Diesel cars can take decades to provide their owners with financial benefits, according to new research.

The fuel has long been seen as more cost effective than petrol because it provides more miles to the gallon.

But having previously been less expensive than petrol it now costs about 12p a litre more.

The pump price, combined with the higher cost of the initial purchase of a diesel vehicle, means it can take many years for switching to diesel to pay off for low mileage drivers.

According to research by car experts Parker’s a BMW 318 diesel could take 28 years to recoup the extra cost.

Buying a diesel Mini could take the driver up to seven years to break even. A Ford Mondeo diesel could take six years.

Diesel is up to 30 per cent more fuel efficient than petrol and produces less environmentally harmful carbon dioxide.

The government has encouraged people to buy diesel models through its road tax policy and more than half the new cars sold every year in the UK now run on diesel.

Until the middle of the 1990s diesel was cheaper to buy than petrol but it is now significantly more expensive.

A diesel car to buy costs on average £1,400 more than the equivalent petrol model.

AA president Edmund King said: ‘Buying a diesel is not an automatic switch to cut-price motoring. For many low-mileage drivers buying a diesel is a false economy.”

From : Telegraph website

When learning to drive it may be worth considering the type of car you will be driving once you have passed your driving test. If you will drive a car with petrol engine after your driving test then you would be better off taking your driving lessons in a car with a petrol engine. However if you think you are likely to drive a car with a diesel engine after your driving test then you may want to take your driving lessons in a car that has a diesel engine. This is just one factor you will have to decide on when looking for a driving school or driving instructor to give you driving lessons.

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