Well, according to my Googling, a diesel car will cost you SIX TIMES more in road tax in SG, which easily explains the lack of diesel passenger cars that aren't taxis there. The taxis run almost 24/7 and the fuel economy benefits easily outweigh the significantly higher road tax. The particular Sonata we've been on ran 52,000KM in just three months (according to the driver). I think LPG and CNG taxis are on trial there. But there's no law preventing diesel private cars from being used - the cost is just prohibitive. The dealers don't sell them because nobody will buy them.
CORRECTION: taxis share the road tax as the private vehicles.
In HK, diesel private cars and taxis are indeed banned. But not in Singapore.
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May 23rd, 2007 09:58 PM #12Last edited by Alpha_One; May 23rd, 2007 at 10:15 PM.
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