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Germaneon
BTW: I am using the -at least usual- term "Abwrackprämie", which means "wrecking bonus". The official name, given by the German government is "Umweltprämie", which means "environment bonus". Finally this is just a big lie, because it doesn't help the environment, if you are wrecking thousands of usable cars and produce new cars, which costs very much material and energy.
Exactly, that´s the big "joke" (sarcasm). Past month my 9 year old Neon passed the TÜV (MOT) without any complaints. It still runs well and now I´m supposed to wreck it to get 2.500,-?? What a *censored* waste!! The average mpg is 29 (8l/100km) - more than fair for a 9 year old car with 132 hp (133 PS).
At best they shall buy a combination, an US-made car with modern technology and low fuel consumption. Here you have the big question: what models they shall buy???
There have been a couple of US-made cars worth to be that such as the Neon and Cobalt. Back then they were up to date (at least on higher trim levels) with properly fuel consumption. Unfortunately they neglected the small car development and replaced the Neon with the Caliber with worse fuel economy.