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Diesels are more complicated than petrol and I’m all about long term reliability. Lots of things that can break. Most ULEZ compliant diesel cars will have AdBlue, which is just another system with sensors, tank heating for winter conditions, etc. etc. I can only imagine how much will it cost if system will fail.

For me large displacement atmospheric petrol engine with manual gearbox is ideal.

D3 S8 V10 will have high rpm on top gear and I love low rpm on motorways.
I think on D4 this problem was solved on S8 and it has top gear for quiet cruising and fuel economy.

Tesla doesn’t provide lifetime warranty for battery (only 8 years warranty) and that kills any desire to invest 30k+ in 5 years old Tesla. I can only image how much needs to be spent for battery replacement when it fails.