Auto Repair
Recyclers could thanks to scrapping old cars and scrap lots
cannibalize. The sudden glut of utilizable confuses the spare parts
market.
Lots of parts on the shelf - because of the scrapping the bearings of
the recycling companies with cannibalized parts well filled.
Photo: AP
Kassel. The scrappage scheme has a dubious reputation. While car
dealerships as they celebrate success, recycling companies moan about
the consequences of Abwrackbooms: You need a lot of old cars and scrap
cannibalize.
The sudden glut of utilizable confuses the spare parts market.
Already, the industry complains about shrinking margins. But consumers
who leave their cars repaired with used parts can be happy about
falling parts prices.
"We have an insane glut of used parts," complains of the Gottfried
hell ArGe-old car in Kassel. The Federation of ELV recycling are
connected approximately 800 certified recycling companies. Normally
would in Germany each year about 3.2 million cars deregistered,
cannibalized and recycled 1.2 million of them, the rest exported. By
