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Originally Posted by TimS
Assuming this is directed at me, then I'm sorry if you interpreted my comments as promoting a scare story. We'll have to differ in our opinions: personally, I don't want another diesel, and therefore ruled out replacing my diesel V70 for a diesel V90. You may be perfectly happy buying diesels in the current climate, and your usage profile may make them appropriate.
However I can't see the tax regime changing in diesel's favour.
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Interestingly I saw some research on 18 cars, petrol and diesel in real world tests and unfortunately the company did not name the cars they tested but the results were that the best diesel was better than the best petrol, but that the cars they tested varied wildly and all the worst cars were small cheaper ones. They concluded that small cars either because of size for equipment or cost constraints were the most polluting. The company was preparing tests for the forthcoming real world pollution testing that will take over from the static test.
Roy