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Although no longer justified, the diesel's reputation for being slow, smelly, noisy, unreliable and difficult to start in cold weather has lingered since the 1980s, when Detroit rushed out half-baked designs in response to the oil crisis.
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Diesel engines used to be noisy, smelly and slow, but no more.
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The combustion is slow and rich, using just enough oxygen to bust apart the diesel molecules into hydrogen and carbon monoxide without burning off the diesel entirely.
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The OFT said there was very little evidence that petrol and diesel prices rise quickly when oil prices go up, but are slow to fall when prices drop.
BBC: OFT says UK petrol market is working well
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It said there was very little evidence that petrol and diesel prices rise quickly when oil prices go up, but are slow to fall when prices drop.
BBC: OFT says UK petrol market is working well