1.   It wants a reduction in diesel fuel duty plus a lower level of road tax on diesel cars.

2.   The last increase in interest in diesel fleet cars was in the boom years of the mid-to-late Eighties.

3.   The tradition for diesel cars is far better established on the Continent and that is where the best buys come from.

4.   But what about diesel cars?

5.   But how many diesel cars are fitted with catalysts?

6.   Whilst we can all look forward to cleaner diesel car exhaust the situation is sadly not so clear for trucks and buses.

7.   In addition to better economy, diesel cars use cheaper fuel and are no less environmentally-friendly than petrol-engined models fitted with catalytic converters.

8.   IT took a long time for BMW to overcome what was probably a touch of snobbery about diesel cars and come up with some of its own.