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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedDiesel tops gas engines in Italy; Lower cost of fuel, better performance push diesel success.(News)
Automotive News Europe, October, 2003
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Byline: Luca Ciferri
Italy is poised to become the sixth European country to sell more diesel-powered vehicles than gasoline-fueled ones.
In September for the first time, diesel cars accounted for 52.4 percent of Italian registrations. Year to date, diesels have a 47.3 percent share of the Italian market and are expected to capture 49 percent for the full year. Diesel cars already outsell gasoline models in France, Spain, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg.
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