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Western European Passenger Car Purchases Shifted to Higher Share for Small Cars, Lower Share for Diesels in 2009

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to 7.7%) and diesel cars (from 52.7% New vehicle diesel share in Western Europe, 1990 to Jan-Oct 2009. New vehicle diesel share in Western Europe, 1990 to Jan-Oct 2009. lower than before the crisis in 2007. less than in 2007. Tags: Diesel Engines Europe Sales. Click to enlarge. lower than in 2008, and 9.5%

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EEA: no improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars registered in 2017 in Europe

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million new cars were registered, the highest number since 2007. Diesel cars made up 45% of the new registrations. Compared to 2016, the registrations of diesel cars decreased in all EU Member States except in Italy (+0.6 Compared to 2016, the registrations of diesel cars decreased in all EU Member States except in Italy (+0.6

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Mercedes-Benz Introducing More BlueTec EEV trucks

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This applies to both the 210 kW (286 hp) and the 240 kW (326 hp) diesel engine variants. The technology for compliance with the voluntary EEV emission standard is based on the new BlueTec 5 diesel technology from Mercedes-Benz. Tags: Diesel Emissions Europe.

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New Car Registrations in UK fall 30.9% in January; Industry Urges UK Government to Provide Scrappage Incentives to Boost Demand

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This would be some 410,000 units off the 2008 total and almost 685,000 units down on 2007. In January, diesel penetration rose 0.7 percentage points to match its second highest level ever (45.6%), but diesel volumes still fell by 29.7%. SMMT expects the market to decline by 19.3% in 2009 to 1.72 million units. Vehicle Criteria.

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