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Top of the league for car models scrapped in the UK in 2022

9th January 2023

Ford Focus Revealed as the Most Scrapped Car Model in 2022, According to New Data Scrap Car Comparison has revealed that the Ford Focus was the most scrapped car model in 2022 The Vauxhall Corsa ranks as second most scrapped, with the larger Vauxhall Astra following in third position Ford takes the title of the most scrapped car manufacturer of 2022, followed by Vauxhall and … [Read more...]

More Ford Focus models scrapped in UK in 2021 than any other model

21st January 2022

Robin Roberts advises that... More Ford Focus models were taken off the road than any other make/model last year... According to data from Scrap Car Comparison, the Ford Focus was the most scrapped car model in 2021, with 29,525 of the cars hitting the scrap heap The Vauxhall Astra was revealed as the second most scrapped model (22,143 cars), with the Vauxhall Corsa following in third … [Read more...]

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