We have had 3 diesel CX-5s and our current CX-5 is a 2.0 litre petrol. The first diesel was a horror whereby Mazda was trying to use high technology for speedy warm up which frankly was crap. I made no bones about it as others who were on the Forum will testify. I made strong suggestions to the company utilising Adblu to clean up emissions which on our replacement after six months was so fitted and totally transformed the engine which we found totally reliable and gave excellent mileage per gallon of mid to high fifties. The Third was also diesel and I had no qualms about it either, due to change of work we no longer travelled high mileages negating the diesel route going for petrol instead. If you pushed me I prefer the diesel for it’s torque and relatively quiet operation, the petrol is good but requires far more revs to maintain its acceleration, it will kick down in the box to maintain speed ( All are Automatics) and cabin noise suffers as a result, once cruising it is quiet enough. Your main consideration will be fuel cost which currently, diesel is around 23 pence a litre dearer than petrol, if you check out the MPG which petrol hits 40-42 mpg diesel 52-56 mpg the cost is negated as you will not get sufficient mileage from the diesel to warrant this. To me it’s a method of reducing diesel ownership through pricing it artificially high. The aim is to get EV’s at the top of the pile but as far as I’m concerned I will run an ICE vehicle for as long as I possibly can. Johnson was an idiot to instigate EV by 2030 but like all politicos has no idea of the real world because his family have never been on the borderline in terms of money.
