£2000 towards a new set of wheels: The car scrappage scheme
In the studio tonight, Dom Littlewood talked about the government's car scrappage scheme.
The vehicle discount or 'scrappage' scheme is a voluntary scheme for motor dealers. If a dealer joins they'll give you £2,000 off a new vehicle if you let them scrap your old one.
More than 250,000 old cars have already been taken off the road under the scheme.
At the end of September it was announced that the scheme would be extended to cover 100,000 more cars and vans.
What age does my old car have to be?
The car being traded in has to be approximately 10 years old or older.
The old car had to be registered on or before 29 February 2000. This is an extension to the previous deadline which said the old car had to be registered by 31 August 1999.
How much money can I get towards a new car? How do I apply?
This remains the same as previously - £2,000 - with half coming from the government, and half from the car manufacturer. The dealer will sort out all the paperwork, and the £2,000 will be deducted from the price of the car.
- Frequently asked questions about the scheme
- The vehicle discount scheme - government website
- BBC News - car scrappage
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The scheme would have been better if only UK manufactured cars were allowed. As the top cars bought ont he scheme (Fiesta Focus) are not made in this country therefor overseas car plants proffit from our money.
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This is a popular scheme...I ordered my new Ford KA at the beginning of July for a September delivery...currently still waiting!!!
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I cannot believe that all the presenters were praising the scrapage scheme, do they not know that it is damaging the classic car community. Very good classics that are valued around £2000 are being scraped when they are perfectly usable. Also small garages and manufacturers and suppliers of classic car parts are suffering.
The American scheme has an upper age limit that protects older classics. If the scheme is to be continued we also need this clause.
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Have the idiots who thought of this scheme not realised that a wqell maintained older car is cheaper to keep on the road than scrap it.
Would the government like us to scrap all the Aston Martins, Bentleys, Rolls Royces etc that need a bit of work to keep on the road.
This scheme is not as good as is first thought.
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Great scheme had the list price of new cars not gone up above £2000 since the start of the scrappaged.The public getting ripped of again but still happy as they are getting a new car!
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I sickened to hear all on the ONE SHOW say what a 'success' the scrappage shame has been.
Car prices have risen by almost £2000. AND second hand car car prices have increased by around 30%.
Why does this government and those on the One Show hate the poor so much??
Now thanks to you and your government, poorer member of society have to pay much more for a first car.
I almost have sympathy for the young who drive without insurance.... such is the so called society Gordon Brown and Blair have created.
There was not one single so called economist on the BBC who could have put in a word on behalf of those now who not only can't afford a house.......they can't afford a car.
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I can't afford a nice new car even with the scrapage deal .This is another example of this goverment not helping the lower income people to get on in life ! . They are scraping cars that would normally be on offer to people like myself who cant afford to pay much for a car or find it hard to get finance or a loan . I would just like to add i always like everyone else BUY ROAD TAX which i think you will all find goes to the treasuray !!!!!! i am far from happy with the scrapage deal and look forward to it ending soon .
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The scrappage scheme, like most government schemes. has not been thought through properly. On the whole the scheme is not a bad idea, but it has removed a great number of saleable cars out of the system. By the very nature of the scheme, the cars have to have an mot. this means they are road worthy. These cars are the source of business for 2nd hand car dealers, and for their customers who may have a really old banger and cannot afford a new car, even though they may get £2000 off it. This keeps old polluting cars on the road, by removing some less polluting ones.
What the government should have done was to re-emburse some of the cost to lower paid people who upgraded their polluting cars to 2nd hand, more efficient vehicles. This, combined with a scheme to suppliment the buyers of new cars, would have been a better idea. Polluting cars would be reduced and the car industry would be happy with their sales.
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The One Show fails to mention that:
1) Only 14% of cars scrapped under the scheme are actually manufactured in the UK. Yes we are paying foreign manufacturers to build cars with foreign labour.
2) Since the inception of the scheme car list prices have actually risen on many models - how much - yes £2,000.... Buyers using the scheme end up buying a new car they would not otherwise buy, are not saving any money and are getting rid of their cars for nothing!
3) Lets not forget why the scheme is so important - its for the environment. Trouble is that the scheme is adding to emissions as perfectly servicable cars are scrapped and the emissions in producing a new car are far in excess of the reduced emissions on a more efficient car.
4) Lets not forget the loss of heritage as some true cassic cars get crushed.
All in all a disaster of a scheme both financially and the environment. Why is it ok for politicians to incur these debts on our behalf but not worry about helping business overcome short term cashflow problems in the credit squeeze?
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we have recetly taken advamtage of the car scapage scheme, however because we do not get the new motor till january we have to pay the higher rate of VAT !!
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Even with the £2000 scrappage I cannot afford a New car.
So why not give me more of an incentive, such as cheaper road fund licence. (Ha Ha what a joke that is as most of it goes elswhere and NOT on the roads as it should).
If the road tax was cheaper, or FREE as it was in the past for cars that hit their 25th birthday then more of our heritage would be preserved.
The stupid pratts that thought of the scrappage scheme should have worked out that older cars well maintained produce a lot less polution than even brand new Euroboxes and they actually do a better MPG too.
My 1982 Reliant Scimitar produces HALF the emmissions of most modern cars.
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strange the different answers, my wife has a car ordered on a scrappage deal but the garage are insisting we wait until Dec when the car is 10 years old and only giving us £1700 scrappage
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Suzi...my car is delayed but Ford have re-assured me I pay the price I signed for...in July...
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In The One Show programme broadcast on Thursday 05 November, Dom referred to scrappage time being reduced from 10 years to 9 and a half years for cars. Is this correct. (He says it at about 7 minutes in to the programme).
Thanks very much
Matt.
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My father passed away in september he has had he not have passed away the car would have been eligable for the scrappage scheme, but it has now been passed on to my mother and it has only been in her possesion for 3 months, she is not married to him but has been his partner for 20 years plus. i am turning 17 in january and looking to drive, but his car is a 1.6 litre engine and insurance would bee to high, are we still eligable for the scheme? thanks
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