02-17-2014, 01:46 AM
Grateful11 wrote:
The diesel is a $4000 option on the Cruze plus diesel is $0.80/gal more around here than gas, I'll stick with our Prius.
Your mileage may vary...
Around here Diesel is the same or less than premium gasoline. The engine lasts longer, it is more fuel efficient, and has generally lower maintenance costs. As soon as they come out with a Volt or similar that is a Diesel hybrid I'll probably get one. The Volt model makes the most sense to me. I found the info at this link to be mostly accurate comparing gas and diesel engines. Most hybrids don't make any sense environmentally or financially unless you drive 20k mile/year for 15 years or so.
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/th...23640.html