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CLASSIC FM listener Chris Flynn was the lucky winner of a Subaru Legacy in a competition 11 years ago.
More than a decade on, it’s time to change – and this time he’s paid for his new car.
What’s more, it’s a Subaru car dealer that’s finally got him to open his wallet! Derek Slack Motors has [...]

SCRAPPAGE incentives are widely being credited as the driving force behind recent new car sales rises.
However, the SMMT has just released data, showing that October sales would have gone up even without scrappage
The market would have risen by 3.9 percent over 2008 levels – less than the actual scrappage-boosted 31.6 percent figure, but still worthwhile.
New [...]

SCRAPPAGE incentives will not only save lives, but also save the Government millions of pounds, say experts.
The IAM says the scrappage scheme has helped put lots of Euro NCAP-starring new cars on the road.
These have replaced old bangers, which often lack ABS, airbags, traction control or other safety measures.
Which will, says IAM director Neil Greig, [...]

FORD has ALREADY sold 100,000 new Fiestas so far this year – with 2 months of 2009 still to go.

October’s sales figures have seen the blue oval supermini become the first car to reach the 6-figure mark.
Nigel Sharp, Ford Britain MD, said ‘notching up over 100,000 sales this year is a significant milestone for the [...]

NEW car sales for October were  up a huge 31.6% on 2008 levels - the biggest month of growth in 2009.
Figures just released by the SMMT show that 168,942 new cars were sold in October.
This takes the year-to-date total to 1,685,981 sales - meaning the year-on-year fall continues to decline. It now stands at -12.3 [...]

NEW car sales rises are being driven by small cars, reveals latest registration data from the SMMT.

Supermini sales are up 47.9 percent in October – and city car sales are up an incredible 200 percent!
This has seen 7 out of the top 10 best-sellers being superminis.  It also means there are some surprises. The Hyundai [...]

DEALERS are missing out on loads of hot scrappage leads, claims automotive service provider HPI.
The company has a bank of leads that could potentially lead to sales under the scrappage scheme – but confusion means they’re not being snapped up.
HPI automotive director Daniel Burgess has told Car Dealer that dealers have been slow to respond [...]

SCRAPPAGE may be reaching its final months, but this is not stopping car makers releasing special deals.
Kia is the latest brand with a headline offer – a cee’d 1.4 for £7995.
This deal comprises a total saving of £3900; the massive extra incentive from Kia comes despite the cee’d range recently receiving a key facelift.
It is [...]

DRIVE a snotter of a scrapper, said Hyundai, and raise cash for WOMAC. Sounded pretty good to us, we reckoned.
After all, isn’t Bangers4BEN all about driving old cars over zany distances, and raising cash for charity? This would thus be good practice.
One Rover Maestro was thus duly delivered. Complete with exposed primer, smell of dog, [...]

NISSAN has increased production of the Micra at its Sunderland plant by a huge 40 percent.
The firm says this big rise is entirely down to the scrappage scheme.
It is aided by Nissan enhancing the scheme, with its ‘extended Trade-in offer’. This sees cars aged 8-10 years eligible for the £2000 new car scrap discount.
In September, [...]