JUST days into the new cash for scrap initiative, we are already hearing great
news from the front line.

Dealers across the country told us motorists were pouring through the doors, eager to trade in their bangers for the latest forecourt-fresh models.

One Suzuki, Honda and Mitsubishi dealer network John Banks Group in East Anglia reported that a Fiat van owner jumped at the chance of swapping his £100 banger for a £2,000 new car voucher.

Evans Halshaw Vauxhall in Hull, meanwhile, claims its seen the highest level of enquiries are in the past 12 months.

Meanwhile, Nigel Falkiner, marketing director at the Sandicliffe Group in the East Midlands, added: New is outselling used, and thats never happened before. And Darren Robins, sales manager at Marshall Ford, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, said: Its made a huge difference. The level of enquiries is right up.

"We have sold larger vehicles.But mostly the buyers are interested in two models the new Fiesta and Ka ".

Labels: Car Sales Boom