Diesel Yaris

[Kar98]

Originally Posted by bronsin

Europe as is well known for being diesel car friendly. Many smart Euros own diesel engine cars for their longevity and supposedly cheap operating costs.

Well maybe they weren't as smart as they thought.

Theres pretty bad pollution in many European countries and the experts are laying it squarely on the diesel propelled cars. Here in Philly once or twice a year we do have bad pollution warnings in the weather forecast however there is no visible smog ever.

Not so in Paris.

Diesel fuel is only about 30 cents a gallon more here in NJ after maybe 15 years of being as much as 30% more. But its still more and that combined with the higher purchase price makes owning one not the economic proposition it once was...

I guess we dodged a bullet on that one.

In Europe, especially in Germany, Diesel fuel is a lot cheaper than gasoline, and their Diesel fuel is a lot cleaner than that nasty liquid soot that's being sold here. Taxes on cars and fuel are quite high over there, so people save wherever they can. Better fuel mileage, cheaper to buy the fuel, so they put up with the higher cost to buy Diesel cars. And pollution in German cities isn't anywhere near what it was in decades past, thanks to strict regulations and modern emissions control systems.
Case in point, the top dozen cargo ships in the world emit more pollution than all the cars in the world combined.