As the proud owner of a 19-year-old Renault 5 1.7 I was interested in the new initiative that might tempt me to sell our old car. I have read that the Citroen C1 is quite a good, cheap city car so checked it out with a couple of dealers in the North West. The basic model seems to have a manufacturers price of £7,795 OTR whereas dealers have been advertising the car at a discounted £6,395 for the past month. Therefore I thought that after taking into account the £2k scrappage initiative I might have to pay £4,395. Wrong. Both dealers informed me that the discount comes off the manufacturers price, hence I could buy one for £5,795. This seems rather peculiar given Citroen were able to offer it for sale for only £500 more before the Budget announcement. Does this mean that Citroen claims £1k back from HM Government but only gives a £500 additional discount for the car. Nice business if you can get it.