Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda reveal Scrappage plans. But they’re Diesel only.

The mainstream brands of the VW Group – Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda – announce Scrappage plans for polluting cars, but they’re for diesels only.

In many ways, it’s the VW Dieselgate fiasco that has seen us arrive at the point where major mainstream car makers are offering chunky discounts for buyers who chop in an older, more polluting, cars to grab a new model.

So it’s appropriate the the VW Group mainstream brands – Volkswagen, Audi, Seat and Skoda – come up with an impressive scheme to encourage owners of Euro 1 to 4 cars to come an buy a new, cleaner model.

And in some ways the VW Group offers are impressive – up to £8,000 off a new car – but, unlike most other car makers, you’ll only get the discount from VW if you’re chopping in a diesel-engined car.

VW discounts range from £1,800 for a new Up! to £6,000 on the Sharan, and most new cars have a discount applied, including commercials, although not the Touareg for some reason.

Audi will give you £2,000 off a new a Q2 and the discounts go up to £8,000 for the Q7 e-tron, although there are no offers on the Q7 TDI (or the R8 or RS models).

Skoda will give you between £1,500 and £4,000 of their cars (although not the new Kodiaq), and SEAT between £1,500 and £3,500 (although nothing off the Ateca).

The cars to be traded must have been registered before 2010, been owned by you for at least six months and be diesel-engined.

The VW Group Scrappage Scheme starts today (1 September 2017) and ends on 31 December 2017.