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Analysts predict diesels to make up 20% of U.S. market by 2020

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    Analysts predict diesels to make up 20% of U.S. market by 2020

    Filed under: Green, Ford, Toyota
    [IMG]Hybrid vehicles may hold most of the headlines right now, but both analysts and industry insiders agree that oil burners will comprise a far greater slice of the automotive propulsion market by 2020. BorgWarner CEO Tim Manganello told the SAE Automotive World Congress in Detroit that diesels would account for 20% of vehicles by 2020, and both Ford product chief Derrick Kuzak and Toyota engineering vice president Ed Mantey agreed with the assessment. Manganello based his prediction on powertrain trends in Europe, which already feature diesel engines in about half of its vehicles.

    Hybrids were predicted to account for about 10% of the market by that time, which doesn't quite match up with the technology's considerable hype. We're all for more diesel and hybrids on America's streets, and with new oil-burners from Ford, GM, Honda and more already on the way, 20% sounds like a very attainable goal for 2020.

    [Source: AutoWeek]
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    Autoblog, Apr 15, 2008
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    You should look at how many diesels run back home in the Philippines... Actually, let me check if i can find some data about that...
    Ares, Apr 15, 2008
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    Subaru has a new turbo boxer diesel motor now.
    GSE21tuner, Apr 15, 2008
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    i dont think so... with the grossly inflated price of diesel why would anyone make the switch just to pay MORE while knowing they are getting royally shafted... ?
    turbo4age, Apr 15, 2008
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    Yeah. If they had come out with all these diesels prior to the new fuel requirements, they might have sold more. We do have a bunch of diesel Jetta/New Beetle owners who are getting 50mpg on the highway. I dunno how much their initial expense and ongoing extra fuel costs eat up any savings that the higher mpg gets them though.

    Now, if gasoline prices camp out at 4 bucks a gallon and diesel starts to come down again, more people might consider the higher inital cost.
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    If people would just drive conservatively and not like asses all the time, fuel consumption wouldn't be such a problem.
    GSE21tuner, Apr 16, 2008
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