Even if scrappage schemes are continued or tapered, there may not be many buyers left who meet the qualifications.
The car scrappage scheme helped to prop up domestic demand at a time when it looked likely to collapse.
Detroit was producing cars way below the scrappage rate, which is at a new low, under 5%, normally 8%.
Lord Mandelson also announced plans to extend the car scrappage scheme because money for the initiative was running out.
Volumes were at their highest since the 2010 Scrappage Incentive Scheme and the increase represents the 13th consecutive month of growth.
Peoples said it was pleased with the results, given last year's VAT rise and the end of the UK car scrappage scheme.
Tata Motors could also benefit, said Ramakrishnan, if a scrappage law under which vehicles over 15 years old must be replaced, is implemented.
Jane Davidson insisted the government was committed to tackling fuel poverty and believed that the scrappage scheme would contribute significantly to combating the problem.
The industry is fearful about what will happen when the various scrappage schemes are phased out (all are limited either in time or funding).
Optimists say that at least 70% of the scrappage purchases were incremental sales made to people who would not normally have bought a new car.
Although the scrappage schemes have kept factories going, most of the action has been geared towards cheap, small vehicles which are less profitable for carmakers.
According to Peter DeLongchamps, vice president manufacturer relations at Group 1 Automotive, one indicator of pent-up demand is the fact that scrappage rates have exceeded new-vehicle sales in recent months.
In the residential sector, combined with the home Energy Efficiency Scheme and Boiler Scrappage Scheme, a total of 25, 000 Welsh homes were improved and made cheaper to heat during 2010-11.
One worry is the effect of withdrawing scrappage incentives.
Sascha Heiden of IHS Global Insight, a forecasting firm, thinks the scrappage schemes in Western Europe will boost sales by about 1.2m this year and reduce them by 600, 000 next year.
During the environment, sustainability and housing questions on 17 March 2010, the environment minister reminded Mr Cairns that the scrappage scheme would be coming into effect in Wales on 1 April 2010, but would only benefit people over 60 years old.
This was no easy task when car manufacturers are facing the end of scrappage schemes, growing competition from China and India and the increase of "Motoring Spy" Web sites, where the arrival of a new model is known by the general public at least 18 months ahead of the launch.
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