Volvo to stop making petrol cars, and go completely electric by 2019.

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Originally Posted by bee utey

Why's that? Volvo is a niche manufacturer with 100K sales a year and is only one European manufacturer amongst many who are all going to do the same kind of thing. They don't really give a stuff what a few Aussie petrol heads think of them.

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Conveniently missing the "cities banning diesel" thing, I notice.

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Originally Posted by johntins

Conveniently missing the "cities banning diesel" thing, I notice.

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I believe it's mentioned in my previous post. Want me to repeat it for easier comprehension?

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Originally Posted by bee utey

I believe it's mentioned in my previous post. Want me to repeat it for easier comprehension?

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Yes please. Just that bit, thanks. Without the sarc, if possible.

An interesting article on the subject of banning diesels and taxing older diesels. The comments section is full of poo flinging trolls too. Enjoy.

Diesel ban? Clean Air Zone expansion could see diesel cars charged to enter UK cities | Auto Express

Any city, no materr who they are, who has 95% petrol or diesel as their main fuel, will suffer when they try to mandate that their citizens ditch those fuels. Even the idiots who supported the EU are beginning to understand that. Pity the same can't be said here. Far too many smart a&@&$& here with agendas, IMO.

I wonder how those who make comments here justify their existence fixing and modifying petrol and diesel 4WDs, as they clearly do. You believe in your gods, or you don't. But we have some here who play both sides. I call you hypocrites, and you know who you are. All the time championing alternatives, but making your money on conventionals.

Choose, or shut up.

Just saying.

Cities wanting to look after the health of their citizens, what a terrible thing to contemplate.

they could start by banning smoking

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Originally Posted by bee utey

Why's that? Volvo is a niche manufacturer with 100K sales a year and is only one European manufacturer amongst many who are all going to do the same kind of thing. They don't really give a stuff what a few Aussie petrol heads think of them.

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A niche manufacturer who owns them [bigwhistle]
Volvo Cars - Wikipedia[wink11]
Another Chinese owned car Manufacturer
My guess they will go the same way as the Niche manufacturers we had in OZ [bigrolf].

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Originally Posted by rangieman

A niche manufacturer who owns them [bigwhistle]
Volvo Cars - Wikipedia[wink11]
Another Chinese owned car Manufacturer
My guess they will go the same way as the Niche manufacturers we had in OZ [bigrolf].

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Lemme think, what's another niche manufacturer currently owned by an Asian corporation? Land Rover? How are they placed within their new ownership? "My guess they will go the same way as the Niche manufacturers we had in OZ" [bigwhistle]

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Originally Posted by Eevo

they could start by banning smoking

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By infernal combustion engines.