I question the following statement in the CR story:

"Most of the hybrids aren't expected to hold their value as well as their conventional gas-powered equivalents, according to our analysis of data from Vincentric, a company that compiles ownership costs for some 1,900 vehicle configurations per model year. Only the Prius is expected to have about the same depreciation percentage at the end of the five-year period as the model with which we compared it. For the others, the increased rate of depreciation ranged from about 2 to 4 percentage points."

Also, the CR story assumed higher maintenance costs, primarily due to the high cost of battery replacements. Hmmmm.

Steve Villatoro
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