Cash for Clunkers destroys Starions, Conquests

[MisJiF]

Here's the official list of cars traded in for the American Cash for Clunkers scheme that finished recently:

http://www.cars.gov/files/official-info ... hicles.pdf

5 Starions and 20 Conquests lost their lives because of this. Shame. :(

[enthuzed]

They junked a 12 year old Aston Martin and a Rolls Royce. M3s and M5s from 1991 as well as heaps of 5 and 7 series BMWs. Less than 10 year old X5s got the chop. Bucketloads of Mustangs and Corvettes, Jags of all types, Rangeys. Lexus in the hundreds. Absolute Morons!
Over 150 3000GTs.

How do you explain a 3 year old 350Z!

Btw, I counted 17 Conquests.

[MisJiF]

Yeah, lots of nice cars junked. I noticed all the 3000GTs too. There is a video on YouTube showing a perfectly good looking Volvo S80 having its engine destroyed. Quite painful to watch no matter what you think of Volvos.

There are 3 Conquests listed under Plymouth which I counted too.

[Nosaki Faki]

Hope some of those cars were crashed already.

[enthuzed]

There are 3 Conquests listed under Plymouth which I counted too.

Right you are. Can you explain to us Aussies why they are listed as Chrysler, Plymouth as well as Mitsubishi and what the differences are?

[Nosaki Faki]

There are 3 Conquests listed under Plymouth which I counted too.

Right you are. Can you explain to us Aussies why they are listed as Chrysler, Plymouth as well as Mitsubishi and what the differences are?

Don't forget DODGE! :D
I don't really get why they did this but all of these makes were under the chrysler banner at the time.

[enthuzed]

I thought I'd dodged using their name, ha ha. LOL
No I actually forgot.

[Entaran]

I think you'll find a bunch of these cars were repossessions that failed to sell at auction or whatnot due to economics of the time. Thus they went for the next highest paying option for insurance companies to get as much back on them as they could.