Diesel engines across the UK are slowly losing trust and people are moving away from diesel cars

It has been revealed by a survey report that the Europeans who were loyal to the diesel engines are moving away and changing their priorities which shows change of diesel engine loyalty over the past decades. The report reveals that the diesel engines across Europe and especially in the UK have seen a popularity decline among the customers.

Why diesel engines were popular in the past?

Diesel engines have many traits that make them prominent in the field of power generation. Diesel engines are famous for returning best fuel economies, and hefty torque figures. These are the diesel engines that can exclusively make their way into the green cars.

Why are diesel engines becoming unpopular?

According the report, people are now more aware of the facts and the adverse effects of the diesel as a fuel on the air quality. Diesel is a largest source of black smoke and dirty particles that pollute the air. There have been more intensive exertions to develop the alternatives and the most importantly, a number of governmental officials who are against the diesel engines and diesel fuel.

The Mayor of London and many others are campaigning against the diesel engines. The businesses are also involved and they are leaving the diesel engines. The company car buyers now prefer to buy petrol cars for their fleets. In the petrol engines only, they further prefer to buy downsized petrol engines and cars with smaller engines. The shift is now very obvious in the UK. London congestion zone has strict rules for the diesel cars and even the efficient cars are no longer able to enter into the congestion zones in London without paying a heavy levy charge.

The survey company said that the Volkswagen diesel engines scandal was one of the major causes that derailed the diesel car sales.

How this change was noticed?

This change was noticed on different platforms but a recent survey from a car leasing company reveals that the company car buyers prefer to lease petrol and hybrid electric cars but not the diesel engines. In the first two quarters of 2016 and the same period in 2015, there was a noticeable decrease in the diesel leases.

From January to July 2015, more than 85 percent cars leased were diesel engined cars along with just over 12 percent petrol and 2 percent were hybrid vehicles. However, in the same period in 2016, the percentage of diesel engine cars hired was decreased by more than 6 percent. It was a big decrease in the diesel leasing, petrol engines gained popularity by around 5 percent and electric vehicles by one percent.

Are any specific petrol models gaining popularity?

Certainly not, but according to the figures there are different variants from BMW including BMW 320d diesel engines, BMW 3-series as a whole, Renault Clio, Seat and Volkswagen models remained at the top of the leasing list.  The car manufacturers believe that UK will increase the charging sites for the electric cars to 7,900 by 2020.