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SUCCESS for the German new car scrappage scheme is to see the scheme extend beyond the original deadline.

The scheme is going to TRIPLE in size, due to the massive success it has so far proven to be.
The original budget of just over £1 billion will grow to £4.5 billion, says the BBC.
This is because the [...]

SCRAPPAGE will be given the green light in the budget on 22 April, PM Gordon Brown hints today.
He has said in a headline interview with The Independent newspaper that the Government is looking at a £2000 new car scrap scheme.
This is part of his desire to make Britain a ‘world leader’ in green vehicle production [...]

SO far, 11 EU countries have launched ‘fleet renewal’ schemes – widely called new car scrappage schemes.
The results have been startling.
German new car registrations have improved by 30 percent – and new car orders rose by a staggering 70 percent!
Findings announced by the European automobile manufacturers association ACEA says that this could drive up 2009 [...]

JAGUAR, Land Rover and Nissan have received crucial funding from the European Investment Bank.
The packages are focussed on helping develop green vehicles and technologies.
JLR will use the cash to help cut vehicle emissions and Nissan will spend the money at its plants in Sunderland and Spain to build energy efficient cars.
JLR secured £340m from the [...]

SMMT chief Paul Everitt today writes exclusively for Car Dealer on why a scrappage scheme is right for the UK.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders boss has backed our Scrappage Scheme Now campaign and says the plan will bolster the flagging car industry.
Car Dealer is calling for the government to make a decision NOW [...]

SCRAPPAGE incentives for new cars must be extended to the used car market too, says the country’s car fleet representative.
The Association of Chief Fleet Operators says that used cars up to four years old, with CO2 emissions of 165g/km or less, should also be covered by the scrap scheme.
This could be a sliding scale [...]

NEW car sales in Germany have spiraled – and it’s all thanks to the Government’s new car scrappage scheme.
Figures just out show that sales for March were up by a staggering 40 PERCENT.
And that’s compared with a year ago, before the impacts of the recession were fully felt.
It comes on the back of a 21 [...]

CAR dealers will, within days, present a framework to the Government on a new car scrappage scheme.

The RMIF reports that the paper will be delivered to the PM soon, on exactly how the scheme could work – and the benefits it would bring to the country.
‘Measures to help revive new car sales in the UK, [...]

CAR dealers have taken their call for a new vehicle scrappage scheme to the heart of Government.
An online petition has been set up, imploring the PM to launch the new car sales incentive.
Set up by digital marketing specialists iDealer, the petition calls for the Government to offer buyers £2000 towards the purchase of a new [...]

PLUNGING demand for ‘green’ new cars means a new car scrappage scheme is even more imperative.
Motoring.co.uk says searches for green cars on its site have fallen by 16 percent since February, as car buyers prioritise saving money, not the planet.
Any scrappage scheme would encourage buyers to choose eco-friendly models, which would help reverse this negative [...]