All the cars lost to the 2009 Scrappage Scheme - Someone scrapped these rarities?! 

I've seen lots of coverage of the scrappage scheme both in the UK and the US. The biggest tragedy was not the loss of future collector cars, but the loss of cheap, reliable transport for those that needed a car and had no other option. Thousands of cheap used cars vanished from the roads driving up used car prices. Cars from the late 90s like many of the ones scrapped last a long time, many would still be on the road today with normal owners. The scheme also destroyed the scrap metal industry overnight. In countries with no scrappage scheme, you can still see 80s and 90s cars on the roads today, driven by normal people for low cost.

Given the environmental impact of building & shipping a car vs keeping an old one going the scrappage scheme deserves to be remembered as an act of environmental and cultural vandalism. Unbelievable Geoff.

I remember my mechanic saying he couldn't believe some of the cars that were scrapped. Unbelievable Geoff

"Scrappage", "Cash For Clunkers", whatever it was called wherever you were, it was genuinely one of the saddest things to happen to the automotive world. It hurt not just enthusiasts and collectors, but the average citizen tight on cash, who was robbed of an affordable used car they might have bought at some point. Failure to improve anything at all. It truly is unbelievable, Geoff.

Unbelievable Geoff! The irony to me was it didn’t even get the absolute sh*tboxes off the road, because nobody (like me) who owned a complete sh*tter that belonged in the scrapyard could afford a new car wether there was a £2000 discount or not. The cars being crushed were all much nicer than mine, and it still upsets me to this day.

Interesting video - I remember back in 2009 my Grandfather had received a letter, from the government, suggesting that he apply for the scrappage scheme, as his car was eligible by age; it was a 1998 Ford Escort 16v Finesse Mk6, which was low mileage at the time. The letter gave an example of a car he could get - a Kia Picanto. Thankfully he laughed about that, as he was very fond of the Escort Mk6. Sadly he passed away a few years ago, but I've got the Escort now - as of today, there is only 48k on the odometer! Never plan to get rid of it...

Unbelievable Geoff! I think one of the saddest and most ironic things about this is that I'm certain plenty of those cars would still be on the road today, but they were instead traded in for generic 2009 and 2010 model year cars that have since been scrapped due to reliability issues.

I shed a tear when I think about all of the Peugeot 106s that were culled. They were fantastic little cars for the money, if you wanted something cheap to run that also handled well.

Unbelievable, disgusting tbh!! Scrapping perfectly good older/classic and rare cars thinking that they are somehow getting a good deal for some bland, modern, overpriced, overcomplicated crossover/suv no doubt 🤔 People are idiots!!

When the scheme was live, I owned a Peugeot 406 Coupé. Still a heart-achingly beautiful car today. So, in the middle of the scrappage scheme, I went to a local scrapyard to find a few bits for my 406 Coupé (some twonk had reversed into the front right wing) and there was a mint condition v6 example of my car sitting there, isolated from the rest. it was a 1999 example, same age as mine, but with just 12K miles on the clock. Not a scratch, ding or blemish on it. The leather seats were like brand new and not even all that shiny. The back seats were still in the matt finish! I asked the scrapper what he wanted for it. He said he can't sell it, it was traded in to a local dealer under the scrappage scheme and MUST be scrapped. They couldn't even part it out, all of it had to be converted to piles of scrap. It was heart breaking :(

Truly heartbreaking, Geoff. People were stupid enough to fall for those Government scams & most, if not all of the tin boxes they bought, are already scrapped. The amount of historic cars that were scrapped is infuriating & this is one of the many reasons why the country is in such a mess... far more pollution due to over manufacturing & not cherishing the car that you have. Cheers. Leigh.

Unbelieveable Geoff, I myself always wondered why were there no 90s cars on the road during the 2010s, but tons of 00s cars, I presumed it was just a result of better manufacturing techniques, but this explains it.

