I had a look at the Hyundai scheme outlined on HJ home page.

The T&Cs specify that the discount is against the official MRRP. Looking at some other cars, I believe that the brokers who advertise here will generally obtain higher discounts than this scheme provides.

Definitely. When I was looking (not any more - I decided to keep my car for now, but for other reasons not related to the search) for a replacement for my 11yo Mazda3 I regulalry saw discounts of 20% on like-for-like replacements on many makes, not just Mazdas. This equated to about £3k - £4k off the MRRP (and that's BEFORE I sold my car), so a couple of Grand off that at the dealership. Personally, most 'scrappage' schemes are just that, schemes by manufacturers to get punters through the doors. Save far more money by hard bargaining at the dealer near the end of a sales period/reg change or go through a reputable broker/car supermarket, and THEN PXing your car, or selling privately or via auction/the likes of WBAC etc.

I also think scrappage schemes should only be for cars that are worth less than £500 and/or cannot be made roadworthy for less than £2k, as all that would do is encourage people to not replace 'consumable' parts such as clutches, brakes and tyres, which (with labour) could easily reach well over £1500 to replace, even on smaller cars.

I think it's disgusting that they would scrap a car like my one, is it a way to get poor people off the roads? My car would make a fantastic used car for somebody with a tighter budget (current value is approx £3000).

It's really a device to boost the car industry which is suffering a serious fall-off in sales. Of course the 'discount' is off list price, and will offer no better deals than otherwise.

I ignored the last scrappage scheme, and was also disgusted by some perfectly good (in some cases better than that) cars which were needlessly scrapped. Especially when everyone is encouraged to recycle.

If the car industry is suffering then why when after asking dealers to call me back for a price dont they bother ?, i am looking for a decent price for a new focus for the wife i tried carwow but they overinflate the prices in the first place and most other places seem uninterested .

If ford scap scheme was on the current pro mo prices then i would get rid of my 2005 shogun sport as they would give me 4250 for it but since its against full rrp then its not worth it .