Car scrappage scheme ends
31 Mar 2010
Around 400,000 customers have taken advantage of the £2000 grant to scrap an old car in exchange for a new one.
The car scrappage scheme a also provided a boost to the car industry at a time when it needed it most. The sector employs 180,000 people in 3,300 businesses in the UK.
The scheme officially comes to an end today, 31 March 2010. Car dealerships have up to four months (from the date of order) to deliver new vehicles ordered under the scheme.
Top facts on the scrappage scheme
- Latest figures show that scrappage contributed to approximately one fifth (20%) of all new car registrations since the scheme started
- Half (54%) of scrappage buyers surveyed had never bought a new car before
- More than half (56%) of those surveyed said they would not have bought any vehicle at this time if the scrappage scheme had not been introduced
- Cars bought through scrappage had average CO2 emissions of 133g/km – 27% lower than the average CO2 of scrapped cars
- The average age of cars scrapped under the scheme is just over 13 years - 90% of all cars scrapped in the scheme were between 10 and 16 years old (SMMT)
- Government data estimates that there may have been as many as 4,000 jobs supported by the scheme at manufacturers and suppliers across UK
- Of those surveyed 60% of car owners who bought a new vehicle under the scheme were over 60 years old
Useful links
BIS vehicle scrappage scheme information
DirectGov motoring information
Read the BIS press notice
