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Originally Posted by tuckevalastin
Cash for Clunkers is most certainly benefiting Asian carmakers more than the US automakers. The regulations of the program pretty much ensure that. Not only are people using this program to buy Asian cars now but those Asian cars will last 5-10 years at least meaning those people won't even need to consider buying American for 5-10 years. IMO it would have been much more beneficial to make this program actually benefit the US auto industry, at least then it would benefit something our government has already invested heavily in.
The program appears to be about 80% show and 20% go. The one upside is that it has managed to bring 250,000 buyers into dealerships this week. The list of downsides is very long.
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Did you know that there are more Toyota's made in the US by US citizens then there are Toyota's coming in from Japan? And that Toyota has 4 of the top 10 americanized vehicles? Including the number one spot with the Camry? Yeah, the Camry beat out every other car in the US, including Fords, GM's, Chevy's, Pontiac's, Chrystler's, Jeeps, and Dodge's. How is this not helping the US? Maybe they should take a page out of Toyota's book and start building efficient, reliable cars. That's just my opinion though. Oh, wait, it's not my opinion. It's facts. Do your research.
08-01-2009, 02:08 AM
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