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'Clunkers' sales near 700,000

Toyota's industry share No. 1 at 19.4%; GM 2nd at 17.6%

Posted: August 27, 2009 at 4:57 a.m.

Ford worker Rashell Rule installs seats in a 2010 Ford Focus at the Wayne Stamping and Assembly Plant in Wayne, Mich., on Wednesday.

"Cash for clunkers" generated nearly 700,000 new-car sales and ended under its $3 billion budget, the Transportation Department said Wednesday.

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Business, Pages 23, 24 on 08/27/2009

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