their local dealer have produced some interesting spin on the true opportunity that new car buyers may experience when the CARS program starts.  Trading in their old “clunker” for a new car m...

• Don’t Shoot the Cash for Clunkers Messenger

  Posted on Tuesday June 30th, 2009 at 19:23 in Cars, nhtsa, cash for clunkers, cars.gov, cars regulations, cars legislation, cars qualifications, epa mpg

  Cash for Clunkers controversy continues to grow, even before the bill has officially started.  Consumers are angry over the 18 MPG limit being placed on qualifying clunkers.  According to consumers, the EPA estimates put forth on FuelEconomy.gov do...

• 3 Easy Steps for CARS Program Participation

  Posted on Monday June 29th, 2009 at 15:37 in Cars, cash for clunkers, cars.gov, cars program

  If you are confused about the CARS program and want to trade in a car, here are three easy steps to see if you can particpate.  Don’t feel bad, many people have unanswered questions and the program rules are still be finalized.  Be patient since ...

• NHTSA Sets Anti-Fraud Measures For Clunkers Program

  Posted on Saturday June 27th, 2009 at 11:21 in Cars, Fraud, car dealers, nhtsa, cash for clunkers, cash for clunkers funding, cars.gov, ant-fraud

  The Cash for Clunkers bill has now been handed over to the National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the official website for the program is http://cars.gov.  The website is an acronym for Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) and the program ...

• How To Read CARS.GOV MPG Ratings

  Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 15:40 in Cars, cars.gov, ford taurus cash for clunkers, ford taurus mpg, reading fuel economy ratings

  Every day we continue to get emails from consumers seeking help with qualifying their “Clunker” for the new Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS).  Consumers need to know that manufacturer webistes may offer EPA mpg estimates for your clun...

• Hyundai Models Qualifying for CARS Cash Vouchers

  Posted on Thursday June 25th, 2009 at 22:47 in Cars, hyundai, annapolis hyundai, qualifying hyundai cars

  Consumers looking to purchase Hyundai cars under the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) will be glad to know that there are a number of Hyundai car models that qualify.  If a consumer has verified that their existing clunker qualifies for a cash vo...