Figures from the SMMT show that 324,991 new cars were registered through the scrappage scheme by the end of February.
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Scrappage registrations reach 324,991 units
Scrappage scheme ends, hard work begins
March is obviously a busy month for franchised car dealers, and perhaps carries more significance this year given that it [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car Makers Premier League – February 2010
It’s time once again for the Car Makers Premier League where each month we take a look at the top [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Scrappage scheme enters final stage
The final phase of the Government’s scrappage scheme began yesterday (Wednesday 24th February).
Car manufacturers have been allocated shares of about [...]
Every Kia now gets a seven year warranty
You may have heard that Korean manufacturer Kia is extending its unique seven-year warranty to all the cars in its [...]
Read the rest of this entry »It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
A lot of people say that the internet is the best and worst thing that has ever happened to the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »UK car production up 64.8% in January
Car production in the rose 64.8% in January compared to the same month last year and is the biggest year-on-year [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Scrappage registrations pass 315,000 units
The total number of cars and light vans registered through the scrappage scheme up to the end of January has [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car Makers Premier League – January 2010
It’s a new season for the Car Makers Premier League where each month the top 20 manufacturers in terms of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Business is brisk as car buyers emerge from the cold
At last we are getting reports that trade is becoming brisk again, deals are being done and buyers, fed up [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Scrappage scheme to be extended by 1 month
The BBC has reported that the UK car scrappage scheme is to be extended for a further month.
It was due [...]
European car markets continue to be buoyed by scrappage incentives
Scrapping schemes continue to revitalise the European car market, which managed a fall of just 1.6 percent in 2009 sales, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Hyundai chase market share but at what cost?
With the scrappage scheme due to imminently disappear up its own tailpipe Hyundai are trying hard to find ways of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Record drop in CO2 output thanks to scrappage scheme
The average – CO2 output in the UK has fallen a record 8.9g/km to 149.8 g/km. The output of vehicles [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Quota system to be introduced for “smooth closing” to scrappage scheme
Motor manufacturers are to have a quota system imposed by the Government for the remainder of the scrappage scheme after [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The scrappage scheme may end but it won’t be finished
It was about this time last year that we were waiting for any kind of good news. Jobs were being [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Car Makers Champions League 2009
Decembers’ new car registration figures are in so we can take a look at the final table for 2009. Who [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Round 1 – Kia gear up for the end of scrappage battle
There can be no doubt about the real beneficiaries of the UK scrappage scheme. It’s not the punter as in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »UK 2009 car sales set to be better than expected at 2 million units
According to the SMMT UK new car sales for 2009 are expected to beat expectations when they are officially released [...]
Read the rest of this entry »German new car registrations expected to be down in December
Contrary to other main European markets the biggest new-car market in Germany has declined for the first month since the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Spanish car sales up 25 percent in December
Spanish car makers’ association ANFAC revealed today that car sales rose 25.1 percent year-on-year in December, supported by government incentives [...]
Read the rest of this entry »France on course for best new car sales since 2001
France is expected to record its best year for car sales since 2001, according to French industry minister Christian Estrosi. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Renault to top up the French scrappage scheme for 2 months
Renault have revealed they will subsidise sales of its cars in the French home market until the end of February [...]
Read the rest of this entry »2010 – Car business takes its medicine and moves on
This time last year MTI was talking about the so called “big 3” in Detroit and the US administration’s fight [...]
Read the rest of this entry »2009 and the year ahead
As 2009 draws to a close and we reflect on a tumultuous year it’s fair to say the ups and [...]
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