Through the first six months of the year, Americans purchased 61,214 diesel-powered vehicles, not including heavy-duty diesel pickup trucks, according to a study by HybridCars.com and Baum and Associates. That figure represents a 27.5-percent improvement over the previous year. Not counting HD trucks, .8 percent of vehicles sold in the States are diesel cars; including pickups brings that number up to three percent.
Autoblog , Diesel vehicle sales up 27.5% so far in 2012
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itnet, Diesel vehicle sales up 27.5% so far in 2012
