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Alternative to diesel

I typically drive around 30000 miles per year. To date I've run a series of diesel Golfs and now A3, usually to around 90k to 100k miles without any major issues. With the current diesel scandal I may have to consider changing to a petrol car as the death of diesel is in sight. What can you recommend of a similar size which will be economic as possible and reliable over the high mileage I cover?

Asked on 4 October 2015 by tdiken

Answered by Honest John
For this sort of mileage at high speeds diesel still makes sense. If most of the mileage was done in cities, then a hybrid or plug-in hybrid would be better. Toyota Prius have proven to be so outstandingly reliable and cheap to run and maintain over high mileages that a huge number of private hire taxi drivers have switched over to them.

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