Wednesday, January 11, 2012

U.S. Diesel Car Sales Grow by a Staggering 27% in 2011 while Hybrids Drop 2.2%


Diesel-powered passenger cars almost became extinct in the U.S. market but a push in recent years from German carmakers such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz and the Volkswagen Group that launched a barrage of models with high-tech oil burners as well as the development of low-sulfur fuel have made American warm up to diesel.

In 2011 alone, sales of new clean diesel passenger vehicles soared by 27.4 percent over the previous year according to sales information compiled by HybridCars.Com and market research firm Baum and Associates.

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