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Originally Posted by tim dodwell
I feel sorry in some ways for all those with diesel cars, as prices will soon crash as folk are already slowly abandoning them - due to inevitable action being taken soon against them. Cities banning them are not far off, which will make life difficult for their owners, and the doctors body (BMA) has called for action to be taken due to the harm to folk's lungs. We saw a program recently that said the average diesel car emits twice as much muck as a lorry!!
Petrol engines are getting close to their realtime mpg - the TSI engines fitted to VW, Skoda, Seat, and Audi for example, are amazing. We got over 46mpg (averaged over the last two years) from a 2011 1.4 Octavia (not tiny, and it doesn't hang about). We will stick to these engines for the future as a result, but other companies (like Ford for example) do as good a job.
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I couldn't agree more. I recently reduced my annual mileage from 30k to around 15k, and changed my VAG 1.6 Tdi for a VAG 1.2 Tsi. It has surprised me with its performance - not exactly earth-shattering, but the little turbo gives it the ability to accelerate past heavy traffic in the same manner as the diesel, with a lot less noise. I do a fair bit of town driving, but I average around 45mpg, as opposed to the diesel's 50mpg. They're cracking good little motors, and Ford's 1.0 unit is equally impressive - my daughter drove a Focus equipped with one, and couldn't believe the smooth delivery and adequate performance of such a small engine. They're the future.