Its not that diesel cars are best options, in some cases a petrol car may be of more use to you.
With the reducing price gap between petrol and diesel prices, the day is not far away when petrol cars will become a preferred choice among common masses. There are several other reasons that can help you understand the importance of petrol cars. Here are a few of them
- It is not only about mileage when it comes to budget cars, the main thing is also about recovery of the price you paid for a car. The diesel cars charge an extra premium along with high maintenance and service charges. In case, you are not travelling more than 50kms per day you can always go for a petrol car which will not only provide you faster recovery of your paid prices but will also save your time and energy. The life cycle of a petrol car is just 4-5 years, considering this fact a petrol car would save you more and serve you better.
- The only reason why people shifted from petrol to diesel cars was the unregulated prices of petrol while diesel prices were still being kept in leash. Till 2009-10 petrol prices cars share in market was 75%, but as prices began to rise people started shifting towards diesel cars and by FY 2012 almost 50% market had shifted towards diesel. But now since diesel prices are also being increased at a rapid pace, people are again returning to petrol cars. Major carmakers like Toyota, Chevrolet have registered a considerable shift in their sales from diesel to petrol models. That is one of the main reasons why Maruti Suzuki has been providing big discounts over diesel models of its cars, as the homegrown major very well realizes the upcoming market trend.
- Hyundai too, shares its own story, there was a time when petrol cars sales contribution went down to just 64%, and the same has risen to 82% now. The petrol models of its hatchbacks have been selling hot cakes throughout the nation. In fact, among all other major car manufacturers, it is the only one that has managed to remain stable in last few months when Indian market passed through one of the toughest stages. Some of the best-selling petrol models from its clan are i10 and Eon.
- One of the main intentions of Indian government is to reduce use of diesel for non-commercial purposes. That is one of the main reasons why Government plans to increase its price by Rs.10 by end of this year. That is one of the main reasons why consumers are fast moving towards petrol cars, because in that case a petrol car will be a much much better and economical model than ant diesel model. Even the cars that are being released with tag of economical prices have their petrol models on their lwest price end. Be it Honda Amaze or Ford EcoSport or any other vehicle the lower than Rs.5-6 lakh models of these vehicle are all petrol models, diesel model prices are still higher than them.
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