Diesel scrappage scheme: BMW and Ford accused of cashing in on fears by suggesting £2k off a fresh car

C ar manufacturers are cashing in on a diesel price scare by launching scrappage schemes for drivers of polluting cars who agree to buy brand fresh “greener” versions.

It comes after the Government threatened to develop a diesel scrappage scheme but failed to go after it through.

Now manufacturers including BMW and Ford are taking matters into their own arms with their own pollution-reducing trade-in schemes.

Both have said they will give drivers of pre-2009 diesel vehicles a £2,000 discount if they trade it in and by a fresh car.

Last night experts said that albeit the moves would go some way towards reducing air pollution they were also designed to boost sales of fresh cars, as discounts are not suggested on used models.

A fter years of rising sales the number of people buying fresh cars is commencing to slip with the longest downwards streak in sales since 2011.

Forecasts from Lookers demonstrate the fresh car market is expected to shrink by Two.6 per cent this year.

Edmund King, president of the AA, said: “These initiatives are obviously there to boost sales of fresh cars, but if they are going to take polluting diesel cars off the road, then that has to be a good thing.

“I expect other manufacturers will go after suit and suggest diesel drivers incentives to trade in, as it is attractive for them to do.”

F ollowing the announcement of a number of fresh taxes and penalties for diesel drivers, sales data has exposed that used diesel car values have fallen below used petrol car values for the very first time.

Fears are now growing that values will begin to fall as request for used diesel cars is declining. Data from the SMMT shows that there are approximately Nineteen.Trio million pre-Euro five emission level passenger cars on UK roads.

F ord claims that reducing this number through scrappage programs, the amount of CO2 in the air could be diminished by fifteen million tons per year, equivalent to the annual output of approximately three coal-fired power stations.

Andy Barratt, chairman and MD of Ford, said “Ford shares society’s concerns over air quality. “Removing generations of the most polluting vehicles will have the most instantaneous positive effect on air quality, and this Ford scrappage scheme aims to do just that.

“We don’t believe incentivising sales of fresh cars goes far enough and we will ensure that all trade-in vehicles are scrapped. Acting together we can take hundreds of thousands of the messiest cars off our roads and out of our cities.”

Mr Barratt added that it would be too complicated to suggest the discount on Euro six standard 2nd mitt cars, as they are sold at local Ford franchisees at varying prices.

Diesel scrappage scheme: BMW and Ford accused of cashing in on fears by suggesting £2k off a fresh car

Diesel scrappage scheme: BMW and Ford accused of cashing in on fears by suggesting £2k off a fresh car

C ar manufacturers are cashing in on a diesel price scare by launching scrappage schemes for drivers of polluting cars who agree to buy brand fresh “greener” versions.

It comes after the Government threatened to develop a diesel scrappage scheme but failed to go after it through.

Now manufacturers including BMW and Ford are taking matters into their own arms with their own pollution-reducing trade-in schemes.

Both have said they will give drivers of pre-2009 diesel vehicles a £2,000 discount if they trade it in and by a fresh car.

Last night experts said that albeit the moves would go some way towards reducing air pollution they were also designed to boost sales of fresh cars, as discounts are not suggested on used models.

A fter years of rising sales the number of people buying fresh cars is embarking to slip with the longest downwards streak in sales since 2011.

Forecasts from Lookers showcase the fresh car market is expected to shrink by Two.6 per cent this year.

Edmund King, president of the AA, said: “These initiatives are obviously there to boost sales of fresh cars, but if they are going to take polluting diesel cars off the road, then that has to be a good thing.

“I expect other manufacturers will go after suit and suggest diesel drivers incentives to trade in, as it is attractive for them to do.”

F ollowing the announcement of a number of fresh taxes and penalties for diesel drivers, sales data has exposed that used diesel car values have fallen below used petrol car values for the very first time.

Fears are now growing that values will begin to fall as request for used diesel cars is declining. Data from the SMMT shows that there are approximately Nineteen.Three million pre-Euro five emission level passenger cars on UK roads.

F ord claims that reducing this number through scrappage programs, the amount of CO2 in the air could be diminished by fifteen million tons per year, equivalent to the annual output of approximately three coal-fired power stations.

Andy Barratt, chairman and MD of Ford, said “Ford shares society’s concerns over air quality. “Removing generations of the most polluting vehicles will have the most instantaneous positive effect on air quality, and this Ford scrappage scheme aims to do just that.

“We don’t believe incentivising sales of fresh cars goes far enough and we will ensure that all trade-in vehicles are scrapped. Acting together we can take hundreds of thousands of the muddiest cars off our roads and out of our cities.”

Mr Barratt added that it would be too complicated to suggest the discount on Euro six standard 2nd arm cars, as they are sold at local Ford franchisees at varying prices.

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