We can now confirm that the most scrapped car in 2024 was the Ford Focus!
You may recall that the same model also topped our most scrapped car list in 2023. Now that 2024 has come and gone, new data has shown that the Ford Focus is still the king of the scrapyard.
The reason so many of them were scrapped this year is probably because there were so many on the roads to begin with! Supposedly, 2.71% of all UK vehicles are Ford Focuses – or should it be Ford Foci? Either way, the Ford Focus is destined to be discontinued later in 2025 after nearly 30 years in production, so it might not hold onto this top spot for much longer.
Even though the Focus was the most scrapped car of 2024, the most scrapped brand was actually Vauxhall. They took second and third place for most scrapped cars this year, resulting in an overall win for the brand. Or loss, depending on how you look at it.
Most Scrapped Car 2024 Rankings
The top ten most scrapped cars from this year are shown below.
Rank Car Model
| 1 |
Ford Focus |
| 2 |
Vauxhall Astra |
| 3 |
Vauxhall Corsa |
| 4 |
Ford Fiesta |
| 5 |
Volkswagen Golf |
| 6 |
Renault Clio |
| 7 |
Vauxhall Zafira |
| 8 |
Mini Hatch (Cooper/One) |
| 9 |
Peugeot 207 |
| 10 |
Volkswagen Polo |
This list is a bit different to last year’s top scrapped cars. The previous number 10, the BMW 3 series, has dropped off the list completely. And the Ford Mondeo, which took spot number 8 in 2023, is now nowhere to be seen.
Many of the cars in the above list are still quite popular vehicles in the UK, but there’s more than one reason to scrap a car. It could be that the car was damaged, or that the owner was just looking to make some money.
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