Clearing The Roads Of Older Vans
Vans are the latest vehicle to be considered for the UK governments buy-back deal that at the moment only applies to used cars. For the time being if your car is 9 years or older, you can get paid £1K for scrapping it by the government. Additionally, you can get another £1000 from a car manufacturer if you decide to buy a new one from them. The theory behind this is that it will not only remove unsafe cars from Britain’s roads but also help stimulate the new car markets.Initial findings seem good, with an rise of around 11% for new car sales compared to the same time last year.
the positive signs from the new cars markets have not gone unnoticed by the government and it is no surprise that they have been thinking about rolling out the same concept for vans. The van industry is suffering much the same as the new car market, with construction industries gearing down and more companies choosing to lease vans rather than buy. In much the same way as the car deal, van owners could pick up £1K if they decide to get rid of the 9+ year old van. There would then be another incentive, which is yet to be agreed by van manufacturers, to purchase a new van rather than take a Vauxhall van leasing deal for example
A number of van manufacturers such as Ford, Renault and Iveco have given their support already and agreed they would back the proposal. A spokesman at Ford, James Milton stated “the industry is in need of some help and hopefully this will do the trick”. He went on to say that ford van leasing still is a big business for them but they would still prefer people buy new. older vans simply don’t have the necessary safety features that the newer models do. Every year there are thousands of injuries caused to people in vans and this number could be brought down if newer models where upgraded to.
