Four Volkswagen group brands have joined the rush of scrappage and trade-in incentive schemes already being offered by several manufacturers in the UK market.

Where the Volkswagen brand itself is concerned, owners of any diesel vehicle that complies with pre-Euro 5 emissions legislation, and registered before 2010, qualify for the Volkswagen Scrappage Upgrade scheme. They are able to trade-in their vehicles and benefit from incentives – ranging from £1,800 to £6,000 – against the majority of new Volkswagen models if the new car is ordered by 31 December 2017. The trade-in vehicle needs to have been owned by the customer for at least six months.

Alison Jones, Director of Volkswagen UK, said: “With this new Scrappage Upgrade scheme, there’s never been a better time to step up from an older diesel into one of our new, lower emission range of Volkswagens.

“And it’s not just buyers of our latest Euro 6 petrol and diesel cars who could benefit,“ she continued. “The incentives offered on our class-leading range of plug-in hybrid and full electric cars are particularly eye-catching.

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has also launched a scrappage scheme under which owners of diesel vehicles that comply with pre-Euro 5 emissions legislation qualify for the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles scrappage scheme. They can trade-in their vehicles and benefit from incentives – ranging from £1,000 to £2,000 – against the majority of new Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles vans and passenger carriers that they order by 31 December 2017. The trade-in vehicle needs to have been owned by the customer for at least six months.

The majority of new models can be exchanged on this new-for-old basis, with the exception of Amarok, California and Transporter Sportline. The offer runs in conjunction with existing retail offers. For example, combining the £2,000 scrappage scheme incentive on the new Crafter with the current retail offer produces savings of up to £4,000.

Under Audi’s scheme ,any EU1 to EU4 diesel model registered before 2010 from any brand will qualify for a scrappage contribution when exchanged for an Audi EU6 petrol, diesel or e-tron. Plug-in hybrid models will attract additional support.

Scrappage contributions towards the purchase price of between £2,000 and £8,000 are allocated on a sliding scale based on the model category. This replaces any part-exchange value for the vehicle being traded in and is not available in conjunction with any other offers.

The majority of new Audi models can be exchanged on this new-for-old basis, with the exception of Q7 TDI, A8, R8 and RS models. When compared to existing retail offers, the scrappage incentive equates to an additional contribution of £2,500 on average. The Audi UK scrappage incentive contributions will be redeemable for orders taken up to and including December 31, 2017 for deliveries made by no later than March 31, 2018.

Finally, Skoda is also encouraging the uptake of latest generation, lower-emission new cars by today launching a new scrappage scheme for Euro 1 to 4 emissions standards vehicles.  Under the terms of the Skoda programme all qualifying vehicles will be permanently taken off the road and scrapped.   

Owners of any diesel vehicle that complies with pre-Euro 5 emissions legislation, and registered before 2010, qualify for the programmme. Incentives range from £1,500 to £4,000 – against the majority of new Skoda models, when ordered by 31 December 2017. The trade-in vehicle must have been owned by the customer for at least six months.

All new Skoda petrol and diesel cars meet the latest Euro 6 emissions standards.