Volkswagen announces scrappage scheme for old diesels

German car giant could offer up to £6,000
if your diesel car was registered before 2010

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Owners of any diesel-engined vehicle registered before 2010 can
receive up to £6,000 to put towards a new car fitted with a cleaner
Euro 6-compliant engine. Diesel-engined vehicles that aren’t part
of the Volkswagen Group will also qualify for the deal.

Motors that conform to the EU’s strict Euro 6 engine regulations
produce less nitrogen oxide (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO2) and other
harmful gases, says AutoExpress. These regulations can also
mean “improved fuel economy”. 

Buyers can put the money they receive for trading in their old
vehicle towards a host of car brands within the Volkswagen Group,
reports the BBC, including Audi, Seat and Skoda.

According to the broadcaster, the Japanese car giant Toyota also
launched a scrappage scheme today. The deal offers buyers up to
£4,000 off a new car when they trade in their old diesel
vehicle. 

Volkswagen and Toyota join a growing list of manufacturers
offering scrappage schemes, which the Daily Telegraph says was sparked by the
German carmaker admitting that 11m of its vehicles across the world
had been fitted with devices to cheat emission tests two years
ago.

The scandal, dubbed “Dieselgate”, led the company to “recall cars
in the UK fitted with defeat devices to make them comply with
regulations”, the newspaper says.  

Volkswagen has since “fixed 775,000 of the 1.15m affected
vehicles in Britain”, the paper adds, although “difficulties”
finding the remaining cars could mean that they won’t all receive
the necessary fix. 

Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda’s diesel scrappage schemes run
until 31 December.