IMO, one major advantage of CRDI turbo-intercooled diesels over gasoline engines of similar displacement is fuel efficiency. Kumbaga, matipid na, mura pa ang fuel.

But when it comes to power and refinement, lamang pa rin ang gasoline. One example is the 2.0 evo engine. Put a turbo and other tweaks, and it can give out almost 300hp and 400nM torque. I don't know of any diesel of similar displacement that can do that.

With regards to refinement, siyempre, tahimik yung gasoline at di masyadong torquey kaya mas hindi mahihilo yung pasahero. Kaya nga karamihan sa mga luxury cars eh de-gasolina.

For me, overall, it's crdi turbo-intercooled with vgt diesel over a normally aspirated gasoline engine.