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Hybrid autos save money in long run, study finds

By John O'Dell, Times Staff Writer
January 8, 2007

Hybrid vehicles are proof of the old saw that you've got to spend money to save it, a new study shows.
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But a new study by Los Angeles-based Intellichoice.com, which specializes in automotive cost-of-ownership data, says that hybrid buyers are still the winners when you factor in costs of financing, fuel, insurance, state taxes and license fees, repairs, maintenance and depreciation.

"Across the board, we found that all 22 hybrid vehicles have a better total cost of ownership over five years or 70,000 miles than the vehicles they directly compete against," said James Bell, Intellichoice.com's publisher.
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