how do scrappage deals work?

jon1981 · 28-01-2008 11:25PM #1

Hi ,

when a garage says up to 3k off scrappage deal, how are they making money? i have a 01 corsa that i would like to get rid off but im hoping a garage brings back the scrappage deals this summer, any thoughts?

colm_mcm · 28-01-2008 11:29PM

up to 3k scrappage means some car maker is discouting a car by 3k and getting your car for free. Trick is you end up with an outdated unpopular car.

jon1981 · 28-01-2008 11:33PM

ah so if was looking for a 1.7 astra or something, i wouldn't neccesarily get the choice off the dealer

colm_mcm · 28-01-2008 11:36PM

I would've thought the 1.3 was the diesel engine to go for in the Astra?

jon1981 · 28-01-2008 11:38PM

really? im not gonna buy until the summer so i have yet to do the research, i just assumed the 1.7 would be better

Run_to_da_hills · 28-01-2008 11:41PM

Back in the early 80ies the old man bought a new MK1 Golf Diesel van, he thought he was clever by converting it into a car, ie took the rear seats out of a beetle and fitted windows. Then in the mid 90ies the government scrappage deal came in, he wanted to cash in on it and get a new car. They refused to entertain him because it was still registered on the log book as a van..he was sickened.

You get nothing for nothing, the private scrappage deals offered by motor dealers is a scam to get you to purchase old stock just months before a new model is about to appear, they might even throw a set of alloys, or a sun roof and into the deal!!. If they dont shift this stock they are stuck with it and will have to reduce its price anyway.

bazz26 · 29-01-2008 12:05AM

Slightly off topit but the Astra is available in 1.3. 1.7 and 1.9 diesel. 1.3 and 1.9 are definately Fiat Multi-jet engines. I think the 1.7 is a GM unit carried over from the previous generation Astra.

colm_mcm · 29-01-2008 12:10AM

I drove a 1.7 model 05 Astra Elite, Can't say it was more powerful than the 1.3 Based on an Isuzu engine IIRC.

bazz26 · 29-01-2008 12:28AM

Well the 1.7 litre has only 100bhp compared to the 1.3 litre's 90bhp. Though the 1.7 litre does have superior torque.

colm_mcm · 29-01-2008 12:31AM

was it 100bhp back in 05 or did it get uprated when the 1.3 came out?

bazz26 · 29-01-2008 12:41AM

Think is was a 100bhp since the current Astra was launched back in 2004.

colm_mcm · 29-01-2008 01:02AM

jebus! didn't feel that quick. then again peak HP and torque is only half the story

S.I.R · 29-01-2008 02:53AM

bazz26 wrote: »

Slightly off topit but the Astra is available in 1.3. 1.7 and 1.9 diesel. 1.3 and 1.9 are definately Fiat Multi-jet engines. I think the 1.7 is a GM unit carried over from the previous generation Astra.

1.7 is the isuzu engine which imo is the best but haven said that , iszuzu just happen to be the best car on the road ( with some of the worst driverson the road :rolleyes: )

either way if your buying an astra your not getting a bad car though i thought a 01 corsa would be worth more mianly because its the insurable 1 liter model and its not that old !

how do scrappage deals work?

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