Sure, it’s a tired cliché, but the phrase ‘out with the old, in with the new’ is particularly relevant to the car industry this week.
Manufacturers have been scrambling to launch scrappage schemes, eager to do their bit to get ageing diesel engines and other older machinery off the roads (and get some positive PR from being seen to do so).
At the same time, the same firms are busily preparing for next week’s Frankfurt motor show, and we’ve already been treated to glimpses of some of the shiny new machinery that will be squeezed into the vast halls of the Messe Frankfurt.
Meanwhile, one old British firm got ahead of the game, revealing the new car - with an old name - that it hopes will carry it into a new era.
Read on to find out what you’ve been looking at on autocar.co.uk this week – and don’t forget to visit the site throughout next week for all the news from the Frankfurt motor show.
Most-read news story: Scrappage scheme 2017 - which brands have one?
Autocar staff writer Jimi Beckwith has become our resident scrappage scheme correspondent, and rarely a morning has gone by in the past week when he hasn’t had to update this story with details of yet another manufacturer launching its own programme.
It’s little wonder this is such a popular read: the various schemes vary wildly and include all manner of exemptions, making it easy to get confused about what’s actually on offer.
Big news this week: 500bhp TVR Griffith revealed
The reveal of British firm TVR’s comeback car, named the Griffith, on Friday morning caused a major stir.
Of course, Autocar readers already knew plenty about the project by the time the covers were pulled off the stunning machine, thanks to Steve Cropley’s in-depth exclusive.
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