The rate of diesel cars in Europe currently remains above 50%
- The rate of diesel cars (proportion of sales of diesel cars in the total sales of passenger cars) remains above 50% in 2012, but results by country are very varied.
- Below we can see the top 10 Western Europe countries in which can be observed different rates and different variations.
- The countries with most diesel cars are France, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg, that are close to a 70% rate of diesel cars, while Switzerland and the Netherlands have lower rates diesel sales, around 30 to 40%. Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom and Italy are between these two extremes, with a rate of diesel cars in the range of 50%. It is mostly fuel taxes levels (the difference between petrol and diesel) that favored a preference to petrol or diesel.
Data source: File #55 - Registrations in the World by makes
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