Toyota most popular choice in US clunker scheme
August 18, 2009 by Matt Brogan
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released its second report on the cash for clunkers program which shows that Toyota has taken the lead from GM as being the most purchased manufacturer under the CARS program.
In an initial report, dated August 5, the NHTSA showed GM was the most popularly purchased brand capturing an 18.7 per cent share of the clunkers market but as the scheme kicks on it seems more buyers are heading towards the Japanese manufacturer which has now overtaken GM to score an 18.9 per cent share.
The top-five market leaders under the scheme are follows:
- Toyota: 18.9 per cent
- GM: 18.7 per cent
- Ford: 15.4 per cent
- Honda: 12.9 per cent
- Chrysler: 9.1 per cent
The CARS program has so far handed out US$1.5 billion in rebates, marking the half-way point of the program’s US$3 billion funding.
The Toyota Corolla remains the most popular new car model purchased under the CARS program.
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To the winner goes the spoils!
Toyota must be doing something right. I guess it’s made easier by all GM’s mistakes.
It will be interesting to see how the auto industry fairs when the government cuts the cash.
Remember how American cars got uglier and more and more boring from the late 70s onwards? People kept buying them. It would seem that Americans just keep on loving boring cars, and with Toyota today especially, considering the Toyota CEO in the US recently said that their cars were boring.
That picture reminds me how much the Corolla sedan looks like the Camry. By the way, is the Corolla called the Auris in the USA?
Hey, TMCA, are you reading this? See that US spec Corolla above, yes, the one with the 2.4 litre engine? Bring it here, please!!!
I just answered your question for you baddass.
Toyota most popular choice in US clunker scheme because toyotas are just brand new clunkers.
Your a funny man rexy ha! ha! ha! yeh right!
It’s amazing how america is turning there back’s on the big cars from gm and ford and buying more fuel efficient cars from toyota, just like australia!
If everyone didnt realise, GM was only .2 of a percent behind Bland on wheels. That really shows backward progress from our freinds up north.
They don’t have much choice. 6 out of 8 Toyota car models sold in the US are under $22,000 dollars (including the Prius).
GM has one, Aveo (we know it as Holden Barina).
What amazes me is why Ford is not doing any better as they have five models under $22,000 US.
Frenchie, Ford US are actually struggling with lack of supply of the models most sought after under CARS. Some dealers sold out of stock in the first week.
Toyota, on the other hand, had such massive stockpiles that they are now able to meet this artificially created demand.
Ditto GM.
Toyota rules!!
FORD: Fix Or Repair Daily
If the Ford Fiesta 2010 sedan was already launched i’m sure Ford would have had a much larger share of the CARS program.
IMO now that the US govt own a majority of share in GM they should have reduced the maximum CARS rebate to $3500 for non American branded cars and keep the current $4,500 max for American branded cars.
Welcome to Australia, please set your watch back TEN YEARS.
Aussies and Americans have had a love affair with big engine cars for too long, and it was only when the cost of ownership got too high that we finally started looking at the alternatives. We have been our own worst enemy, because we keep buying them they keep building them. You want to know the future of motoring on the global scale then you need only look at Asian and European roads