FORD’S FIESTA is the biggest selling car as bought under the Government scrappage scheme for the first four months of the year, according to figures from Revenue. There were 4,960 new cars sold through the scheme in the first four months of 2010 and of these, Ford’s supermini made up almost 12 per cent of these with 582 sold.
In second place was the Renault Mégane. The new model, which is generously discounted on top of the Government’s €1,500 allowance sells in hatchback, coupé and estate body styles and made up over 9 per cent of cars bought under the scrappage scheme with 464 sold. The Skoda Octavia was in third place for the first four months of the scheme with 262 units, or 5.3 per cent of the market.
Renault featured in the top five again, with their Clio occupying 5 per cent of all scrappage sales with 250 units sold and Volkswagen took fifth place, with their Polo and Polo United models selling just three units less than the Clio.
Ford were also the biggest beneficiaries of the scrappage scheme, with 17 per cent of all scrappage sales attributed to them, just one per cent ahead of Renault.
Skoda lie in third place in the scrappage sales league table on 9 per cent just ahead of Toyota and Volkswagen in fourth and fifth place, both on 8 per cent.
There were some luxury cars sold under the scrappage scheme too. There were 12 Audi A4s purchased, as well as two Audi A5 and two Audi A6 models. Three BMW 520d cars were sold through the scheme, along with three BMW X1 SUVs. Mercedes-Benz customers didn’t avail of the scheme in any great numbers. Just one Mercedes-Benz C-Class and a single E-Class were bought with the government scrappage allowance.