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Vol. 21, No. 204
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Jeff Schwebke, general sales manager at Steamboat Motors, is reflected in a mirror while he stands next to a 1991 Ford F-150 XLR Lariat pickup that his lot took in as part of the Cash for Clunkers program. Steamboat Motors is extending the government’s program on its own dime. The government-sponsored program ended Monday.
Dealer extends rebate Steamboat Motors continues Cash for Clunkers discount Blythe Terrell
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The national Cash for Clunkers frenzy has coasted to a close, but Steamboat Motors plans to hang on to the spirit of the program through August. The federal Car Allowance Rebate System ended Monday evening. Steamboat Motors,
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which sells Ford, Dodge and Jeep vehicles, will continue to offer at least $3,500 on tradeins this month. Cook Chevrolet and Subaru, Steamboat Springs’ other new-car dealership, cut off its program when the government did. Jeff Steinke, general manager at Steamboat Motors, said his dealership sold about eight cars through the program.
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“I’m just glad it’s over,” he said. The dealership plans to offer customers a minimum of $3,500 on their trade-ins for the rest of the month. Steinke said Steamboat Motors wasn’t adhering to the rules of the Cash for Clunkers program for the current deal. Those restrictions required people to trade in older cars for new, more fuel-efficient cars.
Steinke said customers could use the trade-in price to buy new or used cars. “There’s really no strings attached to them,” he said. Steinke and Scott Cook, who owns Cook Chevrolet, said they were dissatisfied with how the government ran Cash for Clunkers. See Clunkers, page 19
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