European buyers appear to be losing their love of diesels in the wake of the Volkswagen Group emissions scandal.
Sales of diesel cars have accounted for more than 50 percent of the region's new-car market in recent years. EU governments have promoted the powertrain with incentives and low diesel fuel prices to help reduce emissions of CO2, a gas blamed for climate change. Diesels are more fuel efficient than gasoline cars so emit less CO2.
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