Since April, the program led to the acquisition of 8,124 new vehicles, said the ministry.
The 2012 edition of the cash-for-clunkers program started in April and has been allotted 171 million lei (EUR38 million), enough to scrap 45,000 cars older than ten years.
Some RON114 million were allotted in a first stage, to scrap 30,000 cars. The second run of the program’s 2012 edition, targeting only natural persons, started on August 8 and received RON57 million, enough to scrap 15,000 used cars.
The cash-for-clunkers program led to the scrapping of 305,964 used cars and the acquisition of 101,766 new cars over the past two years, according to the ministry. (EUR1=RON4.4885)