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New Mon 5 Dec 16 13:02

Petrol vs Diesel sales - movilogo

I was under the impression that diesel car sales outnumber petrol car sales. However, looking at following news, looks like petrol has regained the lead.

www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/11913856/Diesel-takes-a-knock-but-new-car-sales-accelerate.html

Following link gives stats for EU where petrol looks like a clear winner in many countries.

tinyurl.com/jt9ujn6 - ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics

Outside of EU:

In India petrol:diesel is currently roughly 50:50 but few years back it was 40:60 and in next couple of years predicted to be 60:40 in favour of petrol.

In USA, I believe petrol is significantly dominant over diesel.

In Japan also, the diesel cars are negligible (IIRC diesel cars were banned there until recently - this explains why Japanese makers were so late to adopt diesel especially Lexus).

Last edited by: VxFan on Mon 5 Dec 16 at 13:55

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