Diesel more popular than expected for classic cars and youngtimers (Question of the week)
While cars with diesel engines were more of a marginal phenomenon in the fifties and sixties, their popularity steadily increased from the seventies onwards. Even sports coupés and convertibles were equipped with diesel engines, which promised greater economy and increasingly higher liter outputs. More and more of these cars have now matured into youngtimers or classic cars, but are they also popular as classics and collectors' cars?
We wanted to find out with a " question of the week" , which was: Would you consider a diesel classic/youngtimer?
The answers were surprising! Of the approximately 320 Zwischengas readers who took part, more than 60 percent could imagine driving a classic diesel car as a classic/youngtimer.
38.8 percent (absolute) have no restrictions at all, while 22.2 percent (absolute) would at least insist on a very special specimen. But they would not rule out the diesel either.
35.6 percent, on the other hand, could not imagine a diesel engine in their classic car, as the sound restrictions and the rather limited rev range compared to a petrol engine would probably be too great.
3.4 percent were unable to answer any of the three questions given.
Overall, however, a positive attitude towards diesel prevailed, although this is not shared by the legislators, which could also have an impact on classic cars in the future.
Here is the graphical analysis of the responses:
We have already posed another "question of the week" . We want to find out how Zwischengas readers feel about classic car and youngtimer clubs or even brand clubs and what the actual membership situation is.
All evaluations of the previous "Questions of the Week" can be read at any time in the topic channel.
