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I'd say it's much more dependant on how you use it.
Diesels don't appreciate short journey or city driving. They take longer to warm up and newer cars have DPF (diesel particulate filters) that require high engine temps to clear themselves. A serious of short journeys will see you clog the DPF. Diesels have also become far more complicated in the hunt for sales. Turbos, DPF and Dual Mass Flywheels are all expensive items you won't find on many petrol equivalents (though small turbo petrols are increasingly common), and other items like injectors are far more expensive on diesel engines.
However, if you're doing big mileage, over 20,000 miles p/a say, then a diesel make increasingly more sense financially. But you'd still have to consider selling it on before the end of the warranty period.
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