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Hyundai Motor India expects July sales to bounce back to last year's level

For Creta, the company has already received over 45,000 bookings, with 30 per cent for automatics

Buying a car? High diesel prices favour petrol vehicles, but usage is key

But usage is key here since diesel vehicles provide better mileage

Diesel car models see downhill trend as gap between prices of fuels narrows

Hyundai Motor India bucks the trend, sees uptick in bookings

Diesel and petrol vehicles to co-exist in BS-VI era offerings: Honda

The fifth generation City, which is all set for debut in the country, will have BS-VI compliant petrol and diesel trims, while the Civic already has a BS-VI petrol engine since March 2019.

Hyundai pads up for diesel car monopoly with implementation of BSVI norms

From April 1, 2020, BSVI emission norms for automobiles will become mandatory across the country

Diesel cars to be ousted of VW's line-up after BS-VI rolls out: Officials

This October, the company sold over 3,000 cars in the compact and small sedan segments which include the Polo and Vento models

'Best time to buy diesel car': Companies pitch offers as BSVI norms near

Ahead of the BSVI norms that take effect on April 1, 2020, passenger vehicle makers are pulling out all stops to woo the buyers in a bid to beat the price hike of 8-15 per cent on diesel models

Toyota to continue diesel models in India, expects demand to continue

The company has even invested in a plant in India to make diesel engines which is capable of manufacturing diesel BS-VI engines with minimum investment

End of the road for diesel cars nears as emission norms get stricter

Moreover, diesel would cost nearly as petrol in coming years

Death of diesel car, especially smaller ones, may not be far ahead

In December 2015, the Supreme Court had banned the registration of all diesel vehicles

EU regulator calls the end of diesel in several years, puts faith in e-cars

The auto-emissions scandal may help the EU gear up for a technological revolution in road transport

Diesel car sales fell to 27% in FY17, says MoS for Heavy Industries Supriyo

On the other hand, the sales percentage of petrol cars has been rising continuously to 73% in FY17

'Dirty' tag drives buyers away: Diesel cars' share in total sales down 9%

Diesel continues to carry the dirty tag as far as personal vehicles are concerned. Only four out of every ten buyers opted to buy a diesel powered passenger vehicle (cars, vans and utility vehicles) last year, a decline of nine per cent from the ratio in FY16. This brings contribution of diesel in new sales to 40 per cent, the lowest in six years.Data sourced from the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) shows that 60 per cent of the buyers in the three million unit market opted for a petrol variant in FY17, up from 56 per cent in the previous year. This is the highest share for petrol in several years. The impact of this shift is more prominent in cars and only 27 per cent of buyers opted for diesel compared to 34 per cent in FY16. Interestingly, even buyers of utility vehicles have started considering petrol variants and the share now stands at 15 per cent also seen rise of petrol buyers at 15 per cent against just 10 per cent in FY15.Diesel had turned a preferred ...

Cess rider for large diesel cars in Delhi

SC lifts ban after 8 months, imposes 1% levy; carmakers cheer