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Last Auto account – Makers’ scrappage get-out Firms exclude assertive cars from arrangement and models axed and prices hiked to abstain loss

The Scrappage Arrangement is live! But while the cash-for-bangers activity has already afflicted up some exhibit action, it’s aswell been bedridden by agnosticism and
confusing baby print.

Despite the Government’s aboriginal affirmation that makers would not be able to exclude assertive models, we appear cars with cat-and-mouse lists of four months or added would be absolved in Issue 1,063.

Now, we can acquaint you absolutely which cars will be afflicted – and as our table (right) spells out, accepted entry-level city-limits cars and superminis are the a lot of acceptable candidates.

The Kia Picanto 1.0 acme our league, afterwards we rang annular dealers and manufacturers to acquisition that buyers would accept to adjournment up to 23 weeks for this car. VW’s Fox 1.2 could aswell abatement abhorrent of the four-month aphorism – with a 20-week adjournment anticipated.

While this account could leave abounding motorists disappointed, it’s a accessible get-out article for makers anxious about affairs base-spec city-limits cars at a loss. But some – including Vauxhall – aren’t demography any chances, and are bottomward these machines from their agency altogether. It’s axed its Agila and Corsa Expression. â??Knocking £1,000 off that trim artlessly isn’t economical,â? a agent confirmed.

Insiders affirmation added firms may strategically adjournment the barrage of new city-limits cars, to accumulate them out of the running. Meanwhile, Nissan has added the amount of its approaching new Pixo by £1,000 – finer removing the architect abatement on the car. That leaves the access Visia archetypal at £6,995. A backer claimed the amount access was â??nothing to do with scrappageâ?.

All this manoeuvring has aswell larboard dealers confused. Our ring-round appear they didn’t consistently accede with architect estimates of supply times – or the rules of the arrangement itself.

One Renault salesman in Exeter told us the Twingo 1.2 Freeway wasn’t accessible on the activity â??as there’s not abundant accumulation in the carâ?. But Renault assured us that was â??an errorâ?.

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