Czech repair shops suffer from the scrapping premium

The Czech government has also enacted a premium for people who have their old cars scrapped when buying a new one. The German-language daily Prager Zeitung doesn't think much of the idea: "The premium is nothing more than an expensive flash in the pan, and politicians should know that. Every koruna can only be spent once, and the money for the premium will now be lacking for other expenditures. In addition, only those who already wanted to buy a car will do so. The garages will be the ones to suffer, and wait in vain for customers. The same goes for spare parts manufacturers. This measure will also harm students, the retired and other disadvantaged people who want to buy a used car. ... The sole winners will be car manufacturers and dealerships. But even they won't benefit for too long, because it's the nature of a flash in the pan to go out quickly."

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