RAC Report on Motoring 2016

1.0 What’s on motorists’ minds?

Over the past 12 months, the situation has improved to some extent, with changes in the wholesale prices of each type of fuel being more consistently reflected on the UK’s forecourts: it should be of some consolation to drivers of diesel vehicles that they are no longer being charged the 5p-a-litre premium that was commonplace in the early months of last year. However, retailers do at times still appear to be particularly slow off the mark when it comes to passing on falls in diesel wholesale prices to their customers. This is no doubt at least partly due to the media’s tendency to focus on unleaded prices when reporting on changes in fuel costs.

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