When you hear the words "Government" and "Scheme" do not get involved. Run a million miles in the other direction. Regardless of anyone's political leanings, pretty much everything the government is involved in they make a mess of it. And they never learn from their mistakes - even worse, they want to do it again! I have heard cars at only 8 years old now qualify for the newer scrappage scheme! Unbelievable Geoff!

Unbelievable Geoff. I was close to tears at points in this video. I'm not a big JDM guy but the person who scrapped a Skyline GT-R should be sectioned because they're clearly a danger to themselves and everyone around them. What were they thinking?!?

Unbelievable Geoff! Omg now it makes sense when year ago i had few people knock on my door regarding our Honda Accord! I do believe also big trouble is how common leasing is in uk. I see way too many people who drive new plates when there is no need people. Old cars drive perfectly fine and they much more fun to drive. So sad about the car market rn

Unbelievable Geoff. Saw a video not long ago. Some guys found a disused airfield full of old cars. Probably from the scrappage scheme. Golf's, Beetles, Jags, Escorts, all sorts in rows on concrete. Going rusty but still with security. What a waste!

A lot of people who ought to have known better were pushing the scrappage scheme at the time. I remember how much the editor of Autocar crowed about getting the scheme extended, and how vital and excellent a scheme it supposedly was. And that, kids, is why my 45-year-long Autocar magazine archive abruptly stops in 2009. Unbelievable, Geoff.

I’d just arrived back from living in Canada, and remember seeing a transporter with a beautiful Volvo 850R on it going for scrap. What a waste!!

It just breaks my heart to see so many classic and cool cars overall that were scrapped... Unbelievable, most of those cost a fortune these days

Norway had a similar scheme in 1996. Over 225 000 cars were scrapped that year compared to only around 60 000 cars in 1995. No year ever since 1996 has so many cars been scrapped in Norway. Usually you would get 1000 Norwegian kroner for turning in your car to a certified scrapyard, but instead you got 6000 kroner. Which was a lot for the time. Even today you only get 3000 NOK for scrapping a car. So a lot of nice 60s, 70s and 80s cars were lost in Norway because of the 1996 scrappage scheme here :-(

I worked In a scrap yard at this time. Cars had to have an MOT to be excepted, because of this alot of cars came in with brand new parts fitted to pass the mot. Including tyres with the glue from labels still visible, new exhausts, new catalytic converters, headlights, joints, springs, etc. We had one of the BMW 850's though it was smokey so in fairness probably an uneconomical repair, 1 VW G60 golf and 3 Ford granada scorpio cosworth V6's to name a few. Or and a Ford Fiesta MK4 Zetec one owner concourse condition with 4000 miles on it, all be law had to be squashed.

Unbelievable Geoff. I hope the people who traded in some of those rare gems (even in 2009) feel stupid

Unbelievable Geoff!! It's sad what they have done but it's all done on purpose. The drive to reduces combustion cars off the road started way before we thought with schemes likes this. I reckon we should petition for an EV scrappage scheme already. 🤣👍🏻

Unbelievable Geoff! I remember this happening, had to have an MOT and drive to the trade-in under their own power. So many genuine classics and modern classics lost simply for quick easy cash, replaced by modern bland rubbish. Terrible waste :(

Unbelievable Geoff - what an absolutely travesty, I just don’t understand the mindset of the individuals who chopped in some of these rare cars back then even with the phenomenal discounts that may have been offered. Sadly a significant chunk of motoring history gone for ever.

The 2008 & on financial crisis was great for me because I got my redundancy payout when the factory I worked at closed, but the car scrappage scheme was crazy & not thought through properly just like countless numbers of other government policies!

Unbelievable Geoff. The Toyota Hilux being scrapped… Madness as Top Gear showed it runs for ever.

Thank you Geoff, I thought at the time how much of a disaster this was being driven by the government, then the, naive, bought it. I planned to mention the average price rising due to others thinking... ooh sale... which dealers took advantage of but you mentioned it quite rightly - £3,500 increase average if I remember correctly. I had a collection of cars from the 1980's and everyone told me I could make a quick buck at the time, but like you, I believe they should be preserved, not sent to the pit of doom for the sake of a disgusting new Hyundai i20!! Polluting more from construction! Total waste - I love your exposure!

