Diesel doom

[Niall]

Now, although i do agree that media hype is shite, has no one realised that the biggest and most obvious thing which isn't under the control of the media is the change in technologies in the past 5 years. Small turbo petrol engines are becoming more and more popular and common. Very low emissions, shit loads of torque and power. May not be achieving the 80+mpg that modern diesels are but they are a lot cleaner and still meet the needs of most motorists who just expect a car to take off regardless of where you are in the rev range (e.g people just not knowing how to drive lol)
Diesel is never going to disappear but there is pros and cons to both. A petrol arctic lorry for example wouldn't be a great idea by far (depending how tech changes i suppose in the future) but what is the real need for a silly torquey diesel in your average saloon which spends all day on the motorway when you could fit a lower polluting petrol engine that does the job just as well!