What Happened To Crushed Cash For Clunkers Exotics

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Car: 1992 BMW 850i
Original MSRP: Approximately $100,000

Current Status: Crushed

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Car: 1997 Aston Martin DB7 Volante
Original MSRP: $137,000

Current Status: Not Crushed

What Happened: The dealer incorrectly labeled this as an Aston Martin even though it was actually a Mercury Grand Marquis. The Grand Marquis was crushed.

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Car: 2006 Roush Stage 3 F-150
Original MSRP: $46,000

Current Status: Not Crushed

What Happened: Of the two Roush F-150s listed, one was merely a 1989 F-150 and the other a 1997 F-150 and though both were crushed it's not believed either of these were actually Roush upgraded vehicles.

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Car: GMC Typhoon
Original MSRP: $29,320

Current Status: Crushed

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Car: 1990 La Forza SUV
Original MSRP: $60,000

Current Status: Crushed

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Car: Mercedes C43 AMG
Original MSRP: $53,000

Current Status: Not Crushed

What Happened: The dealer incorrectly entered C43 AMG when they meant the lowly-by-comparison C300.

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Car: 1997 Bentley/Rolls Royce Continental R
Original MSRP: $307,000

Current Status: Not Crushed

What Happened: It appears the dealer or seller realized their mistake and ended the transaction before the luxury car was crushed.

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Car: Excalibur Autos Phaeton
Original MSRP: Unknown

Current Status: Not Crushed

What Happened: All three Phaetons listed as crushed were trucks incorrectly listed as Excaliburs and two of them were actually giant Class 3 trucks typically used for construction or hauling trash. It's speculated this was a purposeful error because the dealers gave up on trying to locate the actual truck.

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Car: 1987 Buick GNX
Original MSRP: $29,900

Current Status: Not Crushed

What Happened: Incorrectly labeled as a different vehicle, no one crushed any GNX models.

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Car: 1985 Maserati Quattroporte
Original MSRP: $80,000

Current Status: Not Crushed

What Happened: The person trading in the car owned both a Quattroporte and a Maserati Bi-Turbo and the mistake was likely caused because insurance information showed both vehicles. Thankfully, this didn't crush the QP but the Bi-Turbo was crushed.

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This wasn't in our original report, but another vehicle we were concerned about was this 1980 TVR 280i Convertible. Sadly, it was crushed.

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In addition to the TVR we were curious about this rare 1987 Duntov GT (as in Zora) Corvette. This turned out to be a 1988 Chevy Truck.

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