Criminal. In early 2010 I was without a car for a while and also out of work with little free cash. Seeing published pictures of airfields of generic cars like Toyotas and Rovers waiting to be scrapped made me weep. Never mind the more interesting models. For a few hundred quid I could have given, say, a mid 1990s Corolla a good home.

Unbelievable Geoff . Just toured Scotland in our 2005 166.000 mile Volvo V70 ,problem free . Blessed the previous owner had the insight to save her from the scrap yard .

That so sad that we did that. So many awesome cars, any number of which I would love to own. I didn’t scrap my car because I needed it. I remember you could get a shit car with a years MOT for £100. Absolutely bloody unbelievable Geoff

That is sad. The audio is so good I looked outside to see the rain! No rain in weeks here. Great cars gone, truly unbelievable. Thanks for the show. By the way I came for the cars but stayed for the content of your commentary. Good music at the end.

Unbelievable Geoff. What made this worse for me was that I'd been made redundant after the credit crunch and lost my company car. The market for £500 cars got decimated by this and I really struggled to keep moving. Then I got a job at a Vauxhall dealer and some of the stuff we sent away was absolutely tragic.

What a fascinating, and rather upsetting video. Thank you for all the work you did for this, it was unbelievable Geoff!

Unbelievable Geoff! Appreciate I'm late to the party having only recently discovered your excellent channel but, how sad that is. I have quite often wondered 'what happened to those', having forgotten about the scrappage scheme. So many classics and perfectly roadworthy runabouts lost. Many of those sacrificed would not have been in great shape but, that wouldn't have meant they were beyond saving. Simple cars (by modern standards) that were cheap and easy to run. I'm a firm believer in make do and mend. Happy to say that I'm taking good care of an E39 530D M-Sport (323 roadworthy left) and a W126 500 SEL (101 roadworthy left). Keep up the great work!

What I think was sad is the scheme took people out of cars they actually owned and put the majority into PCP deals and they probably never owned another car outright again, but have always had a monthly payment as they changed cars each time their pcp deal was up and went into another car on another pcp deal with another monthly payment 😔

Unbelievable Geoff. As a Triumph fan It's so sad to see that list of taxed, insured and MOT'ed classics get crushed. Also, so many of those cars (Fiestas, Novas etc.) were the only sort of car that young people, critical workers (nurses, care workers etc.) would be able to afford. Criminal.....

I was only thinking about where all the cars of my youth went. Forgot all about the scrappage scheme. Unbelievable Geoff

Unbelievable Geoff! I completely forgot this event and now I understand where the thousands or great old cars went

Only found your channel today . Brilliant video , but one of the most depressing when you consider what we have lost . I bought a new mk2 golf gti in 1988 , in the early 2000s I took it off the road . I still have the car , and had it not been for covid it would have been back on the road . Instead it is waiting at a restorers , cant wait for the day I get it back on the road .

Unbelievable Geoff. The classic German stuff and the hot French ones especially. The BMW 3.0CSL is the one that actually made my heart ache though... My E30 325i Touring was a pretty rare car when it was new, especially in a manual like mine is. I wonder how many of those were lost... There will probably be another scrappage scheme as part of the idiotic push to EV's. I don't think my heart can take it... I don't want a fucking EV, I want to drive my noisy old fashioned M20B25 powered estate. The main pollutant with cars is production and disposal. Its all so stupid.

Unbelievable Geoff. Truly astonishing what some people threw away.

UNBELIEVABLE, Geoff!! All those beautiful cars, now gone. What a shame. Great compilation and presentation though, well done bud!

Unbelievable Geoff is the 2,000 I got for my 55,000 mile Passat in exchange for a new Volvo. The Passat is still on the road today (not sure how that slipped though) whereas the 2010 Volvo spun its bearings and had to go last year.

