This is what happens when you combine pent up demand, a slowly improving economy and the most generous incentives we've seen since Cash for Clunkers.

Marketing/Advertising, Ford, GM, Honda, Toyota When the U.S. auto market crashed in the fall of 2008, automakers bumped up incentives in a big way to clear dealer lots of bloated inventory. But when Cash for Clunkers d...

(Editor’s note: Don Rainey is a general partner at Grotech Ventures and author of the  “VC in DC” blog. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.) Throughout the financial crisis of 2008-09, most venture capitalists wisely advised st...

By Xin Lu Last year the Cash for Clunkers program gave out billions of dollars in rebates for purchasing new cars. This spring a smaller rebate program called Cash for Appliances is rolling out as part of the stimulus package. Cons...

Remember the "Cash for Clunkers" program?

Cash for Clunkers was far more effective than anyone is giving it credit for, says a new study from Maritz Automotive Research Group. In their survey, 90% of program participants say they wouldn’t have purchased a new car without th...

The Cash for Clunkers program sold far more cars than even the government thought at first, according to an analysis conducted by the automotive market research company Maritz Research. Martiz says Clunkers was responsible for 765,0...

Car Buying, Government/Legal In what might turn out to be one of the biggest games of "he said, she said," in the history of the world, Maritz Research, an automotive market research company, is claiming that the gover...

Just as we’ve seen “good news” about the economy claimed in quarters when government spending (“cash for clunkers”) and inventory restocking drove the positive numbers, now we’re being told that a raft of temporary jobs might be a p...

The United States’ “cash for clunkers” program was rather controversial when it was first enacted last year, but a new study by Maritz Automotive Research Group indicates the CARS program was highly effective at generating new car s...

By request, here is a graph overlaying light vehicle sales and existing home sales - and showing the impact of "cash for clunkers" and the "first time home buyer" tax credit. (ht Brian) Click on graph for larger image in new window....

Cash for clunkers? Bah, who needs it when there’s a huge supply of great cars out there for under $1,000?  That’s what CarsforaGrand.com is all about.  Most of us remember our first car as a ...

While I'm not a fan of Cash For Clunkers, I must admit I shed zero tears over all those Explorers going to well-deserved early graves. Fact is, 98% of Explorer drivers would have been better off with big Detroit wagons! Yes, the 90s...

Just when you thought that America’s supply of cheap cars fell victim to Cash for Clunkers, a new website specializing in heaps costing less than $1,000 showcases prime examples of automotive detritus — some of which are still capab...

We like the GMC Syclone turbocharged truck so much we put in a video game, which is why we were sad to discover this one is a Cash For Clunkers victim. Save the Syclones! gawkerGallery(5462437,3,); Nathan B. Adlen, the proprietor of...

Ford Motor Company just reported a $2.7 billion profit, making 2009 its first profitable year since 2005. Yes, the company benefited from Cash for Clunkers and a range of other government subsidies. Yes, it supported bailouts for it...

From Consumer Reports: While a few states started doling out rebates to consumers as part of the $300 million cash for clunkers for appliances program at the end of 2009, the launch date for most states will occur throughout the...

// 2009 was the first year in modern history that the number of U.S. cars shrank, as previously highlighted here. Car scrapping exceeded new car sales in 2009. Scrapping was undoubtedly helped along by the massive Cash for Clunk...