Recently the U.S. Department of energy released the final report on two Prii with the total cost of ownership and operation:

Operating Cost:
Purchase Cost: $21,655 (2/02)
*Kelly Used Vehicle Price: $10,530 (11/05)
Sale Price: $13,500 (10/05)
Maintenance Cost: $0.03/mile
Operating Cost: $0.07/mile
Total Ownership Cost: $0.15/mileOperating

Operating Cost:
Purchase Cost: $22,580 (11/01)
*Kelly Used Vehicle Price: $11,005 (4/04)
Sale Price: $11,500 (44)
Maintenance Cost: $0.02/mile
Operating Cost: $0.08/mile
Total Ownership Cost: $0.26/mileOperating

Bob Wilson

Operation Iraqi Oil Freedom:

Automatic, stock, project car.

My other 1500 cc car:

Automatic, stock, backup car.
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Can't find my spreadsheet right now, but at 84k miles I am at about 22 cents per mile, including purchase price, financing, current KBB value, insurance, fuel and maintenance.

DAS

One of the interesting aspects is the recent trend in used Prius prices seen in Ebay. It looks like my used Prius is not depreciating.

Bob Wilson

Operation Iraqi Oil Freedom:

Automatic, stock, project car.

My other 1500 cc car:

Automatic, stock, backup car.
Free speech, dialog and knowledge thrives without the poison of SPAM.