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Huw wrote:
 

There is one main reason for the diesels popularity in Europe -
differential taxation. In the US diesel fuel now routinely sells for more
than unleaded regular gasoline. How can anyone justify paying extra for a
diesel vehicle if the fuel is more expensive? True the diesel will get
better mileage, but in most cases this will be at the sacrafice of some
performance.

Ed

"Huw" <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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Nope. Diesel engines still emits more carcinogenic particulates than
gas ones. And you assume that the current taxation will remaing the
same, which will not from 2006 and on. You also assume that gas
engines won't increasingly improve either, direct injection, for
example.
 

For the only reason that in Europe a full tank of gas in a Focus may
set you back $50.

"Huw" <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message news:<news.uk.tiscali.com>... 

So does the new Fiat 1.3 Diesel without particulate filter...

Then again, EU4 for gas engines is less rigorous than CA's ULEV and
allows for more pollutants for Diesel engines.

That may have been true once in a number of countries and may still
influence some people's decisions (even though it is rarely worthwhile to
pay the extra for a diesel engine unless you do a ery high mileage) but is
no longer that significant.

How do you explain the steep rise of diesel sales in the UK where the fuel
costs the same as or more than standard 95-octane (c. 90 in the US)
petrol/gasoline?

The Merc S 320 CDI is the number-1-selling 'luxury executive' saloon in the
UK. To people for whom the price of fuel is probably a secondary
consideration.

DAS
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"C. E. White" <com> wrote in message
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I suppose people in Europe aren't as bright as I thought.

Ed

Dori Schmetterling wrote:
 

"Neo" <com> wrote in message
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Direct injection petrol engines are in common use and do not provide
the hoped-for advantages and indeed have many pollution problems, not
least of which is a high level of particulate emission, at least on
the scale of modern diesels. Diesel technology is advancing at a far
greater rate than the relitively mature petrol technology.

 
prestige 
sold. 

Do you seriously believe that I care about the price of a tank of gas
in my two cars which cost between them the best part of £100,000UKP ?
LOL.
By far the majority of BMW 7 and Mercedes S are now sold as diesel
here. It seems incomprehensible to Americans that these are the
engines of choice, even in the UK where the diesel fuel is more
expensive than petrol. Believe it!

Huw





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"Dori Schmetterling" <co.uk> wrote in message
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but is 
the fuel 
in the 

That is exactly correct. It is the engine of choice irrespective.

Huw


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"C. E. White" <com> wrote in message
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Guess who isn't actually very bright? He's the one who speaks from a
position of ignorance.

Huw


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