Interesting Cash for Clunkers numbers...

[Mistergou]

Got my Car an Driver in the mail today, an ran across a interesting cash for clunkers article..

Out of the nearly 700,000 used cars traded in here is a small list of some of the most expensive cars traded in...

makes me sad that they destroyed these cars :anger:


Total # -- Years ---------- Base price new

123 -- '84-'95 Corvettes...$23k-37k

67--- '86- 89 Mercedes-Benz 560SL ... $48k-64K

9--- '90'-'92 Mercedes-Benz 500Sl... $83K-106K

1----'93 Mazda RX-7 ... $33k

1.... '85 TVR 280i ....$23K

3..... '89-90 Laforza....$38k-43k

1..... '91 BMW M3.... $35k

1.....'91 BMW M5.. $56k

1...... '91 GMC Typhoon... $28k

1.... '05 Mazda RX-8 .....$25k

3..... ' 97-98 Mitsubishi 3000GT spyder ... $57-64

the best for last...:eek:

1.... '97 Aston Martin DB7 Volante... $146k... :smack:
Wish I could have found the owner that was stupid enough to trade this car in... I would have giving them the "cash for clunker" price for it...

[blown03Mach1]

Guarantee that they got more then the cash for clunker pricing. The only reason they are on the list is because the owner traded in under the program thus getting the $4,500 from you and I.... I mean the gov.

[tom281]

I don't get the dollar amounts listed.... what are those amounts?

[Mistergou]

Guarantee that they got more then the cash for clunker pricing. The only reason they are on the list is because the owner traded in under the program thus getting the $4,500 from you and I.... I mean the gov.


well they may have gotten more than $4,500 trade in... but still all these nice cars got destoryed.. which makes me sad.

[Azure Blurr]

"123 -- '84-'95 Corvettes...$23k-37k"

Not surprised. Those were some suckass years for the vette.

[Mistergou]

I don't get the dollar amounts listed.... what are those amounts?


they are how much the cars cost BRAND NEW..

[japan4racing]

a typhoon???? 93 rx-7????? m3 and m5???? wow....that sucks the c4 vettes probably deserved it...alot of those were pretty lame but still couild have been nice cars depending on the package they had.

[tom281]

they are how much the cars cost BRAND NEW..


I wondered that but didn't think that a 93 RX7 would be $8k more than a 05 RX8......

[Mistergou]

I wondered that but didn't think that a 93 RX7 would be $8k more than a 05 RX8......


yeah I gottca, its Car an Driver pricing...

that might have been a base model price, the Turbo model was prob a good bit more

[Newskool Mach]

"123 -- '84-'95 Corvettes...$23k-37k"

Not surprised. Those were some suckass years for the vette.

Wow I don't think so. I had a 93' LT1 6 speed that went 13.0 bone stock on street tires. 12.7 on slicks. Was one of the nicest cars I ever had.

[Azure Blurr]

Wow I don't think so. I had a 93' LT1 6 speed that went 13.0 bone stock on street tires. 12.7 on slicks. Was one of the nicest cars I ever had.

ok, they looked like suckass years. I did not like most of these although they did pave the way for what we have now. I just do not like them.

[Bill Hamilton]

I really hate to meantion this, but what were the Mustang and Camaro numbers traded in?

Last year we had a 1988 4-cylinder Mustang that we used as our 24 Hours of LeMons race car and as a joke I looked it up in the clunker deal on line and it didn't qualifly. However all the 5.0 Mustangs would have qualified according to the chart.

[Mistergou]

I really hate to meantion this, but what were the Mustang and Camaro numbers traded in?



hmm I am curious as well.. I'll try to find some more numbers

[Con's Mach1]

I wonder what percentage we all put into these CLUNKERS?:smack:

[one mach 1]

Wow I don't think so. I had a 93' LT1 6 speed that went 13.0 bone stock on street tires. 12.7 on slicks. Was one of the nicest cars I ever had.I call :bs: unless your lt1 was a lt5 that was in the 1993ZR1. The lt1 vette only made 300 hp, while the ZR1 made 405 hp and still only mustered a 13.2 in the 1/4. This is all flywheel hp too.
http://www.theautochannel.com/vehicles/muscle/corvette/93_95zr1.frame

[Newskool Mach]

I call :bs: unless your lt1 was a lt5 that was in the 1993ZR1. The lt1 vette only made 300 hp, while the ZR1 made 405 hp and still only mustered a 13.2 in the 1/4. This is all flywheel hp too.
http://www.theautochannel.com/vehicles/muscle/corvette/93_95zr1.frame

I'll try to dig up my 93-94 time slips. Was the lt1 tested a 6-speed. ZR-1's were a ***** to get down the strip. Maybe I can just drive the sh!t out of it. Funny we have 305 flywheel hp and guys have gone 13 flat stock. Hmmm...I believe our Machs are heavier also.

[rudejohn]

One thing to consider: we don't know what condition these vehicles were in. They could have had severe body damage, non-original parts, rusted out, etc etc and they still qualify under the Clunkers program. So they might not have been worth anything anymore...

[Bill Hamilton]

One thing to consider: we don't know what condition these vehicles were in. They could have had severe body damage, non-original parts, rusted out, etc etc and they still qualify under the Clunkers program. So they might not have been worth anything anymore...

Very true, however a guy in my local Mustang club works in the parts dept of a local Ford dealership. He said they took in a 1994 Mustang GTS 5.0 with 47,000 mile on the car as a clunker. He said the paint was a little faded but could have been buffed out easy. They poured the silicon cocktail into the oil and it ran about 4 minutes before dying. He said it nearly broke his heart to watch. :eyes:

[Mistergou]

Very true, however a guy in my local Mustang club works in the parts dept of a local Ford dealership. He said they took in a 1994 Mustang GTS 5.0 with 47,000 mile on the car as a clunker. He said the paint was a little faded but could have been buffed out easy. They poured the silicon cocktail into the oil and it ran about 4 minutes before dying. He said it nearly broke his heart to watch. :eyes:

Yeah I had seen to many videos of good running cars destroyed...

:smack: some people

[Blackpony04]

Makes you wonder who would keep a car for 16 years and put only 47,000 miles on it and then not think twice about letting it get destroyed. On paper it probably wasn't worth more than 5 or 6 grand if they had sold it outright but come on.

On the flip side you know Ed Begley, Jr. would take $4500 for an Aston Martin to buy a Prius just to make a statement because he's an environmental nutjob. I'm sure he's not alone....

[starscream]

One thing to consider: we don't know what condition these vehicles were in. They could have had severe body damage, non-original parts, rusted out, etc etc and they still qualify under the Clunkers program. So they might not have been worth anything anymore...

This is so true. In some other thread on here they had the picture of that Typhoon on the list, and it was a complete rust bucket.

If any vehicle traded in was worth significantly more than $4500, then the dealer would have bought it outright and resold it. Dealers don't pass up on opportunities to make a buck.