Ford announces £2,000 scrappage scheme for pre-2010 cars

Ford is the latest car company to launch an incentive for UK consumers to trade in cars over seven years old, by offering £2,000 off some new models.
Unlike schemes by BMW and Mercedes, which are only for diesels, Ford will also accept petrol cars.
All of the part-exchanged vehicles will be scrapped, Ford said, which would have an "immediate positive effect on air quality".
Old cars, from any manufacturer, can be exchanged until the end of December.
Speaking on the BBC's Today programme, Andy Barratt, chairman and managing director of Ford of Britain, said its scrappage scheme "is part of a journey" to improve air quality.
"We have some pretty large incentives here, up to £7,000 if you have a commercial transit vehicle," he said.
"We're the only scheme open to commercials. It is part of a journey.
"Air quality is a much bigger debate and getting older vehicles off the road is part of that.
"New technology, such as plug-in hybrids etc, are all part of that longer journey we need to work together."
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Consumers will be given £2,000 off new Ford models ranging in price from about £12,000 to more than £20,000.
Ford said that by combining the scrappage incentive with other standard offers, customers could receive up to £4,000 off a car or £7,000 off the cost of a van.

The cars that can be traded in include any built to emissions standards that applied before 2010.
Vauxhall ran a similar scrappage scheme earlier this year, as well as in 2015 and 2016.