Most of the cars still await their fate on automobile dealers’ lots. The dealers, in the meantime, hang around for their cash back from the federal government ahead to their killing the clunkers’ engines and packing them off to be worn.
The attitude of the dealers also is a “we’ll see” about the purchasing atmosphere as a result of the popular “cash for clunkers” motivation that goaded sales of new vehicles in the neighborhood and countrywide.
Mike Barron, the general manager of Heritage Pontiac-Buick-GMC-Honda stated that “We sold a total of 76 vehicles under the (cash for clunkers) program. Five have been paid by the government; as a result, five have had their motors disabled and have since been removed by Newell Recycling.” He also said that “the average gas guzzler could get around 14 miles per gallon, while the average mpg of the cars purchased is in the upper 20s. The average purchase price was around $20,000, he said”.
The cash for clunkers a federal program started in July and ended on Aug. 24. In addition to urging vehicle sales, it was meant to get old gas-guzzlers off the road.
Source: RN-T