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Demand for diesel cars slows down
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The rush for diesel cars in the Indian market is fizzling out due to uncertain fuel policies and prices, resulting in unsold inventory and cars being sold at discounted prices
Diesel's dream run in the Indian market appears to have come to an end. Auto financiers and car marketers say the rush for diesel cars has fizzled out and most diesel models are now off the waiting list and on to the discount heap. And, the confusion over the fuel policy has potential consumers worried that the government may slap a diesel tax or hike prices of diesel suddenly. That in turn has taken some sparkle off diesel vehicles.
"The new trend is that even diesel vehicles are not moving that fast and dealers of most diesel models are stuck with stocks," said Ashok Khanna, senior executive V-P and business head-auto loans, HDFC Bank. "December is traditionally a dull month and this year has been slow till four-to-five days ago when the flows began to pick up speed. The footfall in dealerships are not going up as expected — buyers seem to want to defer their purchase."
Car marketers say the problem is that the fizzling of diesel demand has not led to a rise in demand for petrol vehicles either. "Earlier all diesel vehicles had a waiting list but now most of them, except a few exceptions, are on discount and demand for diesel models is under a lot of stress," said Mayank Pareek, COO, marketing and sales, Maruti Suzuki.
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Prince
Diesel causes more pollution than Petrol, and the subsidies that diesel cars get are outrageous. Middle class people drive A segment petrol cars. The government must tax diesel passenger cars and SUVs every year and exclude public transport from it. Or they need to just deregulate diesel prices.Luxury cars and SUVs sell more diesel cars than petrol. And it is certainly harmful to the environment than petrol, however advanced the diesel engine maybe.
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allen
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sg
it wud definitely come down... the level of expenses is the cause
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windmill
Introduce 2 types of diesel commercial and public transport diesel make very strict rules regarding filling of cars and other automobiles with pub transport diesel(which is an environmental hazard). Increase the pub transport diesel to the same price of petrol nd commercial diesel subsidised
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Hi Bro, There is a Solution for this.Govt Must Increase the Diesel Price Immediately.. and it must give Discount to the State Run/Central Run Public Vehicles.Example Railways and State Govt Vehicles, Police Vehicles...Because any Govt Vehicle it might be they will fill Fuel in the Depot/Department premises and they Never Fill Fuel in Local Petrol Bunks.. That way we can Keep this in problem in control...
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Debakanta Dash
The difference in cost between diesel and petrol car is 1.5 lac.The salaried class people will move in average 200 Km in a month maximum as they get a sunday only for buying household requirements.why should he invest such a huge money to park the car on the street...
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