- The “Pive Plan”(scrapping plan) in Spain was introduced in October. It already totalises 40 000 records, more than half of the 75 millions of euros planned by the government.

- Associations of the industry sector estimates that the funds could be at zero from January and call for the extension of the plan.

- "If the Plan is not extended in 2013, the situation will be disastrous and unsustainable, with a market that will be under 700 000 units," state Faconauto (Dealers Association) and Ganvam (association of maintenance and repair).

- The previous Plan (Prever) boosted Spain sales from 15% to 30% between 1997 and 2007, and at the same time threw away hundreds of thousands of vehicles older than ten years.