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Originally Posted by ProDarwin
U.S. calculations here, but I made a chart comparing a Saturn, which I could acquire for ~$3000 vs. a Civic Hybrid Gen1 and a Prius Gen 2.
Total cost of ownership includes fuel cost (rising at $0.20/year) and value lost to depreciation. Spreadsheet assumes all cars would be a cash purchase.
y = $Cost of Ownership
x = years of ownership
I made it a flexible spreadsheet, so I can post it if anyone would like to look at it. There are very few cars you could put in that cost less to own after a couple years than a Prius.
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Excellent!
Thanks for that,
I think the main issue is that my iS cost £513, and the prius is £9000
If I could get one circa £8000 it'd just about break even..
I also dont know if 113% epa in the Prius would be possible with my 75% motorway miles- I imagine the ICE would be working fairly hard (in comparison to a Prius in town!)
Do you have the spreadsheet available?