The fight between petrol and diesel cars is getting intense day-by-day with most domestic car enthusiasts becoming increasingly sceptical of which option to go for. The sales of diesel powered vehicles are witnessing their best numbers, while sales of petrol cars, even though far from their excellent, are still decent in the Indian auto market. CarTrade.com has compiled a list of pros and cons of both petrol and diesel fuelled vehicles, in order to help clear out certain misconceptions and removing doubts of our readers.
Petrol powered cars have been traditionally popular for their impressively low maintenance requirements, low engine noise and vibration levels, along with neat pricing as compared to their diesel fuelled siblings. Further, overall ride quality, smoothness and pocket friendly pricing of petrol models can be attributed as major reasons for their demand and popularity among car aficionados across the world. On the other hand, the surging demand and interest for diesel powered vehicles can be associated with their superior fuel consumption rating as against the petrol fuelled options. Further, diesel cars offer better and more environment friendly CO2, CO and other hydrocarbons engine emission levels than the petrol models.
Coming to the cons, the biggest drawback of petrol powered vehicles is their inferior mileage and emission levels as compared to their diesel twins. Further, the ever increasing price of petrol fuel is a big deterrent for buyers from investing in petrol-run cars. The demerits of diesel cars are their greater pricing, expensive maintenance and unfavourably high NVH (Noise, Vibration and Harshness) levels. Evidently, the pick-up of most diesel cars is usually sluggish as compared to their petrol counterparts.
