Diesel car market, far from wilting, still looks like a garden in bloom

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WESTERN EUROPE
Diesel car market, far from wilting, still looks like a garden in bloom
More than half of the new cars sold in Europe are still diesel powered

Published: Thu, 01 May 2014 16:07:13 GMT
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Not so very long ago some learned autoindustry visionaries still painted a picture of European motorists’ gradually changing relationships with their long-favoured fuel-economical diesel cars, potentially redrawing the map in terms of the continent’s deeply ingrained motoring preferences.

Fast forward only a handful or so years to the present day, and after first terrifying all those earning much of their living in Europe’s long-flourishing diesel car business, latest AID compiled data tells an altogether more soothing tale.

53.1%
West Europe’s new diesel car market share during Q1 2014

After digesting latest detailed figures, Europe’s autoindustry may derive some soothing comfort from the fact that underlying demand for latest diesel-fuelled cars in Europe still looks remarkably healthy.

Earlier reports of the slow death of the diesel car have been greatly exaggerated, to paraphrase Mark Twain.

What was supposed to look like a picture of a gradually dying market remains a market-dominating segment in robust good health.

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WEST EUROPEAN new DIESEL CAR sales:
by country 3-MONTHS 2014 v 3-MONTHS 2013

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53.1% West Europe’s new diesel car market share during Q1 2014

53.1%
West Europe’s new diesel car market share during Q1 2014