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Clilheroe Advertiser and Times, June 21st, 1979 9 Economy fuel carsf k’'


EVERYONE, it seems, is suddenly talking about how much they can save on their petrol bills and certainly the easiest way


Diesel fuel is it the answer?


of doing this is to simply e a s e o f f on t h e a c c e l e r a t o r pe d a l. Another possible answer to the fuel crisis which is


starting to attract some attention in this country is the diesel engine. There was a time, and


all


model. This car is already available with a diesel engine in some European countries and will be introduced to the British market in a few months’ time.


At the top end of the Peugeot range is the 604


not so many years ago, when people thought of diesel engines as noisy, smelly and unsophisti­ cated pieces of machinery which has no place in the family saloon car. For years, the world of com­ mercial vehicles has made full use of the advantages which the diesel engine has to offer, but the ordi­ nary motorist has had lit­ tle opportunity to see for h im s e lf how muc h cheaper to run a diesel engined car really is.


The picture is now


changing, and over the last few years the world’s


Think of your car as money. We do!


by----------:----- Roger Berry


major car manufacturers have begun to produce diesel engined cars which look no different from the ordinary family saloon. At one end of the range of diesel engined cars there are the large and luxurious models made by Peugeot and Mercedes and at the other there is the humble Volkswagen Golf. It looks then as if the


diesel engined car is here to stay. But what are the advantag e s and how much better off would the ordinary motorist be if he went diesel? To try and give some


idea of the pros and cons of the diesel versus petrol question, we looked at just one medium sized family car. This car, with an odinary petrol engine, cos t s £3,873 at p re ­ budget prices and its diesel engined brother cost £4,250. That is a dif­ ference of £377. Set against this, the


Avenger I.S 1600 Special Saloon. Hlack viml roof Puvh-hutton ruJm i Ivrit reclining scat' lilecironic ignition Heated rcaruinJnu


diesel engined car gave around 30 per cent more miles to the gallon than the petrol engined model. For the normal motorist who covers around 250 mi les per week, this means a saving of about £2.50 on the weekly fuel bill. It is a matter of simple


arithmetic to work out that it would take the


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average motorist almost three years to make up the extra cost of buying a die se l en gined car through the savings he made on his fuel bills. Not, you might think, sufficient incentive to make everyone dash out and start buying diesel, but ther e are othe r factors.


Advantage


important advantage of diesel engines, after the fundamental matter of cutting the cost of motor­ ing, is that contrary to popular belief they are much cleaner than petrol engines. Pol lut ion in today’s cities would be considerably reduced if everyone turned to diesel to power their cars. So far as engine per­


Perhaps the mos t


formance is concerned, comparisons are difficult to make but, broadly speaking, the diesel car does not feel a great deal different to drive from its petrol engined counter­ part. A diesel engine will start more easily when it is cold or damp and this should prove a boom to the British motorist in our climate. F i n a l l y , g e n e r a l


maintenance is cheaper for a diesel engine than for a petrol engine. The


Volkswagen Golf is the smallest diesel engined car availablb in this country.


For the more modest diesel-minded motorist, the


The small circle of exclusive cars has grown a little.


For years we've led the motoring


diesel engine has no s p a r k plu gs to be replaced and no dis­ tributor to wear out . Although for the ordi­ nary motorist it is prob­ ably of little practical value, it is worth noting that a diesel engine is expected to keep running for around 250,000 miles without needing major attention as compared with only about 100,000 miles for, a normal petrol engine.


There seems, then, lit­


tle doubt that the diesel engine is more economi­ cal in the long run than the petrol engine. The question is, can the ordi­ nary motorist afford it in the shor t term? The wor ld’s oil resources would last a lot longer if everyone went diesel tomorrow, but with all due respect, the ordinary motorist is more con­ cerned with his own short term family budget than he is about the long term problems of the world fuel crisis.


Dealers in diesel motor


cars say there is a very definite trend towards people buyinh diesel cars but at the moment diesel car sales account for only about two per cent of the British market.


there are no simple ans­ wers to the question of which is best. It is up to the ordinary motorist to decide which is best for him and these are just a few of the facts which may help him make that decision.


In the final analysis,


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