The question actually is very simple to answer if you consider the interest you would be paying to the bank on the excess loan you would take to buy the diesel car. The only dilemma comes when you have the cash to purchase the Skoda brand of vehicles where the petrol and diesel vehicles are priced similarly. I have blundered in buying the Indica diesel car and hope others reading this review do not commit the same mistake. Go for any petrol car barring the Indica petrol as the petrol cars give you peace of mind in the long run though you might feel the pinch every time that you go to the fuel station.