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Replying to: biker4 (Jul 15, 2008 2:27 pm) In the last year, gas prices are up 38% while diesel prices are up 65%. In the wake of those huge increases, gas use is DOWN at unprecedented rates of decline, and diesel use is...........STILL UP. Freight uses a lot of the stuff. Diesel prices are just going to keep going up, but they will fluctuate more than gas most likely. As such the Jetta TDI doesn't really pay off vs a Corolla or a Civic, but it does still pay off quite handsomely vs the underwhelming fuel economy of the gas Jetta 2.5. A diesel TSX would have no entry-lux competition - all the other models in its price range are non-hybrid, non-diesel. As such, I bet it will do quite well. Until someone wises up and offers a hybrid Lexus or Infiniti, and Mercedes offers a diesel C300. BMW has already announced the impending arrival of the diesel 3-series, which would admittedly be a lot more expensive than the TSX. But Volvo? Saab? Cadillac? Nothing. I assume there will be a Passat TDI not far behind the Jetta TDI, and that might provide the best competition of all for the TSX diesel.
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"A diesel TSX would have no entry-lux competition - all the other models in its price range are non-hybrid, non-diesel. As such, I bet it will do quite well." It seems you've changed your mind regarding the sales prospects for the new generation TSX. Unless I'm missing something, you've come around to pretty much agreeing about what I said several weeks ago. If course, fuel prices have risen considerably since you and I disagreed, so your current position better reflects the new economic realities. |
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Replying to: nippononly (Jul 15, 2008 6:19 pm) Yes, the comparison is only meaningful against the similar gas model - the same as you can't compare an E320CDI against an Accord. Demand for diesel will keep going up but I think there is some max markup that the refiners can get away with. The lack or refining capacity (especially for diesel) doesn't make the news as much as the lack of crude supply.
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Replying to: flats (Jul 15, 2008 6:13 pm)
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Replying to: biker4 (Jul 16, 2008 4:21 am) |
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Replying to: biker4 (Jul 14, 2008 11:31 am)
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Replying to: ransomolds (Jul 16, 2008 1:11 pm)
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Replying to: nippononly (Jul 15, 2008 6:19 pm) |
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Replying to: bodble2 (Jul 16, 2008 1:49 pm)
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