Toyota, Chrysler, Nissan and Honda and their dealers plan to scrap more than 15,000 new vehicles damaged by Superstorm Sandy as the industry continues assessing the tempest's impact.
Nissan alone estimates more than 6,000 Nissan and luxury Infiniti cars and light trucks are "un-saleable" because of the storm, spokesman Travis Parman said this week.
Including used autos and those of individual owners, as many as 200,000 overall may have to be replaced, said Larry Dixon, senior analyst for the National Automobile Dealers Association.