How long are you planning on keeping that hybrid?
Own a Toyota Prius? Do you plan on owning it for the next twenty years?
Because that is how long it will take for your purchase to make sense. Actually - that is assuming it holds its MPG rating and reliability for 20 years, which I am highly skeptical of (it being impossible without changing the battery at a minimum.)
A new report comes from the SF Chronicle about popular hybrids and their costs, and the time it takes to get save the money you paid upfront to buy a hybrid instead of an un-besmirched ICE counterpart.
Nissan Altima Hybrid - 21 years
ToyotaPOS Prius - 20 years
Honda Civic Hybrid - 17 years
Honda Insight - 16.5 years
Toyota Camry Hybrid - 15 years
Mercury Milan Hybrid - 13 years
Fod Fusion Hybrid - 5.6 years
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/04/22/investopedia43617.DTL
This is probably also a good time to mention that the Ford Fusion is also good looking and keeps wining comparison tests, gets similar MPGs to a Prius but is much larger and a much better car. But because it is not the instantly recognizable shape of a suppository designed to make you green, it has not been that popular. Perhaps if Ford made it smaller, crappier, and more obnoxious they would sell more of them.
On a related note - I am debating putting a "Hybrid" sticker on my tank/tahoe, as it now has a 1.8watt solar panel. Which equals 0.0024hp, or a little less than 1/100,000th of the output of the engine. I think the letters should be about a foot tall, have leaves growing out of them, and give me a sense of supremacy which lets me sit in the left lane at 67mph in 65 zone.
Because that is how long it will take for your purchase to make sense. Actually - that is assuming it holds its MPG rating and reliability for 20 years, which I am highly skeptical of (it being impossible without changing the battery at a minimum.)
A new report comes from the SF Chronicle about popular hybrids and their costs, and the time it takes to get save the money you paid upfront to buy a hybrid instead of an un-besmirched ICE counterpart.
Nissan Altima Hybrid - 21 years
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Honda Civic Hybrid - 17 years
Honda Insight - 16.5 years
Toyota Camry Hybrid - 15 years
Mercury Milan Hybrid - 13 years
Fod Fusion Hybrid - 5.6 years
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2010/04/22/investopedia43617.DTL
This is probably also a good time to mention that the Ford Fusion is also good looking and keeps wining comparison tests, gets similar MPGs to a Prius but is much larger and a much better car. But because it is not the instantly recognizable shape of a suppository designed to make you green, it has not been that popular. Perhaps if Ford made it smaller, crappier, and more obnoxious they would sell more of them.
On a related note - I am debating putting a "Hybrid" sticker on my tank/tahoe, as it now has a 1.8watt solar panel. Which equals 0.0024hp, or a little less than 1/100,000th of the output of the engine. I think the letters should be about a foot tall, have leaves growing out of them, and give me a sense of supremacy which lets me sit in the left lane at 67mph in 65 zone.
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