Why are the American Auto makers angry over the foreign cars getting cash for clunkers?

And in fact, foreign automakers — and foreign auto factories — have gained somewhat more from the program than domestic automakers have. The differences aren’t enormous, but Cash for Clunker buyers have tended, more than auto buyers ordinarily do, to prefer foreign-made cars. Foreign auto makers are ahead. Taxpayers bought foreign cars.

Will Cash for Clunkers Return? Transportation Secretary Says it’s up to Congress

DETROIT – Will there be another Cash for Clunkers program to help jumpstart the auto industry, and the economy, this year? U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was here to launch the 2010 North American International Auto Show. He likes Cash for Clunkers, but insists a rerun in ’10 will be left up to Congress. “This [...]