Diesel car segment thrives in India

Thanks to the sky rocketing petrol prices that diesel cars in India are selling like hot cakes. The diesel car segment of the Indian car market has seen a rapid growth lately, all because diesel prices are lesser than petrol prices.

Meenal

Published On Aug 18, 2011 16:04 IST

Published OnAug 18, 2011 16:04 IST

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According to the director of sales of General Motors India, Mr. Vikas Jain, currently, the diesel car segment comprises of 20% of the Indian car market share and it is expected to expand with a great speed. Also 70% of the Indian car market is controlled by small cars; therefore the car manufacturers are working on developing diesel variants of these small cars.

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Earlier, diesel cars were linked with engine noise, slow pick up and high emission, but the modern technology has been successful in dealing with these troubles. Furthermore, the price difference between diesel and petrol prices is also pretty huge.

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It’s not only Indian car market who is drifting towards the diesel cars more and more, but the European market is following the same footsteps. Currently the Indian car market has pretty fuel efficient diesel cars, which include newly launched Chevrolet Beat diesel, the new Maruti Swift, Toyota Etios Liva and many more.The new Chevrolet Beat diesel is said to be the country’s most fuel efficient car in the small car segment. It comes with advanced common rail fuel injection technology, which provides lower emission and higher fuel efficiency.

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<p>Having worked as an Auto Journalist for the past 5 years, Ritesh is keenly passionate about digging more on automobiles and things related. His journey as a journalist so far consists of different profiles that helped him groom on various platforms within the automobiles industry. He kept rolling on technical experience during his career as a Road Test Editor, which finally took him to a level where he turned to be an Editor-in-Chief of CarDekho.com, India's no. #1 automotive giant. </p> <p>Another side of his creative life is easily visible the photography that he carries out in order to serve the CarDekho news readers with the latest and natural pictures of newly launched cars. Additionally, he is the one who foresees all auto news articles that are to be published making it sure that CarDekho readers get the latest and the best automotive news first. "Life is a highway, keep driving", Says Ritesh.</p>Read more

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