Mazda CX-5
Running costs
39.9mpg (on test)
£99 fill-up
Practicality
Boot (seats up/down)
510/1,626 litres
Performance
0-62mph/top speed
10.7 seconds/124mph
DIESEL is dead – or so we’re constantly being told. The VW Dieselgate scandal inflicted a brutal blow on this fuel’s popularity, and then the relentless push towards electrification has done the rest.
With new pure-electric models arriving every day, and petrol plug-in hybrids becoming the default choice for company car choosers trying to minimise their Benefit-in-Kind tax, is there even a place for diesel models
