This is a simple analyses to help you decide on whether to buy diesel or petrol (benzine) cars in Belgium.
The road-tax for cars in Belgium is rated mainly according to the engine capacity, the lowest being 1L engined cars. Up to 2L engine, the tax varies between 120 - 300 €/year. So I wouldn't mind buying a 2L car if everything else goes well according to your criteria (However, this reasoning will be invalid once Belgium move to the CO2 emission based tax system).
But... it is the number of km's that you would drive/year that matters. Recent statistics from Belgian motor drivers organization reports that the diesel cars are not saving you much unless one drive more than 30000 km/year. This if you have to pay 1-3000 more for a used diesel compared to its benzine sibling.
Essentially the technology for diesel particulate filters are not fool proof and hence the probable extra maintenance cost must be taken into account in the above calculation. Moreover the new generation turbo charged benzine/essence/petrol motors are more and more fuel efficient.
Anyhow in Belgium, promotion of diesel cars were high till recently which was found to be less sustainable for the society. This fact brings a lot of diesel cars in the second hand market.
In general, there is a high demand for less driven diesel cars which makes the benzine versions cheaper to buy. So get an idea of how many km's you would drive and if (in a practical limit) you would not cross 20000 km/year; then go for a good benzine engine instead.
The road-tax for cars in Belgium is rated mainly according to the engine capacity, the lowest being 1L engined cars. Up to 2L engine, the tax varies between 120 - 300 €/year. So I wouldn't mind buying a 2L car if everything else goes well according to your criteria (However, this reasoning will be invalid once Belgium move to the CO2 emission based tax system).
But... it is the number of km's that you would drive/year that matters. Recent statistics from Belgian motor drivers organization reports that the diesel cars are not saving you much unless one drive more than 30000 km/year. This if you have to pay 1-3000 more for a used diesel compared to its benzine sibling.
Essentially the technology for diesel particulate filters are not fool proof and hence the probable extra maintenance cost must be taken into account in the above calculation. Moreover the new generation turbo charged benzine/essence/petrol motors are more and more fuel efficient.
Anyhow in Belgium, promotion of diesel cars were high till recently which was found to be less sustainable for the society. This fact brings a lot of diesel cars in the second hand market.
In general, there is a high demand for less driven diesel cars which makes the benzine versions cheaper to buy. So get an idea of how many km's you would drive and if (in a practical limit) you would not cross 20000 km/year; then go for a good benzine engine instead.
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