The dieselization of Europe may have finally come to an end after government-sponsored car-scrapping schemes led to a surge of gasoline sales last year. Al Bedwell, a senior consultant with industry experts JD Power Automotive Forecasting, tells JFI that state-funded initiatives to support the car industry during the economic downturn meant diesel models made up just 40% of European car sales last year, down from a peak of 54% in 2007. Europe's surge towards diesel began in the early 1990s and led to the region's growing jet fuel deficit. European refineries were originally designed to maximize gasoline production, which meant that growing diesel demand was initially met by sacrificing jet fuel output. A large program of refinery investment has since reduced that practice, but Europe still imports more than 1 million tons of jet a month. Government car-scrapping schemes across Europe boosted sales of small, cheaper gasoline-powered models. The swing was most extreme in Germany, where diesel sales collapsed from 43% to 26% last year at the same time that overall car sales boomed. Cars classified as basic or small took a 45% share of the European market last year, according to JD Power data, up from 37% in 2007.
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机译：在政府资助的汽车报废计划导致去年汽油销售激增之后，欧洲的柴油化可能最终告一段落。行业专家JD Power Automotive Forecasting的资深顾问Al Bedwell告诉JFI，在经济不景气期间，由国家资助的支持汽车行业的举措意味着柴油车型仅占去年欧洲汽车销量的40％， 2007年占54％。欧洲对柴油的热潮始于1990年代初，导致该地区的航空燃油短缺日益增加。欧洲精炼厂最初旨在最大程度地提高汽油产量，这意味着通过牺牲喷气燃料的产量最初可以满足不断增长的柴油需求。此后，一项大型的炼油厂投资计划减少了这种做法，但欧洲仍每月进口超过100万吨的喷气机。欧洲政府的汽车报废计划促进了小型，廉价汽油驱动车型的销售。这种变化在德国最为严重，去年柴油销售从43％下降到26％，而整个汽车的销售却蓬勃发展。根据JD Power的数据，去年，基本或小型汽车在欧洲市场的份额为45％，高于2007年的37％。
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