| You might have read a number of articles praising | | | | funny smell. Another factor which did not take the |
| diesel engines for being very practical and efficient. If | | | | diesel engine to the passenger car market is because |
| that is the case, you might also be wondering how | | | | diesel engines are nosier and would tend to vibrate. |
| come people are driving more gasoline engine cars | | | | During cold weather, a diesel engine would be more |
| than that of the more practical diesel engine. | | | | difficult to start. For diesel engines that have ‘glow |
| In the course of automobile history, diesel engine cars | | | | plugs’, you have to wait for these to heat up |
| never really caught the passenger car market. There | | | | before you can start the engine. Moreover, since diesel |
| are historical issues, aside from some other logical | | | | fuel is not readily available, people also tend to prefer |
| reasons why the market choose gasoline cars over | | | | gasoline cars for convenience in refueling. |
| diesel engines. | | | | Despite such disadvantages, many people still choose |
| Cars running on diesel engines might be very efficient | | | | diesel engines for fuel economy. These engines also |
| when it comes to fuel consumption, but these cars | | | | have longer life than gasoline driven engines. Such |
| tend to be noisier and produce more smoke. | | | | would translate to a large sum of savings as the |
| Unfortunately, despite that, most diesel engines are | | | | longer the engine lasts, the more fuel savings you will |
| more expensive than those running on gasoline. | | | | accumulate. Such advantages eliminate all of the |
| Diesel engines have higher compression ratios than a | | | | above-mentioned disadvantages of picking diesel |
| typical gasoline car, and these tend to come heavier | | | | engines over gasoline engines. |
| too. Because of the higher weight and compression | | | | Considering the higher acquisition cost of a diesel |
| ratios, these tend to have lower maximum RPM | | | | engine compared to that of a gasoline engine, there |
| ranges than comparable gasoline engines, resulting to | | | | would be a need to prolong this engine’s life in |
| higher torque than horsepower, thus slower in | | | | order for fuel economy advantage to overcome the |
| acceleration. | | | | high purchase price. If you have a diesel engine car, it is |
| Diesel engines need to be fuel injected, but technology | | | | therefore important for you to make sure that you will |
| in the past was not that reliable and made fuel injection | | | | be able to properly maintain your car to prolong its |
| expensive. This also produced more smoke and had a | | | | engine’s life. |