Cash for Clunkers…and some Clunkers for Clunkers

8,200

Number of cash for clunkers swaps that involved Ford F150 pickup owners who swapped for new Ford F150s, the most common swap in the program

1

Mile per gallon fuel efficiency improvement over the old truck in such swaps

$562,500

Amount spent in the program for vehicles that got worse or the same mileage as the trade-in

95,000

Number of new vehicles purchased through the program that got less than 20 miles per gallon

21

Miles per gallon achieved by the Model T Ford

15.8

Average mpg for vehicles turned in through Cash for Clunkers

24.9

Average mpg for new vehicles purchased through the program

15

Number of deals in which the owner bought a Hummer H3

Source: Associated Press