Old scrappage scheme.

Phil Ward, editor of Auto Italia has just emailed me a document listing all 392227 cars destroyed under the scrappage scheme.

142 of which were Fiat Coupes.

Not as many as I thought. But shame though.

How much do you get now for scrapping a car?

There is a certain red Coupe that the current owner bought unknowingly, that this was a car that had been traded in via the scrappage scheme.
This car then won an award at one of the shows last year.

Don't think he did join the forum.

If it's the one I'm thinking of, he hasn't joined the forum.

Didn't know it was an ex scrappage car. Putting them back on the road wasn't supposed to happen, but I do know of a Midget which got through: I was offered it myself.

Yes, it will be Pete. I had a chat with him and told me about it. Apparently it was sorted so no problems.

Just crazey though! The two extremes. A car that was going to be crushed for whatever the reasoning, can and did without any work, or very little win an award!

How does a car that was through the scrappage scheme get back on the road?

Sparkyman and myself bought a coupe through the scheme the last time with the intention of breaking it for parts. The car only did 30-40 thousand miles and was one of the cleanest examples i've ever seen! The condition of the car far superseded any of the well-loved road going ones

Just a real shame that examples like these went into the scheme, never to be brought back on the road (legally?)

Hmmmmm!

One wonders how many cars were not actually put through the scrappage system: if a car came in worth - unknown to the owner - somewhat more than the two grand, a dealer might 'scrap' it for two grand without logging it as such, and then resell for a profit.

These are dealers trying to sell new cars though. I doubt they would want the hassle of trying to sell an old fiat
I'm not sure what the exact mechanism of the scheme is.. But I believe that the dealer would also need to log in the scrap in order to be rebated back the 2 grand discount on the new car that they just sold?

There was an article on BBC news site in the last week or two about car lots full of cars from the scrappage scheme that hadn't been scrapped but couldn't be released for sale. I can't find it now though.

I saw that - and signed the related petition. However, according to Cappo (a friend of his knows the facility in question), it's old news and the associated pics were taken a couple of years ago. It seems that the cars are now gone.

Outed through car auctions, most part-ex's and such are put through auctions by main dealers when over 3 years old etc.

Yeah through auctions which they don't really make money from. They just want rid of the car..thats why it goes out through auctions.

Interesting info, thanks to Phil and Pete for posting