Popularity of diesel vehicles drops - study
Forty-one percent of German drivers say they plan on buying a new or used vehicle in the coming 18 months, according to a study conducted by fuel and petrol station brand Aral AG. This rate is the highest since the first such study in 2003. Most survey respondents plan to buy a petrol car (52 percent), while preference for diesel engines has dropped from 31 percent in 2015 to 18 percent today. The popularity of hybrids (15 percent) and all-electric cars (5 percent) has grown since the last survey in 2015. Only six percent of respondents plan to buy small cars (about a fourth of respondents in 2015), while the popularity of limousines (34 percent) and SUVs (15 percent) has grown significantly. Tesla is seen as the most environmentally-friendly carmaker, followed by Toyota and BMW. For the study, 1,003 participants were surveyed online in March 2017.
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