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French Car Scrappage Scheme

  • 09-05-2011 10:57am
    #1
    taung
    Closed Accounts Posts: 339 ✭✭


    Hi,

    When a Irish consumer scraps a car while buying a qualifying car he/she is entitled to €1,250 from the Irish government.

    Does anyone know if the new car bought is made by a French car producer is the producer also entitled to claim the scrappage deal (€1,000) from the French authorities?

    I guess this would explain why Renault and Peugeot are able to offer such huge discounts on their new cars at the moment......


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  • #2
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Are the French government even doing a scrappage scheme?


    Either way I doubt they would get anything off them. The scrappage scheme here is based on the car being registered as its a VRt reduction, not just a €1250 cheque they send out. If the VRT applicable to the car is less than €1250 you only get the reduced amount off (iirc one of the Twingo models only gets €1000 or somthing off as scrappage cos thats all the VRT it attracts).

    I'd assume most or all scrappage schemes run on a registration basis so the fact the car is made there (they're not all made in France anyway)is irrelevant to their scrappage scheme.


  • #3
    taung
    Closed Accounts Posts: 339 ✭✭taung


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Are the French government even doing a scrappage scheme?


    Either way I doubt they would get anything off them. The scrappage scheme here is based on the car being registered as its a VRt reduction, not just a €1250 cheque they send out. If the VRT applicable to the car is less than €1250 you only get the reduced amount off (iirc one of the Twingo models only gets €1000 or somthing off as scrappage cos thats all the VRT it attracts).

    I'd assume most or all scrappage schemes run on a registration basis so the fact the car is made there (they're not all made in France anyway)is irrelevant to their scrappage scheme.

    The French government is running a scrappage scheme alright (although it may be in 'phase-out' mode at the moment, like the Irish one). I'm guessing that, somehow, the French car producers are able to get money from the French government for each car that is scrapped in Ireland (when buying a new French car).....how else could they afford to give such huge discounts?


  • #4
    taung
    Closed Accounts Posts: 339 ✭✭taung


    OSI wrote: »
    Price inflation

    But, how come the equivalent discounts (less the governement scrappage money) aren't given to new car buyers that aren't scrapping a car?


  • #5
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    taung wrote: »
    But, how come the equivalent discounts (less the governement scrappage money) aren't given to new car buyers?

    It's about growing market share. Discount for a few years to get a lot of your cars on to peoples driveways , a certain % will stay brand loyal. Other people see nice shiney cars and want some of that, if they see Meganes everywhere they will be on their mind come new car time. This country is Toyota, Ford and VW obsessed . A bit of a change from that cant be bad.

    Sure look at the amount of people who have been going out and replacing their corrolla or the like with another one every couple of years, even when the model hadnt changed. Theres an old couple across the road from me that have been buying new micras every 2 or 3 years for as long as I can remember.


  • #6
    robtri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭robtri


    taung wrote: »
    how else could they afford to give such huge discounts?

    the exact same way the manufacturers can give massive discounts on their cars to fleet customers.......
    as well as find money to pay the dealers large incentives for targets reached for sales numbers....


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  • #7
    Cionád
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,002 ✭✭✭Cionád


    taung wrote: »
    But, how come the equivalent discounts (less the governement scrappage money) aren't given to new car buyers that aren't scrapping a car?

    In some places, they are.


  • #8
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    It's about growing market share. Discount for a few years to get a lot of your cars on to peoples driveways , a certain % will stay brand loyal. Other people see nice shiney cars and want some of that, if they see Meganes everywhere they will be on their mind come new car time. This country is Toyota, Ford and VW obsessed . A bit of a change from that cant be bad.

    Sure look at the amount of people who have been going out and replacing their corrolla or the like with another one every couple of years, even when the model hadnt changed. Theres an old couple across the road from me that have been buying new micras every 2 or 3 years for as long as I can remember.

    trabants were everywhere in soviet times, doesnt make them good , I have a feeling a lot of people will have a sour taste in their mouth at the cost of keeping their 'bargain' new renaults running when the warranty expires


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