I miss seeing old cars on the road. I'm only 20 but I remember seeing all these cars from the 80s / early 90s and I always loved to see them. nowadays it'll turn my head if I see something with a pre 2001 plate. not even because I care about the car it's on, simply because it's rare to see anything older than 20 years it seems

Unbelievable Geoff. I reckon there's a fair bit of fiddling went on during that era. Pinched cars, absolute wrecks, all being waved through . My local scrappy in Chesterfield was driving a brand new yellow Hummer in that era 😁 Cars could be picked up for absolutely nothing in that era, some of those that we are now so enamoured with were worth no where near £2k back then

Unbelievable Geoff. It's shocking seeing so many good cars being wasted and getting destroyed when do many would've had many years of life left in them.

I can't believe ive actually watched the whole video, went in a flash! I started watching on my phone and thought better put this one on the TV! I knew it was bad I've looked into this a lot before but this is even more shocking than I realised. It makes me sad I was old enough to pass my test in 2009 but didn't until 2017 because I just loved fast motorbikes and nothing else mattered to me. The cars I could have had that I now can't find or afford 😭 great video mate well done for putting in all this time and effort and for making the video! Cheers 👍

Great video mate, I can hear the passion in your voice. Watching this drove me into a frothing rage at all the great cars that are gone. Such a shame. Unbelievable Geoff.

I remember 2009 well. Literally anything with an MOT was priced at £2k in the used car market. Stuff that would have been at most £300 previously. It was a total scam though. In 2008 a base Corsa was £8k, in 2009...£10k. So in reality all the cars given up in the scheme were given away FOR FREE! Running, driving, MOT'd cars given away for free in exchange for a cheap run around all of which are probably in scrap yards themselves now.

A Terrific Report Geoff!!! Well researched and Presented!!! Keep up the Good work!

This truly makes me sad. There were some genuine classics in there that you’ll never find on import sites anymore

Shocking. As had been said, the environmental damage from building new and scrapping perfectly good cars is much worse than continuing to drive and maintain them. The same issue continues with the electric "revolution"

Unbelievable Geoff. I always wondered why you never see these types of cars anymore. I didn't realise what a massive effect the scheme had on them. Enjoyed the video :)

Unbelievable Geoff. This was like watching a horror movie. I was literally peering through my fingers. So painful!!!

Unbelievable Geoff! Heartbreaking that so many rare cars were lost needlessly. I had a 106 Rallye in the 90’s and they were rare cars when they were new, so to hear that four more perished in this scam is sickening.

(Unbelievable Geoff) I’m a Brit and well aware of the scrappage scheme and always thought it was awful I’ve watched several videos over the years including the ones of cars in storage before they were crushed, but I must say the way you have recorded and delivered this video just really brings it all home good job 😅

Unbelievable Geoff, quite glad this came up in my recommended I remember how hard it was to find a cheap older car when I got my license in 2012 as a result of the scheme.

Unbelievable Geoff. And now look at the 2009 cars that were bought through the scrappage scheme, I bet not even half of them lasted as long as the cars that were traded in. I couldn't believe some of the cars that were coming in, absolutely criminal.

Absolutely ridiculous,where are they now , sitting in a field somewhere,hope it never happens again, thanks for your hard work, great video.

Unbelievable and absolutely criminal. Can you imagine picking up some of those cars for 2k now? I remember in Malvern where I live, when the scrappage scheme started. All of the little puddle jumper cars that were around on the side of the road for sale just disappeared.

Unbelievable Geoff, wow that’s lots of cars I remember seeing on the road that have now gone

Thank you so much for this Geoff, after watching a urban explorers video of them visiting a disused uk military airfield with at least 10,000 vehicles on the so called scrappage scheme I wonder where some of these vehicles will end up as no one would scrap a porsche 911 or a range rover svr in place of something that is complety flawed

unbelievable geoff! honestly i am surprised you where not crying by the end of this, because i sure was

Great work - I remember the top 3 winners of most new cars bought under the scheme were the likes of Kia, Hyundai and Proton (or something similar) won’t be many of them on the road now!

Some of these models are virtually untraceable now, and have become very expensive It's sad.. Merci pour cette vidéo!

