omTom just started a new trade-in program – kind of similar to the cash for clunkers deal we had here in the U.S. What you need to do is to purchase a new GPS navigation system from TomTom.com, estimate the value of your trade-in using their calculator, print the shipping label and send it in [...] Brought to you by your GPS navigation site NaviGadget . TomTom cash for clunkers program
More cash/Fewer Clunkers Via the Von Mises blog : According to the consumer pricing index report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the price of used cars rose 3.4% in October thanks to the government’s cash-for-clunkers that spirited away a large…
October US Census sales estimates are in, so a better analysis of Cash for Clunkers can be done. Popular estimates have ranged from $24,000 per vehicle - done by the economists of Edmunds - to $4,600 by the economists at NADA . The Edmunds analysis means that only 18% of vehicles were incremental, while the NADA estimate means that 92% were incremental. Our analysis, which is done like an irritating...
How did that work out for you? It’s not like there’s a market out there for Corvettes or anything like that . Or even a family who could have bought a used Volvo . Anyway, the program is done for now and the numbers are in. And they are not good . C4C is functionally worse than the Broken Window parable . At least the kid broke the window on accident. The Clunker’s program encouraged...
At the Internet Governance Forum meeting here in Egypt, a session on critical Internet resources started with yet another discussion of the transition from IPv4 to IPv6. This time, talk turned to paying for the upgrade to IPv6—a real issue in poorer countries. Rod Beckstrom, the head of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Number (ICANN), offered his own novel approach to the problem:...
In reply to Blog for November 20, 2009 [See ADDENDUM] : Barry Ritholtz selects his quote of the day: “We’re in the midst of a deflationary trend that is temporarily being masked by inventory restocking and free lunches like Cash for Clunkers. Consumers are done with borrowing. They’ll keep refueling the deflation by going through their attics and garages to find stuff they can sell...
Manufacturing production moved down 0.1 percent, after a rise of 0.8 percent in September. This was the first drop in manufacturing production since June. With the end of the 'cash for clunkers' program, auto output fell 1.7 percent in October, compared with an 8.1 percent rise in the previous month. U.S. housing starts plunged 10.6 percent in October to an seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 529,000,...
An unlikely explanation for high auto prices EARLIER this week, I pointed to a surprising increase in vehicle prices in the Consumer Price Index and noted that the rise seemed to be due to Cash for Clunkers, which depleted vehicle inventories. Prices were up because there were fewer cars on lots.The New York Times' Floyd Norris has a different explanation—prices have risen because the auto industry...
The New York Times reports that John Doerr, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, and former President Bill Clinton have separately suggested a home energy spin-off of the popular Cash for Clunkers program. Dubbed “Cash for Caulkers,” the program would give households money for weatherization projects. Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s chief of staff, tells reporter David Leonhardt [...]...
Cash for clunkers? The latest offering from the safest hands in sim racing turns out to be another reissue of ageing stalwart Race 07. Last year the Swedish dev added Nordschleife and a host of handsome Grand Tourers, and called the result GTR: Evolution. This year they've bolstered it with American muscle cars, Swedish touring action, and WTCC 08 updates, and called the result Race On. Cynical cash-gouging...
DETROIT | U.S. auto sales could top an annual rate of 10.8 million in November, General Motors Co.’s top sales analyst said Thursday. That would mark the first month this year that sales jumped to such levels without the aid of Cash for Clunkers rebates, which boosted sales in July and August.
GM's top sales analyst says U.S. auto sales in November could top an annual rate of 10.8 million for the first time year besides this summer, which was helped by the Cash for Clunkers rebates.
GM's top sales analyst says U.S. auto sales in November could top an annual rate of 10.8 million for the first time year besides this summer, which was helped by the Cash for Clunkers rebates.
GM's top sales analyst says U.S. auto sales in November could top an annual rate of 10.8 million for the first time year besides this summer, which was helped by the Cash for Clunkers rebates. General Motors Co. Executive Director of Market Analysis Mike... General Motors - United States - Scrappage program - Recreation - auto
Q: What was the best thing about the Cash for Clunkers program? A: It took all those Obama stickers off of the road! No clunkers but some good ol Junk in the Trunk for your enjoyment!
Ford’s light-vehicle sales rate in October 2009 will pass 10 million units for the first time this year and during a month that wasn’t supported by the summer cash-for-clunkers program, according to Ken Czubay, Ford’s vice president of U.S. marketing, sales and service.
Due mainly to the fine showing of Ford’s North American arm, the carmaker has returned to profit and has in fact, recorded a $1 billion profit in the third quarter of 2009. Ford cited its cost cutting measures, increased market share and the US ‘Cash for Clunkers’ scheme.
The popular " Cash for Clunkers " program helped the environment, but it also created a surplus of tires that are unsafe for the road. Millions of the tires from clunkers could end up in landfills as a result. Rubberecycle wants to help further the environmental benefits by recycling tires and turning them into mulch products that can be used for playgrounds and landscaping.
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