Car makers have backed the £2,000 scrappage scheme for British buyers – and some are offering more discounts to boost new car sales.

The scheme – confirmed in the 2009 Budget – offers buyers the chance to scrap their vehicle and receive £2,000 towards a new car or van.

So far 45 manufacturers have promised to provide £1,000 per scrapped car, with the government paying the remaining £1,000.

Some have introduced further reductions including £5,000 off a Ford Galaxy and £3,260 off a BMW 1 Series.

The scheme began on May 18, 2009 and will run until March 31, 2010 – or when 300,000 buyers have scrapped their cars.

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Manufacturers offering extras

The following car manufacturers have backed the scheme and announced further discounts:

• Alfa Romeo - Extra £2,000 discount on Brera S 2.2 JTS, Brera S 3.2 V6 JTS and Spider 2.2 JTS models
• Audi - extra model upgrade offers
• BMW – £3,260 off a BMW 116i Sport
• Citroen – 0 per cent finance on the Citroen C4
• Fiat - discounts from £100 to £1,260
• Ford – discounts from £1,250 to £3,000
• Hyundai - discounts from £100 to £3,340
• Kia – discounts from £500 to £4,700
• Nissan – £2,000 for trade-ins on eight-year old cars
• Peugeot - £1,000 discount for non-scrappage buyers
• Renault – discounts from £500 to £1,500
• Skoda - £500 extra discount applies to all models
• Suzuki - £2,000 off the five-door Suzuki Grand Vitara DDiS
• Toyota - discounts from £500 to £3,000
• Mitsubishi – £2,000 for trade-ins on five to ten-year-old cars
• Vauxhall - discounts from £430 to £3,870
• Volkswagen - extra £2,000 off a Volkswagen Touran until end of June 2009
• Volvo – discounts from £2,027 to £2,647

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Other manufacturers participating in the scheme

• Abarth
• Bentley
• Chevrolet
• Chrysler
• Daihatsu
• Dodge
• Honda
• Isuzu
• Kia
• Jaguar
• Jeep
• Land Rover
• Lexus
• LTI
• Mazda
• Mercedes
• MG
• Mini
• Perodua
• Proton
• Porsche
• Rolls Royce
• Saab
• Seat
• Smart
• Ssangyong
• Subaru

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Disclaimer: details correct at time of publishing.