If you are looking to buy a diesel car in 2023, here are three good arguments for taking the step of purchasing a diesel vehicle this year.
For a little less than a decade, diesel has been subjected to a witch hunt in Europe that has plunged sales of this type of vehicle in favor of gasoline, hybrid or pure electric cars. And this has resulted in more and more brands dropping diesel engines from their product offerings.
However, diesel is still very present in the market, especially in large vehicle segments such as SUVs or sedans, where it has a significant weight in the sales mix. In fact, it is not entirely unreasonable to decide to buy a diesel car in 2023 and today I want to give you three good arguments that will make you rethink the purchase of a diesel-powered car.
Three good arguments to buy a diesel car in 2023
Autonomy and consumption
Let’s keep in mind, to begin with, that a diesel car is not designed for every type of driver. In fact, a series of requirements must be met for this type of vehicle to fit your lifestyle. However, if you comply with these bases, you will have an interesting car for different reasons.
One of this is that the fuel consumption and the autonomy provided by diesels continues to be unbeatable today. No electric, gasoline or hybrid car, regardless of whether it is traditional or plug-in, gives you the ability to go so many kilometers without having to refuel.
In the segment of sedans, the diesel engine will make it easy to overcome the barrier of 1,000 kilometers with a single tank. This, for a driver profile who regularly makes long road and highway trips, is a clear advantage.
And this is possible due to its low fuel consumption. Diesel, especially modern engines, is extremely efficient when it comes to extracting performance from each liter of fuel, achieving averages of less than 5 l/100 km with relative ease, even in large cars.
Price
You will find another argument in favor of buying a diesel car in 2023 in the price. On the one hand, the purchase price of a diesel car compared to a hybrid or electric one, being cheaper the one that only equips a diesel engine as a propulsion system.
The second argument related to price is the average cost of a liter of diesel in Spain. Currently, a liter of diesel sells for an average of 1.40 euros, which is about 17 cents less than 95 octane gasoline.
Today, filling a 50-liter diesel tank will cost you, on average, about 70 euros, a sum for which you can travel about 1,000 kilometers in most modern diesel cars.
ECO label
And the third good argument in favor of buying a diesel car in 2023 is found in the possibility of purchasing a diesel vehicle with an ECO label. We are talking, more specifically, about Mild Hybrid or microhybridization technology, a combination of light hybridization that gives you lower consumption and emissions, as well as access to the DGT ECO label.
This has important advantages when it comes to accessing the famous Low Emission Zones (ZBE), as well as parking in regulated parking areas without any type of restriction. In addition, you will be able to benefit from tax advantages in the Registration Tax or the Tax on Mechanical Traction Vehicles.