Unbelievable Geoff. Have been looking for a Volvo 460/440 so it's sad to see so many gone.

Yep unbelievable Geoff thanks for your research and great presentation

I was wondering where all the classic cars went because I remember my dad telling me he bought a rs2000 for practically nothing and now look at the prices and this video has given me the answer. Thank you

Unbelievable Geoff, this is the first of your videos that I have seen, you put in an incredible amount of work for this and I find it hard to believe that over 42,000 people watched this and only 1000 of them thought it worthy of a like. Thank you for the perfectly put together information. I'm Subbed.

One of your best videos Geoff... but to be honest all your videos are good keep up the great work fella !

Unbelievable Geoff. Very sad to see how many desirable cars were wiped out of existence.

Unbelievable Geoff! If the MOT exemption for 40 year old plus cars was in place in 2009 only classics on their last legs would have been scrapped. We had a similar scheme here in Ireland in 2009/2010 but only post 1980 cars needed the equivalent of an MOT then so it was only heaps that went into the scheme. The classic scene here is quite small and there were no horror stories of rare cars being traded in against Hyundai i10s.

Unbelievable Geoff ... There is a vid that shows the storage facility many of these cars went to and there was so many classic cars that must have been worth more than what people got on the scrappage scheme You can't help thinking who the hell scrapped them surely many would have been owned by people who loved them

It's actually seriously upsetting. Sadness of the subject matter aside, you've got a natural skill for talking about this kind of thing and delivering a story in a way that's a nice blend of conversational, informal yet reflective and analytical. Nice one mate.

Unbelievable Geoff, so many classics in here, heartbreaking. I watched the whole video but didn't hear any data for Austin and Rover minis? Probably a good thing as that really would have really broken my heart.

Unbelievable Geoff. Proper shame on that side of things.

Unbelievable Geoff! I remember the air field of doom just up the road from me where they all sat waiting for the crusher. It made me cry

Unbelieveable, Geoff! (Sad but excellent video. Thanks)

Unbelievable Geoff - gutted about some of these.

Morbidly fascinating video, I appreciate the amount of research and dedication that has gone into this. Brought back memories on Top Gear when they encouraged everyone to keep their old cars running instead of buying new. Sad state of affairs to see.

