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Scrappage Scheme bites in the UK

Green Cars News

The much derided scrappage scheme in the UK has started to benefit new car registrations for June 09. in June, however private individual registrations actually increased by approx 4% giving a much needed boost to several carmakers such as Ford, Kia, and Hyundai that have all experienced a growth in new car sales through June. “We

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Scrappage scheme slashes CO2 levels

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The scrappage scheme has put the car industry on track to meet the EU target of 130g/km of CO2 by 2012. per cent in the first nine months of 2009 from an average of 159.31g/km in September 2008 to 150.56g/km in September 2009. According to publisher Jay Nagley, the achievement should send a message to the entire car industry. “It

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Scrappage scheme boosts August car sales

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The car scrappage scheme continues to boost car registrations as sales rose 6.0 The second successive month of growth within the motor industry, August’s sales of 67,006 vehicles build on the 2.4 Green cars dominated the top selling models, the frugal Ford Focus was the best selling model in August, ahead of the Fiesta and Hyundai i10.