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Almost 400,000 vehicles were ordered through the scrappage scheme since its introduction a year ago. Figures have shown that the use of scrappage accounted for more than 18% of new car sales. "The scheme helped support our economy and played a vital role in providing a much-needed boost to the UK automotive industry," said SMMT chief executive, Paul Everitt. The market for 2010 is predicted to perform well but will not achieve the peaks experienced during the scheme.

Analysis of the performance data of the new cars registered under the scrappage shows that they have 27% lower average CO2 emissions than the cars they replaced and nearly 10% lower than all other cars registered in that period. Even though these are positive results, many raise the point that even though these new cars produce lower emissions, this does not offset the emissions produced during their manufacture. But those same critics also admit that while the scrappage has allowed the auto industry to recover, it has given them chance to develop greener products. All major manufacturers are now producing successful hybrid alternatives to regular petrol or diesel engines and the development of electric cars is fully under way.

One of the major arguments of the scheme is that many consumers were persuaded to buy a new car based on the discount they would receive, even if their existing car was perfectly fine and the 2000 offered an "unnecessary incentive." Considering the fact that a car needed a valid MOT and to drive to the garage under its own power to be eligible for the scheme, it suggests that many decent cars would have been wasted.

The scrappage scheme created a dilemma between helping save the auto industry and the hundreds of thousands of Jobs it provides or having less of an environmental impact by not building new cars. Since most of the emissions produced by a car are created by its manufacture, by building all these new cars, the idea of creating lower emissions are completely discredited.

Now the scheme has ended it has caused more problems for the industry it was designed to save, in their infinite wisdom, these companies came to rely on the steady income it generated even though they knew it was scheduled to end at some point. Now with a lull of sales again, most of them are falling back into the red with the prospect of job losses and closures looming again.

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