{"id":1539,"date":"2019-01-16T10:46:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T10:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2019-01-16T10:46:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T10:46:56","slug":"should-i-buy-a-diesel-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatestyling.co.uk\/car-parts-uk\/should-i-buy-a-diesel-car","title":{"rendered":"Should I buy a diesel car?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Over the last few years, diesel seems to have\nbecome a dirty word in Britain. Since the VW<\/a> scandal of 2015\nwhich saw more than 11 million vehicles fitted with an emissions tampering\ndefeat device, diesel car sales have plummeted. In the last year diesel car\nsales have fallen by a staggering 17.1%, largely due to bad publicity,\nincreasing government taxation and city exclusion zones. So, it begs the\nquestion, is the diesel engine dead?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The short answer is, no. Don\u2019t fall for the\nscaremongering, if you do more than 14,000 miles a year, tow or carry heavy\nloads and don\u2019t live in a major city, diesel is the way to go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the government would have you believe\ndiesel cars are worse than their petrol rivals for the environment, the fact of\nthe matter is that car manufacturers have invested millions in the latest Euro\n6 diesels (which have become mandatory for all new cars since 2015) and many\nare now cleaner than petrol engines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a number of advantages to purchasing a\ndiesel car in 2019:<\/p>\n\n\n\n