Cash for clunkers down under?

[Romulus]

There'd be more support if the government did what Germany did and gave 2500 Euros for an old car traded in on a new car. That's close to $5k, a healthy rebate I believe. Rather than wasting billions of dollars on BER, Rudd's $900 cash splash, an insulation program that burnt down houses and is causing the insulation industry a great deal of hardship, saving that money and offering people a sizable rebate on a new car would have made better sense. $2k hardly covers stamp duty and GST on most cars.

As for manufacturer's having to meet stricter emission regulations by 2015 perhaps Ford, Holden and Toyota Oz should take a look at what their counterparts overseas are endevouring to achieve. Tier 2 Bin 5 and ACEA standards look like decades away in Australia. In the mean time 130g/km of CO is the target for Europe for all new passenger cars including imports by 2015.

Our Falcon and Commodores have a long, long way to go yet. That is if they survive. My money is on NO.