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Penske Dealers Sued Over Scrappage Refund
Penske Dealers Sued Over Scrappage Refund

27 Oct 2009, 07:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Usually, a news about a New York consumer engaging in a class action against automotive dealer Penske over a scrappage refund would have passed unnoticed, if not for the American taste for precedent...

 
UK September Sales, Up 11 Percent
UK September Sales, Up 11 Percent

6 Oct 2009, 13:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The extension of the country's scrappage scheme can come only as a pice of good news for the British automotive industry. Ever since it was set in place, the scheme boosted UK sales into "...

 
No Scrappage Scheme in Turkey
No Scrappage Scheme in Turkey

5 Oct 2009, 14:48 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Even if scrappage schemes have proved to be very efficient in most countries around the world, especially in the United States, Turkey won't launch such a campaign, Industry Minister Nihat Ergu...

 
Suzuki UK Launches Special Finance Offers
Suzuki UK Launches Special Finance Offers

1 Oct 2009, 13:48 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The British division of Suzuki has just revealed its autumn financing offers for UK customers, allowing them to purchase a new car through the scrappage program or by trading in a more recent model....

 
UK Extends Scrappage Scheme
UK Extends Scrappage Scheme

29 Sep 2009, 06:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The British governement decided yesterday afternoon to extend the country's scrappage scheme by providing an additional 100 million pounds in funding for the program. According to the estimatio...

 
UK Runs Out of Scrappage Money
UK Runs Out of Scrappage Money

28 Sep 2009, 10:56 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The British government has been asked to extend the money used for the scrappage scheme as the funds are close to be exhausted. Consultants at Deloitte have already requested the country's offi...

 
Ford Boosts UK Production Thanks to High Scrappage Demand
Ford Boosts UK Production Thanks to High Scrappage Demand

14 Sep 2009, 09:30 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We already told you that Ford is one of the companies that benefited the most from the European scrappage schemes so it appears that the US automaker is trying to cope with the increasing demand by ...

 
Scrappage Scheme Shows Results in UK
Scrappage Scheme Shows Results in UK

4 Sep 2009, 11:26 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Britain shows signs of getting back on track with the automotive industry. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) announced that new-car sales rose 6 percent in August compared to the...

 
German Scrappage Out of Funds by September 10
German Scrappage Out of Funds by September 10

28 Aug 2009, 09:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Sad news for the German automotive industry, as the Centre for Automotive Research in Duisburg-Essen reported the 5 billion euro fund keeping the country's scrappage incentive  is running ...

 
NFDA Calls for Scrappage Extension
NFDA Calls for Scrappage Extension

25 Aug 2009, 13:32 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The motors which drove the world automotive industry forward these past few months are running low on fuel. With funding running out for most of the scrappage incentives set in place by governments,...

 
Scrapping Scheme Slows UK's Car Industry Collapse
Scrapping Scheme Slows UK's Car Industry Collapse

21 Aug 2009, 13:11 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The United Kingdom car production decline has been slowed down by the scrapping incentives offered by the government, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders is claiming. Still, the figures a...

 
150,000 Cars Sold Through UK Scrappage
150,000 Cars Sold Through UK Scrappage

11 Aug 2009, 09:24 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Scrappage schemes brought significant changes all over the world, as governments encouraged buyers to purchase new and greener models with cash vouchers offered in exchange for trading-in old cars. ...

 
German Scrappage Fraud Investigation on the Way
German Scrappage Fraud Investigation on the Way

6 Aug 2009, 09:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The German federal criminal office, BKA, has begun a fraud investigation based on the suspicion that thousands of traded-in vehicles have been smuggled abroad instead of being junked, Autonews repor...

 
How CARS Helps the Economy
How CARS Helps the Economy

29 Jul 2009, 12:45 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / You all know by now the American version of a scrappage program, the so-called Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) debuted this week. What not all know is that the program has begun lending a hand to...

 
Japanese Carmakers Lose Ground in Europe
Japanese Carmakers Lose Ground in Europe

24 Jul 2009, 10:27 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / While some automakers are simply jubilating after posting very high sales thanks to European scrappage schemes, Japanese companies are still losing ground on the Old Continent as they fail to take a...

 
Half of UK Scrappage Money Used Up
Half of UK Scrappage Money Used Up

22 Jul 2009, 13:58 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The British scrapping program is going impressively well and the money is slowly running out. Almost half of the cash offered by the UK government for the scrapping scheme has been used by automaker...

 
Hyundai i10 Gets 10,000 Orders Through UK Scrappage
Hyundai i10 Gets 10,000 Orders Through UK Scrappage

22 Jul 2009, 08:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Hyundai is one of the companies which benefit the most from the UK scrapping scheme and, after announcing very high sales for most of its models, the automaker comes back in front of the media repre...

 
Ford Still No. 1 in UK Scrappage
Ford Still No. 1 in UK Scrappage

17 Jul 2009, 13:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / At the beginning of the month, Ford proudly reported that they have received no less than 12,000 orders in the UK, an increase in consumer appetite driven forward by UK's scrappage incentive. T...

 
Canada Wants Electric CARS
Canada Wants Electric CARS

16 Jul 2009, 15:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Canadian Ontario government is on the verge of submitting a bill which will set in motion a rebate system the like of which the world has never seen. At least this is what Dalton McGuinty, the r...

 
Ford Reported Diminished Sales in Europe
Ford Reported Diminished Sales in Europe

13 Jul 2009, 14:27 UTC · By: Alexandru Radu Chis / Ford of Europe registered a 16.3 percent drop in new car sales in the first half of 2009 in Europe, yet some good news did come from Ford's main 19 European markets, which in June saw the first...