A new study finds diesel vehicles have a lower Total Cost of Ownership over three to five years when compared to similar gas vehicles. Would you consider buying a diesel instead of a gas powered vehicle?
The savings are mostly due to lower fuel costs (despite diesel being more expensive) and less depreciation, even taking the higher purchase price into account.
I've known this for a while. Diesel is a lot more popular in Europe because its a lot more fuel efficient and causes less pollution. People don't know that here because we sillily use pollution measurements per gallon not per mile.
I'm not sure that it does create more smog. I don't have my source, but from those I looked at a while a ago, it seems like diesel creates more smog per gallon, but really less smog per mile, which is what really matters.
There's very little difference between diesel and gas cars nowadays, mostly thanks to California's incredibly strict regulations. And any new car today, regardless of which fuel it uses, will be significantly cleaner than one from ten years ago.
It all depends on the vehicle itself. F-250 trucks are lasting very long without major repairs. But the Chevy 2500s are doing a lot better as far as outlasting other makes. My mom had an old diesel car don't remember the type and absolved it.
The economics doesn't stack up the same. In many european countries diesel is much cheaper. In the UK it actually costs a fair bit more but we're talking fuel that costs twice as much as California, so the savings are magnified.
I think around 50% of cars sold in the UK are diesel, including almost all SUVs. BMW even stopped offering the petrol X1/3/5's completely, no one bought them. But as fuel is so cheap here it's harder to save enough to offset the extra purchase cost.
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