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Diesel cars have been popular in the market for a while because of their low oil price and good power. But now, even with hybrid cars, their sales have been pushed back, and diesel cars that have lowered their prices by 20% have come out.
Reporter Jo Yoon-ha covered the reason.
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A6 is one of the best-selling models in the imported car Audi.
It was a product that sold over 70 million won through vehicle registration earlier this year, but it was released on the market at 50 million won at a 20% discount from a few days ago.
A defect in the exhaust gas system was discovered a year ago and the sale was delayed, so it had a great impact on being a used car rather than a used car.
[Audi used car store employee: Non-driving cars are coming in in the early/mid 50s (10,000 won) now, so it's a brand new car. Because if you want to sell this, you have to make the price a little cheaper to sell it... .] The
decline in popularity of diesel cars is also evident in statistics.
In the month of last October, a total of 20,307 diesel cars were sold, which was lower than that of hybrid cars for the first time ever.
Hybrids use less oil, so they are less burdensome than diesels, and they are classified as eco-friendly vehicles, so taxes are low when purchasing.
[Kim Kyung-won / Seongbuk-gu, Seoul: I also looked into diesel, but apparently there is an environmental problem, and that is the part I am most reluctant to because I am afraid that I will panic when there is a shortage of urea like now.]
Here, as various models from passenger cars to SUVs appeared, it is an analysis that consumers who would have chosen diesel before moved on to hybrids.
[Kim Kyung-hoon / Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do: I hear a very loud engine noise when I open the window.
To the extent that when a friend drives a car from afar, he knows 'that friend's car is coming'...
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However, the fact that individual consumption tax and acquisition tax reduction benefits will be eliminated from 2023 as eco-friendly vehicles are expected to become a variable in consumer choice.
(Video coverage: Jang Woon-seok, video editing: Lee Seung-yeol)