Tony Balster, of Victory Auto Wreckers, writes Cash For Clunkers on a car after loading it to be towed from the Cash For Clunkers program at NorthSide Toyota Dealership in Chicago, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 6 months ago

Tony Balster, of Victory Auto Wreckers, writes Cash For Clunkers on a car after loading it to be towed from the Cash For Clunkers program at NorthSide Toyota Dealership in Chicago, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2009.

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  1. A view of the Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo logos, on the exterior of the Mirafiori Plant in Turin, northern Italy, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. An Italian official on Wednesday criticized Fiat's decision to temporarily halt production at its Italian plants even as the automaker urges the government to continue the cash-for-clunkers incentives that have buoyed its earnings.
  2. A view of a giant image of the new Fiat 500 compact car, on the exterior of the Mirafiori complex in Turin, northern Italy, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. An Italian official on Wednesday criticized Fiat's decision to temporarily halt production at its Italian plants even as the automaker urges the government to continue the cash-for-clunkers incentives that have buoyed its earnings. Economic Development Minister Claudio Scajola called the move "inopportune" as Fiat, the unions and government discuss the Italian automaker's plans to reorganize its industrial footprint in Italy and the government considers how to extend scrapping incentives.
  3. A view of the Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo logos, on the exterior of the Mirafiori Plant in Turin, northern Italy, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. An Italian official on Wednesday criticized Fiat's decision to temporarily halt production at its Italian plants even as the automaker urges the government to continue the cash-for-clunkers incentives that have buoyed its earnings.
  4. A view of a man walking in a puddle outside the Fiat auto Mirafiori complex in Turin, northern Italy, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. An Italian official on Wednesday criticized Fiat's decision to temporarily halt production at its Italian plants even as the automaker urges the government to continue the cash-for-clunkers incentives that have buoyed its earnings. Economic Development Minister Claudio Scajola called the move "inopportune" as Fiat, the unions and government discuss the Italian automaker's plans to reorganize its industrial footprint in Italy and the government considers how to extend scrapping incentives.
  5. Workers leave after their shift at the Fiat auto Mirafiori complex in Turin, northern Italy, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. An Italian official on Wednesday criticized Fiat's decision to temporarily halt production at its Italian plants even as the automaker urges the government to continue the cash-for-clunkers incentives that have buoyed its earnings. Economic Development Minister Claudio Scajola called the move "inopportune" as Fiat, the unions and government discuss the Italian automaker's plans to reorganize its industrial footprint in Italy and the government considers how to extend scrapping incentives.
  6. A view of the Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo logos, is seen on the exterior of the Mirafiori Plant in Turin, northern Italy, Wednesday Jan. 27, 2010. An Italian official on Wednesday criticized Fiat's decision to temporarily halt production at its Italian plants even as the automaker urges the government to continue the cash-for-clunkers incentives that have buoyed its earnings.
  7. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - An old car dropped in an industrial trash bin advertising the Cash for Clunkers program at Battlefield Ford in Culpeper, Virginia, August 1, 2009. Americans flocked to auto dealerships this month to take advantage of government rebates for gas-guzzling "clunkers" and promptly drained the program's $1 billion in funding, leaving some prospective buyers in limbo.
  8. FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2009 file photo, Joann Ganim, left, and her husband Don Ganim, of Hamilton, Mass., right, look at the Chevrolet Traverse at Herb Chambers in Danvers, Mass. GM's top sales analyst says U.S. auto sales in November could top an annual rate of 10.8 million for the first time year besides this summer, which was helped by the Cash for Clunkers rebates.

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