从5月17日开始，英国所有十年以上旧车的车主，以旧换新购买新车型时，可以享受2000英镑（价值两万人民币）的折扣。

英国商务大臣曼德尔森表示，这项政策预计政府将耗资3亿英镑，将是“汽车产业和汽车销售的一剂强心针。”据悉，英国的新车销售在2009年前四个月比上年同期下降28.5%。

根据新政策，车主如果将旧车报废，再购买新车时，就可以享受政府提供的1000英镑补贴。汽车商也会提供至少相同金额的优惠。截止至发稿时，已经有38人表示准备换车。这样的刺激政策其他欧洲国家已经在尝试，比如德国政府的政策使三月份的新车销售额猛增40%。

曼德尔森还说，自从政策宣布以来，顾客们打进的咨询电话如潮水一般。但也有反对的声音表示，政府的政策还不够优惠，而且对节能减排没有任何促进。

From today, drivers with cars that are more than 10 years old can scrap them in return for a discount of £2,000 off a new model.  

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said the £300m scheme would "provide a boost to the industry and kick-start sales". Under the scheme, owners who scrap their old cars will receive a £1,000 subsidy from the government on a new one. Manufacturers will provide at least a similar discount, and so far 38 have signed up. Such tactics have already been tried in other countries. In Germany, for example, a scrappage scheme helped boost new car sales by 40% in March.

Lord Mandelson said that since the announcement of the scheme in the Budget there had been "a flood of enquiries from customers".

But critics say it is not generous enough and does nothing to encourage the take-up of low emission cars. New UK car sales were down 28.5% in the first four months of 2009 compared with the previous year.

 

 

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