Free cars for Everyone...?

[joshwa]

Imagine if these two things happened:

1) UK Introduces car scrapping scheme in the UK paying you £2k towards a new car. (link)

2) Tata introduces the Nano to the UK market for £2k or less... (link)

Obviously number 1 may or may not happen and is a dubious waste of tax payers money, and has doubtful environmental benefits etc. But imagine it happens because the UK see it as a way of "saving" the economy and / or environment etc...

Then number 2 is definitely not going to happen for a number of years, and when it does arrive here it'll probably cost around £4k to meet Euro safety laws... but even then, if 1) happened, you'd be able to buy a brand new car for £2k... seriously killing or injuring the second hand car market (and potentially the rest of the new car market)... sales of second hand cars in India is apparently down 25% already, with prices down by a similar amount.

Interesting stuff though in the what if... department

Josh

[kalniel]

seriously killing or injuring the second hand car market (and potentially the rest of the new car market)...

Nah, there'd be a nice trade in cars that people could trade in for the 2k

[MadduckUK]

so many really nice cars would get squished by retards

[Guy]

so many really nice cars would get squished by retards

No worse than them being written off by said moronic owners.

[Konan555]

I've got £6K of cars to scrap! I'd be rich

[KidChameleon]

seriously killing or injuring the second hand car market (and potentially the rest of the new car market)

You seem to assume everyone will rush out and buy one of those God-awful looking things. The only people who would buy one in this country are far too old to be driving anyway.

[Behemoth]

No thanks, not for me, I shudder to think what might happen to you should you have a crash in it.

[Vimeous]

No thanks, not for me, I shudder to think what might happen to you should you have a crash in it.

While I'm the same I wouldn't surprised if you're better off in a Nano than a Metro or similar.

[Funkstar]

While I'm the same I wouldn't surprised if you're better off in a Nano than a Metro or similar.

Indeed, as a new car being sold in Europe, it would need to meet basic safety standards, something that old small cars don't have to. This will be far safer than my mums classic Mini for example, they are death traps in an accident.

[Sputnik]

I can't see the Nano meeting minimum required safety standards for the UK and if it did (somehow) It would have a price hike.

[HSK]

^ yea I agree. It will work over there, but not here. (safety wise).

Reason why I say that is, those that have been India will know that just driving there in general is like dicing with death every second, so safety is really not an issue for road users there.