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04/09/2009
Scrappage Scheme Boosts Car Sales
The government's car scrappage scheme has pushed up UK car sales by 6% from a year ago, according to the latest industry figures.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' statistics show a total of 67,006 cars were sold in August, the second consecutive month of growth.
The sales increase in July had been for the first year-on-year growth in 15 months.
The incentive scheme introduced in May allows 10-year-old cars to be scrapped in return for a £2,000 discount on a new model.
SMMT Chief Executive Paul Everitt said: "The scrappage incentive scheme is having a positive impact but with consumer and business confidence still fragile, there remain significant risks ahead.
"It is essential that these early signs of recovery are sustained into 2010."
(GK/BMcC)
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders' statistics show a total of 67,006 cars were sold in August, the second consecutive month of growth.
The sales increase in July had been for the first year-on-year growth in 15 months.
The incentive scheme introduced in May allows 10-year-old cars to be scrapped in return for a £2,000 discount on a new model.
SMMT Chief Executive Paul Everitt said: "The scrappage incentive scheme is having a positive impact but with consumer and business confidence still fragile, there remain significant risks ahead.
"It is essential that these early signs of recovery are sustained into 2010."
(GK/BMcC)
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There were 367,929 new UK car registrations last month as motorists continued to take advantage of the scrappage scheme under which they receive a £2,000 discount on vehicles more than 10 years old when they buy a new model. That means that sales of new cars increased by 11.4% in September compared with the same month last year.
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