Cash for Clunkers Crushed Your Dream Cars (FULL LIST)

In 2009, with America’s economy in shambles, Cash for Clunkers offered a lifeline by paying people to swap their used cars for new, fuel-efficient ones. There was just one catch: the trade-in would be crushed. SEE THE FULL LIST HERE: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... The federal program was supposed to lower national emissions and help the struggling auto industry. What it really accomplished was destroying 677,081 running and driving vehicles—including thousands of enthusiast gems, rare models, modern classics, and downright cool cars that would be crazy to scrap today. Rumors about M3s and Supras getting crushed have swirled for years. Now, we got our hands on the government’s full list of every single car killed in Cash for Clunkers, AND what people bought to replace them. Let’s see what we got here... ....the M3 and Supra really did get crushed. :( 0:00 Cash for Clunkers Explained 1:56 German Luxury Cars 5:20 American Gems 6:39 How Cars Were Destroyed 7:23 The Missing GNX 8:13 Did Cash for Clunkers Work? 9:48 Classic SUVs 11:10 2000s Cars Scrapped 11:44 Japanese Halo Cars 13:45 Best Trade-Ins 14:40 Weird and Rare Cars 15:23 It Could Happen Again Produced by →   / joeyrassool   Hosted by →   / kylecheromcha   The Drive is the chronicle of car culture. We write stories you actually want to read. → https://www.thedrive.com/ FOLLOW US! Instagram →   / thedrive   Facebook →   / thedrive   TikTok →   / thedrive_official   X → https://x.com/thedrive Threads → https://www.threads.net/@thedrive WORK WITH US → [email protected]