Hi Brid,

Your Kia should be worth around €5-6,000 as a trade-in, and yes, you’re right — it’s well worth considering trading from a petrol to a diesel over the next few years. The problem is that we don’t know exactly what the Government has planned, as yet, in terms of any tax increases on diesel cars or fuel. It is likely that some tax penalty will be placed on diesel soon, but we just don’t have any clear indications as to what and when yet. Hopefully the upcoming Budget will give us a clearer idea. As for residual value on diesels, there’s an urban-rural split. Certainly, buyers who live in town are now starting to favour petrol and hybrid more, but diesel is still king down the country,