On Thu, 27 Sep 2001 21:47:49 +0100 Dave Sovegjarto <davesov@HOTMAIL.COM> writes:

They introduced this in Ireland a few = years ago to get all the old heaps off the road.  They give you £2000 = Irish for any vehicle as long as it's road legal. (current road tax and = car test certificate.)

When they introduced this they sold the = most cars they ever had in one year, the next year they repossessed the = most cars ever.

Dave Sov

91' Syncro DoKa

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= From: Derek = Drew

To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM=

Sent: Thursday, September 27, = 2001 9:05 PM

Subject: Germans To Pay People = To Crush Vanagons

September 27, 2001

Volkswagen Asks German Govt. Aid

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP= ) -- The head of Volkswagen (= news/quote). Europe's biggest carmaker, called Thursday for government help to stimulate new car sales in the wake of terrorist attacks on the = United States, although the company said it's too early to assess the full = impact on business.

Chairman Ferdinand Piech said in a statement he = would expect ``to see clear political support'' from the government in = helping auto manufacturers make it through what is likely to be a tough time.

Volkswagen braced for a potential drop in the market = this week, idling plants in the German cities of Wolfsburg and Emden as a= preventive measure to avoid possible inventory buildups. These plants= make some of VW's most important models, including the Golf, Polo and Passat.

Auto analysts say new car sales and showroom traffic = in Europe have slowed in the wake of the attacks, as they did in the = United States. Before the Sept. 11 attacks, Europeans were expected to buy = 14.3 million cars this year, down from 14.8 million last year; now, = analysts say sales could go as low as 14 million.

Piech proposed a = program where the government would pay people to scrap their old cars. He = said such a plan would not only increase demand for new vehicles, but help= the environment as well.

The government could recoup some money in= taxes on the new car purchases, he said, but provided no further details.

German luxury automaker BMW said Thursday the attacks= were not anticipated to affect its business. BMW gets roughly half its = profit from selling its luxury cars in the United States and Great Britain.

``We don't anticipate any drastic economic = consequences for the BMW group, based on available data,'' said Michael Rebstock, = a company spokesman.

Copyright 2001 The Associated Press

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The proposal above was met by immediate acceptance from the German government, and = as a result all 16" syncros were immedaitely rounded up and destroyed. All = T3 Westfalias are scheduled to be destroyed next week, and all modified T3= VW vans with other than stock motors the week thereafter. However, an = exemption was granted for any vehicle purchased by FLO and sent to America for = resale. :-)   -- Derek

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