01 June 2010
Statistics released by SIMI (Society of the Irish Motor Industry) today show that consumers’ buying choices are changing when it comes to purchasing their new car.
Under scrappage, the average saving per scrapped car to date is 74g/Km. Based on the 6,743 scrappage applications already processed, annual C0₂ savings of nearly 10,000 tonnes are accruing on these vehicles alone. Scrapping 10,000 cars this year will mean a saving of 14,000 tons of C0₂ in just one year. The lowest emission cars (categories A & B-scrappage scheme cars) represent 82% of all new cars, compared to just 55% last year.
SIMI Director General Alan Nolan said, “While scrappage has played its part in encouraging consumers to be environmentally focused, it has been clear for the last two years that the trend now is towards lower emission cars. Consumers are seeing both the environmental and economic benefits in buying a cleaner car. In the last couple of years, our emissions have been reducing but scrappage has reduced that even more. The higher fuel efficiency of lower emission cars will also reduce our fuel demand and reduce fuel transport costs, which will have clear long-term benefits for all economic sectors.”
Average CO2 emissions per (new) car
| 2008 |
159g/km |
| 2009 |
144g/km |
| 2010 |
135g/km |
| 2010 (scrappage scheme cars) |
126g/km |
| Average scrapped car |
Average scrappage scheme car |
| 200g/km |
126g/km |
Other stats:
· New car sales up 71% on May 09 (up 42% year to date)
· Petrol 34% V diesel 62%
· Ford Focus top selling model
(Full breakdown of statistics see related documents attached)
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