More Yaris diesels out here?

[Bredayaris]

Thanks you guys.

The gas prizes are rising in the USA (Canada too?), do you see more diesels then?

It's sweet to have much torque with such a light little car. It feels like you have a much bigger engine and car. And it's nice that the car is small because there's not much space here in Holland

[aca72]

Originally Posted by Bredayaris

The gas prizes are rising in the USA (Canada too?), do you see more diesels then?

The 2008 VW Jetta TDI is coming back...

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2837618

...nice but expensive.

[Nigal]

Originally Posted by Bredayaris

The gas prizes are rising in the USA (Canada too?), do you see more diesels then?

We Yanks tend to gravitate towards the hybrid cars. The Prius is so popular here. It suffers the same thing the diesels do, price vs. savings. If you sit down and crunch the numbers the extra cash you put out for a Prius is more than you'd save on gas. The extra money you normally spend on a diesel is the same way but at least with a diesel the engine should last forever and can take the miles.

[jdium]

Diesels kick ass, I'd love it if I could have gotten my 3 door as a diesel.

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by Nigal

We Yanks tend to gravitate towards the hybrid cars. The Prius is so popular here. It suffers the same thing the diesels do, price vs. savings. If you sit down and crunch the numbers the extra cash you put out for a Prius is more than you'd save on gas. The extra money you normally spend on a diesel is the same way but at least with a diesel the engine should last forever and can take the miles.

I'll have to double check, but I'm quite sure the diesel versions of many cars, at least in Europe, are cheaper than the equivalent petrol versions...

[Sabina74]

Originally Posted by eTiMaGo

I'll have to double check, but I'm quite sure the diesel versions of many cars, at least in Europe, are cheaper than the equivalent petrol versions...

In Italy a diesel Yaris is more expensive than a petrol one.
The 1.0 petrol basic version costs €11.000
The 1.4 Diesel basic version costs € 13.000

and here petrol and diesel have almost the same price:

petrol € 1,30/litre
diesel € 1,19/litre

so if you buy a diesel car you cannot save money...!
But Italians love diesel....I don't know why!!!
maybe for diesel engine longer life!

[eTiMaGo]

Originally Posted by Sabina74

In Italy a diesel Yaris is more expensive than a petrol one.
The 1.0 petrol basic version costs €11.000
The 1.4 Diesel basic version costs € 13.000

and here petrol and diesel have almost the same price:

petrol € 1,30/litre
diesel € 1,19/litre

so if you buy a diesel car you cannot save money...!
But Italians love diesel....I don't know why!!!
maybe for diesel engine longer life!

yes, but I mean, the 1.4 D4-D is closer in performance to the 1.3 petrol yaris, what is the price of that one?

[Bredayaris]

@ Sabina74

I don't recall your opinion about Japanese manufacturers can't build good big cars!
My boyfriends father has the Avensis and it's good value for money, one of the best in it's class!

Diesel powered cars in the Netherlands are much more expensive then the petrol ones!
Our goverment has an anti- diesel policy too.
The taxes are much higher, but the gas prizes are much higher then the diesel prizes.

Toyota Yaris 1.3 16v vvti Linea Terra 14.400€ - 304 € for 1 year
Toyota Yaris 1.4 D-4D Linea Terra 18.550€ - 684 € for 1 year!!!

But then the gas/diesel costs:

petrol: 1.45 €/ L ---> 7,80 USD/ Gallon
diesel: 1.09 €/ L ---> 5,64 USD/ Gallon

I have to say that i've driven the 1.3 vvti from my boyfriends brother and the diesel is much more powerful. More relax to drive because of the higher torque.
And a way better fuel economy and quieter on the highway.