Options as of 2022, fuel and payment per month for base model based on $4.50 per gallon average and 5 year loan with $10,000 trade-in on Avalon:
- Mitsubishi Mirage = $266 per month
- Chevy Spark = $270 per month
- Nissan Versa = $332 per month
- Ford Maverik = $402 per month
- VW Jetta = $405 per month
- Corolla non-hybrid = $412 per month
- Corolla Hybrid = $412 per month
- Prius Prime = $450 per month half fuel, half electricity
- Camry Hybrid = $492 per month
- Prius Prime = $501 per month 100% fuel
- RAV4 Prime = $709 per month half fuel, half electricity
This list doesn't include insurance, maintenance, repairs or taxes other than initial taxes. It also does not include resale value, as who knows what that will be in 5 years.
Just fuel and car payment.
I also didn't figure in destination charges or other dealer fees or markups, so probably some $25 more each per month for that. Without the trade in or any sort of down payment it's right at $200 more per month. So perhaps a more accurate comparison would be:
- Mitsubishi Mirage = $491 per month
- Chevy Spark = $495 per month
- Nissan Versa = $557 per month
- Ford Maverik = $627 per month
- VW Jetta = $630 per month
- Corolla non-hybrid = $637 per month
- Corolla Hybrid = $637 per month
- Prius Prime = $675 per month half fuel, half electricity
- Camry Hybrid = $717 per month
- Prius Prime = $726 per month 100% fuel
- RAV4 Prime = $934 per month half fuel, half electricity
*The Chevy Spark is being discontinued.