>>>>http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-2356720/The-expensive-countries-petrol-revealed.html
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>>>Interesting. If you look at diesel instead UK is third highest price in Europe. It's also (I think) the only EU country where diesel is more expensive than petrol.
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>>>http://www.fuel-prices-europe.info/index.php?sort=4
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>>Here, diesel is about the same as "regular gas", usually within a few pennies.
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>Bit more of a differential here but diesel used to be substantially *cheaper* than petrol (as it still is in France for instance). I think the changed perception of relative environmental impact caused the swing. From a purely economic point of view there's probably not much to choose between the purchase/running costs of the two.

depends to a large degree on usage of the car as well as km/year and the types of taxes slapped on car and fuel in each country. If you know your profile here i germany, there probably are more than 60% where the choice is relatively clear if you keep auto gas out of the picture.