Prius vs. Camry

 I will be getting a new car next year. I drive over 25 thousand Miles
per year.

I was wondering if anyone has done a good comparison to the overall
cost of a Prius vs. a Camry over a 5 year period.

I think I can get a new Camry for around $18k. I am not sure what the
pricing of the Prius is but I saw somewhere that they sell new for
about $26k.

I tried to do this simple comparison using only the Sale Price and
Gasoline used over 5 years @ 25k miles a year.

                                Camry             Prius

List Price                  $18,000.00    $26,000.00

Gas Mileage                   30                   50
Miles per Year                 25000              25000
Miles over 5 years     125000                  125000

Gallons of Gas                   4,167              2,500

Gas at $3.50 Per Gallon    $14,584.50    $8,750.00

Gas at $4.00 Per Gallon    $16,660.00    $10,000.00

Gas at $5.00 Per Gallon    $20,835.00    $12,500.00



                                 $32,584.50        $34,750.00

Total Cost of Car          $34,660.00      $36,000.00

                                $38,835.00        $38,500.00

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The point to getting a hybrid is not to save money, but rather to reduce
one's carbon footprint and pollution emissions.

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Ummmm.....no it's not.

 

Oh, MY point was most certainly to save money, and when I bought my 2004
Prius back in September of that year, it was either that or a Camry. At
the time, comparably equipped, they both had nearly the same list price.
Of course, I could have haggled down the Camry's price, an option I
didn't have with the Prius, but I did get a tax deduction (not a credit,
as that came later, darn it) for buying a hybrid, and I'm really not
very good at haggling anyway.

Okay, so the two cars were about the same price, and in the four-plus
years I've owned the Prius I've saved a total of $3000 in gasoline,
compared to what a car getting 30 MPG would use for the same number of
miles, and $4800 compared to a 25 MPG car. There's nothing about the
routine maintenance that makes a Prius cost more than a Camry, so...

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