Ten Cheapest Cars To Own...

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Originally Posted by Kal-El

The Yaris' placement on the list is way off. Mazda 3 cheaper to own than a Yaris! The Fit also costs more to own as well.

I've seen other studies show the Yaris as the lowest cost to own vehicle.
The Aveo, Accent, and base Versa are the only cars that can be argued to cost less and that's only because they start out less expensive.

on Car Talk, they were saying that the FIT is actually cheaper to own than the Yaris in the long run, when I was looking for a car. I wish I could find the link. I still went with the Yaris, though, with manual everything, and I just drive it conservatively. The Fit would have cost me more anyway because I would have had to finance it, and the rates were not that great back then, but I could afford to pay off the Yaris I got (Toyota didn't have 0% financing at the time or I might have looked at a new one).

So I'm guessing there are a lot of little variables like that, that they don't take into account and the CTO can vary depending on a lot more things.

Yeah, I don't believe that about the Mazda 3 either. Doesn't seem right.