New car poll

downwesht

If you were to buy a new car this year would you buy

1.Petrol
2.Diesel
3.Hybrid
4.Electric


I need the results for a school assignment.Any help appreciated,home schooling!!!
Thanks in advance!:P

Atlantic Dawn

What budget or is it infinite money?

I'd go electric if budget was €100k, Hybrid if budget was €50k, Petrol if budget was €25k.

downwesht

Budget 15 to 30k ta

colm_mcm

beepbeep.ie will give you stats on what people have actually registered.

AMKC

Petrol for me so. Actually I am looking or least dreaming of buying a petrol car second hand but the way things are with driving tests and all that crap it will probably never happen. I really should have done it years ago but just never had the necessity for one or the confidence really.

Buddy Bubs

3 litre diesel.

snowcat

Anyone buying a new diesel or diesel hybrid is a glutton for punishment, not sure their reasoning.

Buddy Bubs

snowcat wrote: »

Anyone buying a new diesel or diesel hybrid is a glutton for punishment, not sure their reasoning.

I was only messing about diesel, I'd buy a phev if buying this year, but what do you think is wrong with buying a diesel now?

AMKC

snowcat wrote: »

Anyone buying a new diesel or diesel hybrid is a glutton for punishment, not sure their reasoning.

Why do you think that?

snowcat

AMKC wrote: »

Why do you think that?

Because i cannot think of any advantage to buying a diesel. Hybrid diesel is worst of all worlds. Diesels do not like not being driven or intermittent driving. Otherwise Diesel itself is smelly smoky noisy expensive to maintain and you cannot explain to many the advantages of spending big money on a diesel when your only possibly plus is that it might save you a few bob on fuel.

User1998

snowcat wrote: »

Anyone buying a new diesel or diesel hybrid is a glutton for punishment, not sure their reasoning.

What fuel type would you recommend for someone doing say 40,000km per year of mostly motorway driving?

colm_mcm

snowcat wrote: »

Because i cannot think of any advantage to buying a diesel. Hybrid diesel is worst of all worlds. Diesels do not like not being driven or intermittent driving. Otherwise Diesel itself is smelly smoky noisy expensive to maintain and you cannot explain to many the advantages of spending big money on a diesel when your only possibly plus is that it might save you a few bob on fuel.

What’s especially wrong with hybrid diesels?

Are you talking about mild hybrids?

snowcat

colm_mcm wrote: »

What’s especially wrong with hybrid diesels?

Are you talking about mild hybrids?

Mainly that if you are doing 40k km a year than a hybrid is only going to increase your mass (carrying a battery around) and will make your car pointless. If you are driving around a city a petrol hybrid is much more efficient. So basically go full diesel or petrol hybrid. As most manufacturers worked out. Not sure why Mercedes think it is viable

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qhQogTBfMM

User1998

A diesel hybrid has better fuel economy than a petrol hybrid and its quieter and more fuel efficient than a regular diesel around town

colm_mcm

snowcat wrote: »

Mainly that if you are doing 40k km a year than a hybrid is only going to increase your mass (carrying a battery around) and will make your car pointless. If you are driving around a city a petrol hybrid is much more efficient. So basically go full diesel or petrol hybrid. As most manufacturers worked out. Not sure why Mercedes think it is viable

How many full hybrid diesels are actually available to buy?

If a regular diesel is more economical than a regular petrol, then how can a hybrid diesel be less economical than it hybrid petrol equivalent. That doesn’t make sense.

snowcat

User1998 wrote: »

A diesel hybrid has better fuel economy than a petrol hybrid and its quieter and more fuel efficient than a regular diesel around town

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qhQogTBfMM

colm_mcm

You can’t use a source that doesn’t pronounce diesel properly.

User1998

snowcat wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qhQogTBfMM

He basically says theres no need for diesel hybrids because diesels are already extremely efficient and powerful.. not sure how that backs up your point?

Zurbaran

User1998 wrote: »

What fuel type would you recommend for someone doing say 40,000km per year of mostly motorway driving?

A Camry hybrid does over 50mpg and will most likely be able to do a load of mileage over its life span without issues.