Unbelievable Geoff! Yes, I got to the end and I have to say I am in two minds. I was working at Audi at the time and I must admit there was more than one occasion on which I thought either "gosh that seems too good to be crushed" or "if we took that in normal part exchange you'd quite possibly get a better deal" or "that's a pity - that's gonna be a classic/worth something one day" But you know what? Yes, in a vast list you can pick up on some really heartbreaking examples, let's see if I can remember a few.. hmmph, that didn't take long - doing it alphabetically like ur video, we immediately alight on the Alfas (the elegant 166s seem a shame) and several BMWs - I won't list them all but clearly the M3/M5 losses seem tragic but also the sexy 635CSi... as a schoolboy in the 80s, that was pretty much the ultimate. The Ford XRs and RSs hurt, the sporty Peugeots, even the 505 although was never very keen personally - and I drove a friend's dad's GTI Estate for a day or two and didn't love it. Rover SDI Vitesse is unfortunate, few of the Vauxhalls maybe but of the 40odd thousand you said got crushed, I personally won't miss 39.5odd thousand of them. Those AWFUL Suzukis I have to say were lucky to get the iron jaws of the crusher for a quick and almost painless demise - personally I'd have spent a day or two with the garotte and branding irons - plus maybe torn bits off them gratuitously - wing mirrors, ariels and wipers, you know. P'raps kicked in the glass and slashed the tyres just to make it really humiliating. .. a lot of the Japanese stuff you mentioned, frankly, while respectful of their engineering, particularly the Hondas, left me almost wholly unmoved. Outliers like Aixams, Allegro, Wolseleys, Heralds, Marinas (were there any of those on there? ) a lot of the Rover 800 stuff, Metros, Maxis, Maestros and Montegos - I KNOW it's not necessarily the point that I personally would do worse things still to the likes of them - along with the Zastavas, Samaras, beige 1100cc Fiestas, white Granadas and Senators, godawful Visas, hateful 440s, cheap, rattly and tinny Clios, dreary Jettas, and an utterly forgettable array of the sort of old dross my dad had as his first car - quite glad to see most of the Imps and Anglias and Minxs going into the great car liquidiser - yes, OTHER people WILL like them. But therein lies the point. Of COURSE it's easy to go misty eyed at the T5R, the Mk II Golf GTis, Escort RSs, plus a whole array of "second division" stuff like Nova SRi s, Subaru Outliers or Outlandishes, Mercedes E Classes. Can't remember if there were any 190s on your list - if so I'd rank them first division along with the GTIs - and yes 560SECs going in the trash seems a waste but all those bloody massive five and six litre 7 series and S class? Chuck 'em! The point is you either accept the climate is in danger or you don't and if you do - which I think does seem like the right thing - then you have to look at what you can do about it and frankly, fleets of bloody old Carltons, Cortinas, Cavaliers, Sierras, Mondeos, along with a whole pile of the Kias, Hyundais, Daihatsus, Nissan and 1600 "L" Orions in doom blue, with stained grey cloth seats, wind up windows and smelling of fags and wet dog and teenagers are just, well, disposable - I take your point about the deleterious effect on the CO2 reduction that would otherwise seem obvious when switching from a 30mpg car to one which does over 50, resulting from the manufacture of that replacement car. In any case, little secret was made at the time that it was less about the environment and more about stimulating the flagging motor industry. I do remember "it was popular" without being able to be much more scientific than that although a gun to temple scenario if I had to say one way or the other, then I'd go with yes it worked. Looking at the studies which have been done on it since reveal a number of really fascinating things in fact. Firstly they do rather confirm the factor already mentioned by yourself which I referred to above - despite the mass sweep up of mostly older, dirtier cars, the environmental impact was of overall only the most marginal improvement. The fact it didn't make it worse, I guess is something. Although it does rather highlight the fact it prioritised stimulating car sales over the environment since there was nothing stopping anyone from trading in a low emissions 1999 Golf TDI for a 2009 supercharged Range Rover. And the analyses also highlighted another vital point that is almost universally missed - that despite the ever tightening Euro emissions regs - starting with Euro 1 in 1992 with the compulsory fitment of cats/fuel injection, whilst cars have in theory been getting ever cleaner, studies revealed that how different cars performed in the real world sometimes varied substantially compared to the test results. Leaving "Dieselgate" out of it for the moment one test revealed the following three extraordinary features:- Dirtiest Euro 6 diesels are 6-7 times worse than cleanest Euro 5 Dirtiest Euro 6 diesels are up to 3 times worse than cleanest Euro 3/4 Some 20-year-old cars are cleaner than some brand new cars Although the word "some" is by definition vague, amongst the 400 000 scrappage deals done, if you include both the groups who made a conscious choice to opt for a less economical car (the above Golf for Range Rover example), those who did try to swap for a more economical/cleaner one but who, via the reasons identified above, ended up driving a more polluting one anyway and those who, simply cajoled into buying a diesel car by the government placing lower diesel company tax benefits, lower RFL and generally telling us that by switching, we were doing our bit for the environment - which we were, in a certain way - but then they discovered, particularly in big cities like London, that a) the published low fuel consumption of diesel cars and b) the poor overall performance of diesel cars when driven in dense traffic ref the other pollutants like NOx and soot. And this is the problem - people were, and in some cases remain, confused by the many buzzwords and phrases now being bandied "the environment" "better fuel consumption" "greenhouse gases" "toxic gases" etc etc. There was very much a failure in clearly communicating the message that yes, the goal is still to cut co2 emissions and yes diesel cars tend to be best in achieving those - but not if it means giving thousands of Londoners annually, early deaths thanks to their higher NOx levels, especially in stop start condition - which diesel cars are guilty of. The conclusions are fairly straightforward - the 2009 scrappage scheme may gave provided the motor industry a mld lift, but it did nothing to improve the environment and in fact I discovered many of the cars involved still await to be crushed! So, while I still can't help but feel unmoved by the plight of most on the list, I think it's fair to say any future scrappage schemes must be more targeted and focused. On the other hand who knew in 2009 the effect on rarity, desirability and prices, scrappage would exert just a few short years later? 20 20 hindsight always wonderful😏....

