Even if Volkswagen «s woes are sapping the life out of
the diesel passenger car market, you'll still be able to get a stout and thrifty little truck with three pedals and a stick.
But recent regulatory and technological advancements at a time of high gas prices have spurred a revival in the U.S.
diesel passenger car market.
Not exact matches
(Just in time, as it turned out, for the few remaining
diesel passenger cars on the
market to no longer be able to satisfy emissions regulations — but that's another story).
Two non-German automakers are bringing
diesel - engine
passenger cars to
market in 2013.
The niche
market, which is only 1 per cent of total
passenger car market, was bumping from one regulatory or taxation hiccup or another since the past two years such as the Supreme Court ban on high end
diesel vehicle sale in Delhi - NCR, note - ban and the short - lived GST boost.
Add this to the fact that long - range, lower cost electric
cars are finally becoming increasingly viable, and that cities are exploring ways to reduce dependence on motor vehicles overall — and you really start to see a convergence of factors which should lead to
diesel's demise in the
passenger car market much sooner than many of us would have expected.
«The
diesel passenger car could sooner or later disappear from these
markets,» Elmar Degenhart said in an interview with
markets daily Boersen - Zeitung published on Thursday.