Car dealers across metro Detroit say they’ve been flooded with customers seeking to trade in older vehicles for new cars and trucks as the federal government’s cash-for-clunkers program officially goes into effect today.
“I believe we have better than 70 pending deals on it right now,” said Bill Demmer, owner of Jack Demmer Ford in Wayne and Jack Demmer Lincoln-Mercury in Dearborn.
The federal government is offering vouchers of $3,500 or $4,500 to anyone replacing a car or truck that averages less than 18 m.p.g. in combined city and highway driving and is less than 25 years old.
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