Sunday, February 21, 2016

After VW scandal: German carmaker sale in USA hardly Diesel – t-online.de

Exact 334 cars with diesel engine Mercedes sold in January in the United States. The competitors BMW It could hardly be better. Not only because of the VW exhaust scandal crows in North America almost no tap more after diesel.

Mercedes-Benz currently selling models GLS, GLE and e-class in the US diesel. BMW’s 3 Series, 5 Series, X3 and X5 diesel engine on the market. VW and Audi offer in the country now no more diesel to

diesel engines:. Decline in the US by more than 60 percent

After the exhaust scandal at VW are also the diesel cars of other German manufacturers in the US to slow sellers. At Mercedes-Benz in January, the number of diesel cars sold in the US fell by 65 percent year on year, with BMW the value decreased by 62 percent. The diesel share of US sales was similar for both producers however already very low.

exhaust scams: suit in the US against Daimler

automaker to have illegally installed shutdown systems in diesel vehicles.

exhaust scams: suit in the US against Daimler. (Source: n-tv)


Mercedes sold in January in the United States or 334 cars with diesel engines in BMW there were 205. the country where the exhaust manipulations were uncovered by VW, is but according to a BMW spokesman the only market where the diesel sales Bayern have suffered significantly since then.

a Daimler spokeswoman stressed that the sales of diesel cars in the US from month to month varies. He had spotted less than five percent of total sales in the US in recent years. Including petrol placed the US Sales at Mercedes in January to minimal.



Diesel Strategy “substantially damaged”

“The diesel strategy pursued the German automotive industry for many years, particularly in the important US market, was considerably damaged by the operations in a large company, “had the president of the industry association VDA, Matthias Wissmann, said at the beginning of overlooking VW.

The German carmaker was until recently a leader in the diesel market, especially VW. Most US manufacturers have no diesel cars in the program.

In Germany, the diesel engine is still against it more popular. At BMW, almost three out of four cars sold diesel. According to calculations by the CAR-Institute of the University of Duisburg-Essen, the diesel share was Mercedes in the first eight months in 2015 in Germany at 59 percent, with the VW brand were 55 percent.



Diesel here low, more expensive in the US

an important argument for the diesel, however, weakens currently: the price of oil – and hence the price of fuel – is at an extremely low level. The price for North Sea Brent has crashed by almost three quarters since mid-2014.

Diesel cars consume comparatively less fuel than gasoline, diesel also is in Germany less taxed than petrol. In the US, however, there is no tax benefit. He is there generally even more expensive.

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