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Consumers who have been locked out of the Car Allowance Rebate System are urged to join a new online petition which will be sent to Congress. Currently, consumers whose cars are rated as averaging 19 MPG or more, based on government estimates, are not eligible for a credit regardless of their actual miles per gallon experience.

The website, NoCashForClunkers.com , is taking comments from consumers who want their voices heard. By joining the online petition, consumers will add their names to the petition list that will be sent to the original sponsors of the Cash for Clunkers legislation. The goal is to make sure Congress hears their voices if additional funding is requested.

New information posted by consumers on the Cash for Clunkers Facts blog indicates that consumers are actively planning to trade in their qualifying clunker to purchase a new vehicle with a NHTSA Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) credit. According to information collected from the site, a third of consumers will be trading in Ford and Chevy cars and trucks.

The Car Allowance Rebate System, also known as the Cash for Clunkers bill, is suppose to get old, gas guzzling vehicles off the road.

FORT MYERS : The owner of a Fort Myers car dealership has been arrested and charged with defrauding his customers.

HONG KONG: China is at the start of another boom in car sales that is being propelled by rising incomes in third-tier cities and could continue for a few years, JP Morgan said on Wednesday.

Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission Chairman Mike Kehoe abruptly resigned Wednesday and confirmed he is considering a run for the state Senate.

If a local Congressman has his way, those car dealerships targeted for closure by General Motors and Chrysler would get their franchises back.

Attorney General Chris Koster said today the newly approved bankruptcy agreement for General Motors is much improved over the original plan and secures important protections for Missouri consumers and auto dealers.

If you've got a clunker for a car, the federal government wants to pay you to upgrade.

Britain's motor industry could be on the road to recovery as the "car scrappage" scheme helps put the brakes on sliding sales.

Faced with a severe economic downturn at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, people are debating intensely the prospects of the Chinese economy.

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will pick the new members of General Motors Corp.'s board of directors in a few weeks, with an eye toward looking to shed its 60.8% stake as soon as possible, a top aide said today.

For the past five months, President Barack Obama has taken control of General Motors Corp.

In this Oct. 17, 2007 file photo an interior view of the new car delivery and entertainment center of the German car maker BMW is seen prior to its inauguration in Munich, southern Germany.

A former Jackson auto dealership owner faces sentencing July 24 in two federal cases.

New car registrations for June were down 15.7pc to 176,264, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, a significant improvement on the 28pc drop endured by the market previously this year.

The Government's car-scrappage scheme appears to be slowing the decline in new vehicle sales.

The Government's "cash for bangers" car-scrappage scheme is slowing the decline in new vehicle sales, figures out today revealed.

Ultimately, General Motors Corp. hopes to sell its good assets to a new GM. The new GM will have less debt and a lower cost structure.

The Associated Press 5 comments The U.S. flag flies at the Burt GM auto dealer in Denver June 1, 2009.