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Originally Posted by StockholmSyndrome
My annual mileage is around 12-15k, 40 miles daily on the motorway during the week, and occasionally towing a small caravan (1100kg) My experience of petrols is that they're generally cheaper to repair, but I have no experience of Volvo diesels so I'm open to be converted if they're worth a shot.
I have my heart set on a 2004- facelifted V70 manual, but I haven't yet decided which engine to opt for, which led me to wonder everyone's thoughts on the future of IC engines generally.
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The other thing to consider is that the Classic Car Industry isn't going to shut overnight and most of them are petrol so the long term guarantee (for want of a better word) of fuel and parts availability is arguably better for petrol than diseasel.
The modern Volvo diesels are similar in architecture to petrol so if that's your main concern there's very little to choose between the two.