Romania Scrapped Over 161,116 Cars Under 2010 Clunkers Program
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Over 160,000 cars older than ten years were scrapped by August 20, 2010 within Romania's clunkers program, and the number of new cars bought within the program exceeded 35,000 units, of which 50% were produced on the local market, Romanian Environment Ministry said Wednesday.The 2010 clunkers program was allotted 722,000,000 lei (EUR1=RON4.2368), enough to scrap 190,000 old cars, the ministry also said. Environment Minister Laszlo Borbely said in June that Romania initially issued ...