Is Diesel Dead?

pitkin2020

alo6 wrote: »

the scrapage scheme was targetted to people to buy new cars, the dealers reduced their low end petrol models to rediculously low prices on top of the scrapage.

so is it any wonder petrol car sales has risen over the last year?

Remember the scrappage scheme wasn't targetting people that do buy new cars every 3 or 5 years but people who have only ever bought a new car once or never before. A lot of these people had a low budget but were using this chance to get a new car that they probably haven't been able to or won't be able to afford again, so took the oppoutunity to buy a new car, the cheapest!!!

AdrianHi

pitkin2020 wrote: »

A lot of the new diesel are far better on emmisions then the petrols, which is why they have the £35 per annum tax band.

CO2 emissions yes, other emissions not neccessarily.

alo6

pitkin2020 wrote: »

Remember the scrappage scheme wasn't targetting people that do buy new cars every 3 or 5 years but people who have only ever bought a new car once or never before. A lot of these people had a low budget but were using this chance to get a new car that they probably haven't been able to or won't be able to afford again, so took the oppoutunity to buy a new car, the cheapest!!!

that was part of my point, you just explained it a bit more. i totaly agree with what you are saying.

pitkin2020

AdrianHi wrote: »

CO2 emissions yes, other emissions not neccessarily.

But its only CO2 emmisions the government are wanting to reduce at the moment.

alo6

pitkin2020 wrote: »

But its only CO2 emmisions the government are wanting to reduce at the moment.

another reason for the scrapage scheme, to get all the old bangers off the road.

Inactive

alo6 wrote: »

another reason for the scrapage scheme, to get all the old bangers off the road.

Of course making new cars from mainly raw materials hardly does any damage to the planet...;)

alo6

Inactive wrote: »

Of course making new cars from mainly raw materials hardly does any damage to the planet...;)

you seem to be missing the point, the excerise was to reduce emissions in cars.

besides the scrapped cars generally get shredded and end up a new life as a happy sheet of sheet metal.

Inactive

alo6 wrote: »

you seem to be missing the point, the excerise was to reduce emissions in cars.

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Whilst producing new cars in factories that produce erm...emissions, then send them half way around the world on ships that produce erm. emissions.;)

Lorian

pitkin2020 wrote: »

But its only CO2 emmisions the government are wanting to reduce at the moment.

There's Euro5 and then Euro6 Emission standards to meet, which doesn't just govern Co2.

goldspanners

Hintza wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/green-motoring/7166444/Is-diesel-dead.html

it also highlights a lot of reason that have been used as arguements against buying a diesel on the petrol V diesel threads we seem to have had a lot of debate on recently.