Van Scrappage: Does this affect the van leasing market?
On 28 September 2009, the government announced plans for a further £100 million funding for the scrappage scheme. It now means that the scheme will cover up to 400,000 vehicle.
The rules of the scheme will be unchanged except for the date of first registration in the UK, and apply only to the purchase of a new vehicle and does not extend to van lease.
Citroen sold more vans under the scrappage discount scheme than any other manufacturer for the third month in a row during November.
Sales of LCVs were 152 for the company during November – an amazing 26% of the total number of LCVs sold through the scrappage scheme.
It sold a total of 548 vans over September, October and November via the scheme 25.7 per cent of the total.
There have been 825 Citroen registrations under scrappage since the successful scheme was launched in the spring.
Citroen’s Commercial Vehicle Operations Manager Robert Handyside said: “Many UK businesses, with older vehicles, have been only too willing to upgrade to a modern.”
Figures released in September named Citroen as the number one choice for new van buyers.
One in ten vans sold were made by Citroen during the month. The total reached was 2,876 registrations, with sales split fairly equally between the Nemo, Dispatch and Relay vans.
Contact your local dealer to see if they have joined the vehicle discount scheme. They will check that your vehicle and the new vehicle you want to buy both meet the rules of the scheme. When you have agreed a sale, the dealer will take over the paperwork and coordinate the scrapping of your old vehicle.
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