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14/01/2010
The number of new cars registered through the Government's scrappage scheme had climbed towards 300,000 by the end of 2009, according to the latest industry figures.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reports that 284,479 cars were registered between May and December. Nearly 4,500 small vans were also registered under the scheme, taking the overall figure to 288,973 by the end of the year.
In total, the scrappage incentive has accounted for one in five new registrations since its inception in May last year.
The scheme is set to last until the end of February or - following an extension announced in September last year - until a maximum of 400,000 vehicles have been scrapped. According to the SMMT, Ford has had the most cars registered under the scheme, ahead of Hyundai and Toyota.
Although an early criticism of the scheme was that it would allow motorists to replace smaller, efficient cars with larger, more polluting ones, the SMMT says that new cars bought under the scheme are less polluting than the average for all new cars registered during the same period.
According to SMMT, the average carbon dioxide (CO2) output of cars purchased through the scrappage scheme is 133.3 grams per km - almost 10% lower than the average for all newly-registered cars (147.8g/km), and some 27% lower than the average for cars scrapped under the scheme. However, the group's figures show that this 'green benefit' has slipped slightly since the end of September 2009, when cars registered under the scheme averaged 132.1g/km, compared to the 148g/km for all cars.
The group's chief executive, Paul Everitt, said that scrappage had "helped significantly" in encouraging sales, and had "provided an important boost to the UK motor industry and greater confidence for consumers".
"Alongside the economic benefits, the scheme has helped to promote the take-up of cleaner, safer and more fuel-efficient vehicles," he added.
Despite this, the policy has come under fire from green groups, who say that the claimed lower CO2 emissions fail to take into account the level of energy used in building the new cars.
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