Wayne quotes the numbers accurately, but the truth is in the breakdown. Edmunds assumes the owner will trade in at 5 years, and makes (particularly in the case of hybrids) wild guesses what depreciation will be.

Bottom line: in the case of hybrids the numbers are a guess, and only directed towards people who plan to dump the car way before it's useful lifetime has expired.

I imagine that three year leases of hybrids is an expensive proposition, which is what fleet managers do, I believe.

R2-E2, 2G Prius.
Highway/City/Husband/Wife MPG: 56.5, as of 12/2005, 26K miles

Jac Nasser, Ford President: "We are planning to launch a hybrid version of
this car [P2000] within this year [1998]. We will also make FCEV available in
2004."