Unbelievable Geoff!! I genuinely feel sick watching it...big classic car fan here in Ireland...the UK (before brexit) was a big import market for us...no wonder prices are gone mentsk for classics over here we've nowhere to get them from 🙈 brilliant video took some amount of work fair play 👍

Unbelievable Geoff. I hadn't realised how many good cars were lost!

The sad thing is that most of those cars are still sitting on old runways and huge fields. There's some videos on RU-vid showing them. So freaking sad, cause I'm a car lover just like you Geoff. Great video man

They all had to have an MOT too !!! My Parents scrapped a Toyota Corolla with 29,000 miles (no one wanted to buy it for even £800!) We had to get it MOT'ed before it could be taken in PX and then CRUSHED ! It was INSANE. The Honda Dealer gave them £2000 for it

Really interesting breakdown of the data - well done!

Unbelievable Geoff! I didn't trade my Corolla in and kept it going for years. Now I have cars with electronic packages which I can't get hold of. Cars of the 60s could be repaired on the drive and now we have garages which I don't trust and they haven't a clue about diagnosing the tech stuff. If they had a scrappage scheme now to change to an EV , I wouldn't want an EV for free....there won't be enough leccy to charge all the cars and the batteries aren't lasting that well.

Unbelievable Geoff. Plus it wasn't just UK and Europe. It was also in the States, called "Cash For Clunkers". A global scheme, it also went on in Australia, Singapore, and Indonesia that I've heard of.

Very interesting. It’s sad that so many cool cars didn’t live on and most would still be here now! Better than some of the boring mundane cars about today 😩

Unbelievable Geoff but so true, I remember also that when they were scrapped you COULD NOT buy 2nd hand parts of them at scrapyards that got paid to process them. They were literally taking them and crushing them . So win win for hiking even the 2nd hand spares business prices , Hence why most old cars get scrpped now as 2nd hand doors windows etc are not availale anymore.

Yeah... Unbelievable Geoff mate! I wonder how often we pick up a recycled bit of Volvo from the shelf... I miss seeing all these older cars. At 29, it makes me really want to get my hands on something particular from days gone by. Cheers 🍻 to the many, So many good ones gone far too early!

Unbelievable Geoff The scrappage scheme was an absolute travesty. It makes me sick what happened to these classics

Weeping for the E34 M5 touring. The S38 engine that powered them was a work of art. I saw one being sold a few years ago, by Sotheby's of all places, and the final bid on it was over eighty thousand pounds.

As I watched this in Australia I was amazed that u guys did this seeing the cars lined up me and my mates were saying sell them to us

Xr2 & Xr3 used to be a right of passage as a teenager (ridiculous insurance though) before moving on to rs 500 series 1 rs turbo, and the Renault, 5GT Turbo. These are all cars I owned as a younger man, the Orion is a shame my mum had one lol. This also takes lots of perfectly fine cars of the road and hurts the used car market for younger people. It forces them to finance a newer car but that’s obviously by design. Edit. Had to watch this video in 2 half’s, it was genuinely like a knife to my heart. The nova gte over head cam was a very nostalgic car, but there was so many truly classic cars. On a high note I’m glad I found this channel.

Unbelievable Geoff, lots of classics were destroyed!

Unbelievable Geoff….man that was heart wrenching 😣

I could not be more outraged, that 315 Preludes were scrapped, especially being RHD. No wonder finding other parts is such a pain. And they're becoming rare event though they were a mass production car.

Unbelievable Geoff! I own a survivor Honda Civic on a W reg, my granddad bought it new in the year 2000 and I learned to drive in it. Its recently been passed down to me and is an excellent car, I fell in love with it straight away and its still totally original.