The value of a scrappage voucher was kept unchanged this year, at RON3,800. No more than three vouchers can be used to buy a new car.
About 25.964 used cars were scrapped in the first stage of the 2012 clunkers program and some 8,006 new cars were bought, of which 3,661 produced locally.
Environment Minister Rovana Plumb said in June the number of scrappage voucher would be increased by 15,000 by the end of that month, and 15,000 more vouchers would be available after the budget revision.
The 2012 edition of the cash-for-clunkers program started in April and was allotted RON114 million, enough to scrap 30,000 old cars. According to data by the Environment Ministry, obtained by Mediafax, some 12,000 old cars were scrapped in less than a month. (EUR1=RON4.537).