Schumacher Needs New Mercedes-Benz Insurance

Michael Schumacher Will Need Mercedes-Benz Insurance!

Michael Schumacher, former multi World Drivers Champion has announced his F1 racing comeback for 2010, at the ripe old age of age of 41. If he wins the championship he will be one of the few to come out retirement and achieve past glories. The last was Nikki Lauda.

From Car-insurance.tv:

Schumacher has today announced his intention to drive in next years 2010 F1 season for the Mercedes Brawn Team, in the position that was left vacant by the departure of current F1 World Champion Jensen Button to rivals Mclaren Mercedes.

The drive is worth an estimated £6 million for the season, although already sceptics are lining up to doubt whether he will go the whole way.....

Schumacher speaking on Sky News, said that he has been in training all summer and autumn to recover from the neck injury that kept him from replacing Massa in the Ferrari team back in June, and that he felt 100 per cent capable of the drive.
He is also looking forward to competing against some of the younger drivers like Massa and Hamilton for the first time.

In reality it will be difficult for Schumacher to compete against the likes of Hamilton and Button at Mclaren, whose cars were getting better with every race towards the end of last season.

There is though the 'Button' element that gave Brawn such a flying start last season when every one in the Motor sports world had written off their chances before the start of the season.
With Ross Brawn at the helm and Schumacher at the wheel anything can happen....

Then there is also the question about engines. surely Mercedes will favour their own team over McClaren?

It's going to be a very interesting 2010 F1 season......

In the meantime Michael scumacher is going to need Mercedes Insurance for all those lovely Courtesy cars and gifts that the Mercedes-Benz people are going to shower him with..



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Specialist Car Insurance Unaffected By Success of UK Government Car Scrappage Scheme

Car Dealers across the country are urging the UK Government to extend the car scrappage scheme well into the summer of 2010, in order to help maintain increased sales levels of new cars and boost the local economies.

Under the current scheme, buyers can qualify for a £2,000 discount on a new car with a trade-in on a vehicle that is more than 10 years old.

The scrappage scheme was launched in May 2009 with £300 million of funding from the Government and car companies. It will run until March 2010, or when its funding runs out, whichever is sooner.

The scheme continued to help new car sales in August with sales up 6 per cent from a year ago, the second consecutive month of growth.

However, sales so far this year are still 21.5 per cent lower than the same period in 2008, showing that the recession is still biting and questioning the overall impact of the policy. Car Insurance revenues are down in parallel to sales.

In July 2009, UK car sales rose by 2.4 per cent, the first rise since April last year which must given all the other economic factors of the time, be attributed to participation in the scheme.

Dealerships across the UK have reported an upturn in sales as a result of the scrappage scheme with small, low-priced models proving the most popular.

The effect on the specialist car insurance market has been minimal, although one could argue that many future classics have been taken off the road and crushed.

Increased sales in new cars combined with a downturn in production levels from all UK car manufacturers has meant that some new models are now difficult to get hold of.
You have only got to look at the amount of new cars, or lack of them, that appear on the new series of Top Gear, to realize there is something very wrong with the UK Motor Industry.

As a result of the shortage of new models and a waiting list, some car auctions are reporting knock-on benefits as buyers choose used small cars if new models are not available.

James Hawkins, director of Truro-based Hawkins Motors, said he would like the scrappage scheme to continue.

"It's had a massive impact. We're probably getting 200 enquiries through a month. I would like to see it extended at least until the spring," he said.

"In terms of what it has done for the business, it has increased sales rates probably by three times. Korean brands are doing very well. Cars around the £5,000 mark are setting the theme and can be difficult to get hold of.

"The recession has had an impact but this has taken some of the problem away."

It appears that for many small regional dealerships across the UK, the Government Car Scrappage scheme has been a great sucess and has helped the overstretched economies of rural communities such as Cornwall, through the worst of the current recession.

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