Some maths would need to be done to see if that is better than diesels that will do the same or a bit more mpg, cheaper diesel but more expensive servicing. Also maybe more problems with the diesel.

For Forks Sake

Zurbaran wrote: »

A Camry hybrid does over 50mpg and will most likely be able to do a load of mileage over its life span without issues.

Some maths would need to be done to see if that is better than diesels that will do the same or a bit more mpg, cheaper diesel but more expensive servicing. Also maybe more problems with the diesel.

On motorway driving ? Colour me sceptical of that

https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/toyota/camry/mpg

The appeal of any hybrid-powered car lies mainly in reduced running costs versus conventionally powered petrol models. The Camry delivers in this department with claimed economy of 53.3mpg, although we only managed 37.9mpg on test in mixed driving. We managed 417 miles from the Camry’s 50-litre tank

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/toyota/camry

Thus, efficiency has to be the main calling card of this eighth-generation model, supported by a WLTP-confirmed economy figure above the 50mpg mark (around 44mpg during our real-world test)

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/motors/irish-road-test-newly-refreshed-toyota-camry-makes-a-welcome-return-1.3869410

– over more than 1,000km of test mileage (and much of that on motorways, where hybrids traditionally struggle) we scored an average of 6.2-litres per 100km.(45mpg)

Zurbaran

How many did you need to look through for those numbers? Have to laugh at the 37.9 one, my 1st gen gs450h will do a little less than 5mpg worse than that on a long run so there must have been something wrong with that car.


First 3 reviews I looked at.


while our varied test route, which included motorways, saw almost 50mpg achieved without much effort. And hybrids are particularly efficient in town, when they maximise their electric running.

https://www.whatcar.com/toyota/camry/saloon/review/n19241/buying-owning


Blending a 2.5-litre petrol engine with a powerful electric motor and battery pack, the Camry can return up to 53.3mpg according to the WLTP cycle. Our UK drive, covering motorways, country roads and urban areas, returned 51mpg, so Toyota's figure looks easily achievable.

https://www.carbuyer.co.uk/toyota/camry/mpg


The Camry’s 2.5-litre petrol engine might sound big and thirsty, but thanks to there also being an electric motor, you’ll see 50mpg if you drive it carefully. That’s not bad at all.

https://www.carwow.co.uk/toyota/camry

Isambard

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

What budget or is it infinite money?

I'd go electric if budget was €100k, Hybrid if budget was €50k, Petrol if budget was €25k.

Budget is what you could afford if you were to buy a car this year. Only you know what you might afford.

Isambard

snowcat wrote: »

Anyone buying a new diesel or diesel hybrid is a glutton for punishment, not sure their reasoning.

seems that more than 50% of people don't agree with you

ShadowHearth

Petrol Hot hatch, if I can't get that, then 3.0l diesel BMW.

Still my plan since 2020, and by the looks of it, not going to be a reality in 2021. :pac:

Top Dog

downwesht wrote: »

If you were to buy a new car this year would you buy

1.Petrol
2.Diesel
3.Hybrid
4.Electric


I need the results for a school assignment.Any help appreciated,home schooling!!!
Thanks in advance!:P

The question is too vague. Each person's circumstances can vary wildly which will mean that little can be garnered from the poll results. For example i picked diesel in the list - I do at least 600km a week on the work commute alone. Petrol is too inefficient. Electric is out as there's still a shockingly poor charging network and no charging point at work. So diesel fits my circumstances.

If I was buying a new car for my wife it would be petrol. Her car did less than 6000km in the last year so diesel wouldn't suit. Electric has the same drawback as above.

snowcat wrote: »

Anyone buying a new diesel or diesel hybrid is a glutton for punishment, not sure their reasoning.

So you're not sure of the reasoning behind buying a new diesel ...

snowcat wrote: »

Mainly that if you are doing 40k km a year than a hybrid is only going to increase your mass (carrying a battery around) and will make your car pointless. If you are driving around a city a petrol hybrid is much more efficient. So basically go full diesel or petrol hybrid.

And then you suggest a diesel?