Car Allowance Rebate System (2009)

Cash for Clunkers helped boost the average gas mileage of new cars and light trucks to a record average of 23 mpg in August, according to Ward???s Auto Fuel-Economy Index. This beats by 1% the previous high in July when......

Detroit???s automakers are working to bring vehicle supply and demand into harmony by reining in their reliance on incentives and discounts to sell cars. This has raised vehicle prices during the recession, a move that seems counterintuitive. The Big...

by Mark Silva Several years back, when Saturday Night Live made fun of Democrat Al Gore's plodding debating style in a televised skit between the first couple of face-offs between Gore and Republican George W. Bush, the Gore campaign took......

While September sales took a step back from the August sales frenzy fueled by the Cash for Clunkers program, they didn???t fall off a cliff like some predicted they would. Many new 2010 models were just arriving at dealerships, which......

Used-car prices soared in September to a new record, according to the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index, which measures the prices and values of used cars. As we wrote in September, low inventories led to an increase in used-car prices.......

By Patrick Olsen Cars.com It???s been a year since we last visited Indiana, and it???s been nothing short of a cataclysm for the U.S. auto industry: First came the credit crunch, which kept even the best-qualified shoppers from getting a......

Kelsey Mays Cars.com Greensburg High had a breakout basketball season last year: The Pirates nabbed a regional title and advanced to within one game of the state championships. For the 150-year-old seat of Decatur County, it was good news to......

Some Oregon car buyers who traded in their old vehicles for more fuel-efficient models under the Cash for Clunkers program got an unexpected bonus check in the mail. In addition to the $3,500 or $4,500 discount they received on their......

Incentives haven???t been big news since the Cash for Clunkers program wiped out a large chunk of dealers??? inventory nationwide. That doesn???t mean all automakers have stopped offering incentives ??? even large ones ??? this month. Before the Halloween...

Trading an old Ford F-150 pickup truck for a new F-150 pickup was the most common swap under the Cash for Clunkers program, according to the Associated Press. More than 8,000 of these swaps took place under the program, which......

The Cash for Clunkers program definitely led to higher used-car prices over the past few months. In fact, wholesale prices for used cars hit an all-time high in September; this past December, used-car prices were at a record low. Last......

Prices for new cars rose 1.6% in October, the largest month-to-month increase since May 1981, and used-car prices rose 3.4%, which is that market???s largest monthly increase since September 1980, according to the U.S. Labor Department. The consumer price...