Comments on: To Hybrid Or Not To Hybrid? http://www.bankaholic.com/finance/to-hybrid-or-not-to-hybrid/ Blogging about personal finance and economic policy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:02:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: crankysaver http://www.bankaholic.com/finance/to-hybrid-or-not-to-hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-27851 crankysaver Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:11:39 +0000 http://www.bankaholic.com/finance/?p=1471#comment-27851 Edmonds.com is a pretty authoritative source of data on stuff like car prices. Here’s a link to the original story that offers payback times for a wide range of models, plus diesels: http://www.autoobserver.com/2009/07/diesels-paying-back-quicker-than-hybrids-edmundscom-reports.html This is a link to a followup story that deals mostly with revising Toyota payback times: http://www.autoobserver.com/2009/08/updated-data-revises-some-hybrid-payback-times.html And here’s a post from Edmunds Green Car Advisor that lists every hybrid and diesel model (as of last July) and its price, fuel economy and “premium” over a conventional counterpart: http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2009/07/still-shopping-with-big-rebates-hybrids-and-diesels-can-be-attractive.html Edmonds.com is a pretty authoritative source of data on stuff like car prices. Here’s a link to the original story that offers payback times for a wide range of models, plus diesels:

http://www.autoobserver.com/2009/07/diesels-paying-back-quicker-than-hybrids-edmundscom-reports.html

This is a link to a followup story that deals mostly with revising Toyota payback times:

http://www.autoobserver.com/2009/08/updated-data-revises-some-hybrid-payback-times.html

And here’s a post from Edmunds Green Car Advisor that lists every hybrid and diesel model (as of last July) and its price, fuel economy and “premium” over a conventional counterpart:

http://blogs.edmunds.com/greencaradvisor/2009/07/still-shopping-with-big-rebates-hybrids-and-diesels-can-be-attractive.html

]]> By: Thai http://www.bankaholic.com/finance/to-hybrid-or-not-to-hybrid/comment-page-1/#comment-27824 Thai Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:03:22 +0000 http://www.bankaholic.com/finance/?p=1471#comment-27824 This article is somewhat misleading. The 2010 non-hybred Camry's start at $19,395 (MSRP) while the 2010 hybred Camry's start at $26,140 (MSRP). To come close to the "...$477 it costs over a comparable gas-engine-only Camry..." the author shows, one would have to buy one-of-the most expensive non-hybred Camry's. Like the * shown next to many advertised prices, one needs to look in the small print for such phrases as: "and up" or "starting at". This article is somewhat misleading.

The 2010 non-hybred Camry’s start at $19,395 (MSRP) while the 2010 hybred Camry’s start at $26,140 (MSRP).

To come close to the “…$477 it costs over a comparable gas-engine-only Camry…” the author shows, one would have to buy one-of-the most expensive non-hybred Camry’s.

Like the * shown next to many advertised prices, one needs to look in the small print for such phrases as: “and up” or “starting at”.

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