Toyota Prius Hybrid vs Toyota Camry – Payoff time for Hybrid vs Gas Cars

Source: CNNMoney.com

CNNMoney.com has a nice analysis of how fast a hybrid pays off. They compared a buying a new $24,548 Toyota Prius Hybrid vs a conventional $19,635 Toyota Camry.

You can see that it takes 4.5 years to break even with gas at $4. Looks like they factored in a $1000 markup over MSRP for the Prius. Some hard numbers that should help prevent you from paying a crazy markup for the hot Prius.

Remember that it takes a LOT of energy to build a car, so it may be more eco to keep what you have or buy a used fuel efficient vehicle. A hybrid still emits about 20 pounds of carbon with each gallon of gas you burn up.

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Posted on September 8th, 2008
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