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Originally Posted by HarryT
I suspect the price differential is a taxation issue. I don't believe that diesel is inherently more expensive to produce than petrol. They are generally the same price (to within a penny a litre) here.
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It's a lot cheaper here... petrol is €1,59/l, diesel is €1,24/l (LPG is €0,70/l). But the taxation on the car is more expensive. First, diesel cars are generally heavier and thus have a higher tax and they pay more tax because they're diesel cars.