Car dealers see scrappage scheme success grow

‘Government figures that report 35,000 car sales resulting from the vehicle scrappage scheme would seem to show that the scheme is having a positive effect on the new car market,’ according to Sue Robinson, Director of the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF), the trade association for the retail motor sector that represents 8,000 UK businesses that sell, service, and repair new and used vehicles.

Robinson continues: ‘The incentive scheme is helping the industry revive sales, while also helping consumers get into a new car. This is a double win.’

She adds: ‘The RMIF is conducting a study of the impact of the scheme by surveying the reaction seen by dealers. The results of the survey will be published next week.’