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Vancouver Wants To Get Rid of Old Cars With Free Bus and Train Rides
Vancouver Wants To Get Rid of Old Cars With Free Bus and Train Rides

18 Feb 2023, 19:20 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / Ready to give up on your car and use public transport? Even if you’re not, this program might make vehicle ownership feel dated or expensive

 
Ford Announces London Commercial Vehicle Scrappage Scheme
Ford Announces London Commercial Vehicle Scrappage Scheme

4 Apr 2011, 12:01 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ford has pledged its support for a cleaner, greener London by launching a scrappage program for its customers of commercial vehicles there. The company has promised savings of up to £3,000 und...

 
UK Scrappage Pilot Scheme for Electric Scooters Begins
UK Scrappage Pilot Scheme for Electric Scooters Begins

3 Feb 2011, 09:41 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Government’s scrappage scheme for cars has enjoyed a great deal of success on the British market in 2010, so it was only natural that one day a similar move will be initiated for motorbike...

 
New Car Sales in Germany Fell by 6% in November
New Car Sales in Germany Fell by 6% in November

2 Dec 2010, 16:14 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Though it's not on a complete path to recovery, Germany’s sales market only posted a 6 percent drop in November as compared to last year. Though the figures are nothing to be optimistic a...

 
Bilstein Closes Alonsotegi Plant in Spain
Bilstein Closes Alonsotegi Plant in Spain

5 Jul 2010, 12:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a move which once again brings into the spotlight the economic crisis that hammered the automotive industry last year, German supplier Bilstein, one of the biggest suspension systems manufacturer...

 
Hyundai Breaks Record in the UK: Sells More than 15,000 Cars in March
Hyundai Breaks Record in the UK: Sells More than 15,000 Cars in March

8 Apr 2010, 14:01 UTC · By: Dan Mihalascu / Hyundai announced today that it had broken a commercial record in March 2010, selling 15,241 cars in the UK and setting the company's best monthly result ever. The previous best month was Septe...

 
Mazda UK Introduces Special Offers
Mazda UK Introduces Special Offers

22 Mar 2010, 09:32 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Car manufacturers in the UK are making efforts to maintain their sales level after the country’s scrappage scheme has reached its end. Last week, we reported that Vauxhall introduced a new ent...

 
Chinese Passenger Car Market Surged in February
Chinese Passenger Car Market Surged in February

9 Mar 2010, 10:29 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Chinese passenger car market grew by 55.3 percent in February (compared to the sales volume registered in the same month of 2009), managing a total of 942,900 units, as the China Association of ...

 
Russian Cash for Clunkers Program Affected by Bureaucracy
Russian Cash for Clunkers Program Affected by Bureaucracy

8 Mar 2010, 08:06 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Last year, the Russian automotive market saw a massive 56 percent decrease, only managing to total 1.4 million units, in spite of the fact that the country’s government had introduced a scrapp...

 
UK Auto Market Expands by 26 Percent in February
UK Auto Market Expands by 26 Percent in February

4 Mar 2010, 14:12 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The UK automotive market continues to grow: the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Trades released the country’s February sales reports that show a 26.4 percent increase as compared to the fi...

 
Hyundai ix35 Gets Five-Year Warranty & Assistance on UK Market
Hyundai ix35 Gets Five-Year Warranty & Assistance on UK Market

25 Feb 2010, 15:56 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The UK’s current scrappage scheme is scheduled to end on March 31 and many automakers are preparing special offers to stop their sales from falling. For example, Hyundai is preparing to introd...

 
China's Car-Buying Support Policies Show Effect
China's Car-Buying Support Policies Show Effect

14 Feb 2010, 19:24 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / On January 1 2010, the Chinese government debuted an automotive purchase stimulus program, allowing car buyers to couple a purchasing tax cut with a cash for clunkers scheme. This policy has generat...

 
Russian Automotive Market Contracted by 50 % in 2009
Russian Automotive Market Contracted by 50 % in 2009

8 Feb 2010, 15:07 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Russia’s automotive market has contracted by almost 50 percent in 2009, only managing to total 1.36 million units, as the Jato Dynamics market analysis company informs us. The Russian autom...

 
Fiat Will Close Siciliy Plant Despite Scrappage Scheme
Fiat Will Close Siciliy Plant Despite Scrappage Scheme

8 Feb 2010, 08:04 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Fiat is really keen on continuing its plans to close the Termini Imerese plant in Sicily and said, through the voice of its CEO Sergio Marchionne, that a local scrappage scheme won't save the p...

 
U.S. Unsatisfied With Japan's Cash for Clunkers Program
U.S. Unsatisfied With Japan's Cash for Clunkers Program

4 Feb 2010, 14:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The United States is disappointed with Japan’s modifications to the latter’s cash for clunkers program. The Japanese scrappage scheme now allows U.S. cars but limits their number, accord...

 
U.S. Cars Now Allowed in Japan’s Cash for Clunkers Program
U.S. Cars Now Allowed in Japan’s Cash for Clunkers Program

20 Jan 2010, 13:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Japan has modified its scrappage scheme conditions in order to allow U.S. cars to enter the program properly, subsequent to the United States’ complaints, Reuters noted. In a statement from...

 
UK: Mazda3 Tamura Introduced
UK: Mazda3 Tamura Introduced

19 Jan 2010, 09:59 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Mazda UK has announced the introduction of the Mazda3 1.6 Tamura special edition, which will be available from February 1, 2010. The edition is based on the TS model and is enhanced by a sports s...

 
UK Sales Increase Thanks to Scrappage
UK Sales Increase Thanks to Scrappage

5 Nov 2009, 11:58 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / The UK joined all the other Western European countries in reporting sales growth in the new car sector for October. The sales rose an annual 31.6 percent in October, mostly helped by a government in...

 
German Scrapping Scheme Coming to an End
German Scrapping Scheme Coming to an End

25 Aug 2009, 09:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / German authorities yesterday announced there will be no extension to the country's scrappage scheme past the funding currently allocated. Additionally, no alternative scheme is being planned, g...

 
Spain Approves Motorcycle Scrappage Scheme
Spain Approves Motorcycle Scrappage Scheme

8 Jul 2009, 14:02 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Spain’s Council of Ministers has approved a scrappage scheme for the sector of the two-wheeled vehicles that will go from 225 to 750 euros if the buyer gives up his old motorcycle. This aid pr...