Nissan slams scrappage scheme article

Fri, 31 Jul 2009



A recent Which? magazine article that condemned car manufacturers for raising the list price of car scrappage scheme vehicles has come under fire from car company Nissan .

Which? included a Nissan model, the Micra, which it claimed had gone up in price by 11 per cent. The vehicle scrappage scheme allows car owners to scrap vehicles over 10 years old and receive 2000 pounds off a new vehicle .

Nissan slammed the article, claiming that it is misleading and also poorly researched. A spokeswoman for the company reportedly commented: "Micra prices were increased at the beginning of April by 5.2 per cent as a response to the deepening recession, the weakening pound, the cost of borrowing and reduced access to finance – basically the industry was, and still is, in crisis. This was discussed openly with media at the time. The details of the scrappage scheme – including how it was to be financed – were not announced, nor were they shared by the Government, until April 22."

She reportedly continued: "Therefore, to relate any Micra price increases to scrappage is wholly inaccurate and inappropriate. To compound the issue, Which? has not used like-for-like comparisons in their report; a small amount of research would have revealed that Micra Tekna has, since September 2008, added touch-screen satellite navigation, iPod connectivity, blue-tooth and intelligent key – more than £1,200 of equipment."
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