So VW have come to a settlement in the US to buy back all diesel cars after DieselGate.

Diesel is going the way of the Dodo.

 

Unlikely.

Not for a while yet. In lots of countries Diesel is still the cheapest fuel option and still has the best fuel to mileage ratio.

In Australia 95% of heavy haulage is done via Heavy road vehicles. 4WD's and SUV's are over 60% Diesel.

Our new Skoda is Petrol, but our 2nd car is a 4WD Diesel. We had a Petrol 4WD before that and it was far to expensive in fuel.

I am predicting that Hybrids will take over the Sedan range. They are now giving better fuel/mileage/cost ratios then even the Diesel.  

I drive a diesel and think hybrids are the future. But, if variable compression petrol technology becomes commonplace and is as good as they say it is, I will switch from my diesel.

All the benefits of diesel like strong torque and though out the Rev range matched to diesel like economy. The bonus, petrol performance and the noise.... as in there is little of it! Win win in my book.

Edited 6 November, 20169 yr by blahde2

I drive a diesel and think hybrids are the future. But, if variable compression petrol technology becomes commonplace and is as good as they say it is, I will switch from my diesel.

All the benefits of diesel like strong torque and though out the Rev range matched to diesel like economy. The bonus, petrol performance and the noise.... as in there is little of it! Win win in my book.

Whilst Hybrids and PHEV vehicles are very good now, they still don't make sense if you're doing higher mileage or a lot of motorway driving, as you won't see the benefits of the electric motor at higher speeds or longer distances - a diesel will still be a fair bit more economical.

Recently driven a 330e from London to Birmingham - cracking car, but averaged 37 mpg on the computer.

I drive a diesel and think hybrids are the future. But, if variable compression petrol technology becomes commonplace and is as good as they say it is, I will switch from my diesel.

All the benefits of diesel like strong torque and though out the Rev range matched to diesel like economy. The bonus, petrol performance and the noise.... as in there is little of it! Win win in my book.

I agree, until variable compression is perfected and you can return the same MPG as a diesel then for me my 2.0 TDI was always the best option, both my company Octavia and my own Superb are diesels, I find both diesels very quiet and I completely forget that I am driving a diesel car.

I have managed on one occasion to get 70.1MPG, on average I get 55 - 60 MPG out of the Octavia,without really trying, a petrol just cannot match that at this time, in terms of performance I find the diesel very quick.