Comments on: Ford Hybrid Shows Green Can Be Fun If You Enjoy Being Despised http://www.jasonhharper.com/auto/669/ford-hybrid-shows-green-can-be-fun-if-you-enjoy-being-despised/ Travel, Autos, and Esoterica by Jason H. Harper, writer Wed, 06 Apr 2011 04:07:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Jason H Harper http://www.jasonhharper.com/auto/669/ford-hybrid-shows-green-can-be-fun-if-you-enjoy-being-despised/comment-page-1/#comment-6601 Jason H Harper Sun, 07 Jun 2009 01:04:52 +0000 http://www.jasonhharper.com/?p=669#comment-6601 Thanks for doing the math, Ken. Hybrids definitely take first place for city drivers, no doubt about it. For those who have commutes and are mpg conscious, they might take a good look at diesel options. Thanks for the comment! Thanks for doing the math, Ken. Hybrids definitely take first place for city drivers, no doubt about it. For those who have commutes and are mpg conscious, they might take a good look at diesel options. Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Ken Grubb http://www.jasonhharper.com/auto/669/ford-hybrid-shows-green-can-be-fun-if-you-enjoy-being-despised/comment-page-1/#comment-6599 Ken Grubb Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:46:06 +0000 http://www.jasonhharper.com/?p=669#comment-6599 Good read on the Fusion hybrid, but I wanted to point out something on price. If we assume $2.25 a gallon, the Fusion hybrid comes at a premium of only $1,595 (factoring in the $1,700 federal tax credit) and it pays for itself after just 37K miles of city driving. It short, it's very economical. $27,270 - Hybrid MSRP $23,975 - SEL MSRP w/4 cylinder (SEL & hybrid are closest in terms of features) $1,700 - Federal tax credit $1,595 - Hybrid premium 23,975 + 1,700 + 1,595 = 27,270 41 MPG city - 9.8 cents a mile - hybrid 23 MPG city - 5.5 cents a mile - non hybrid You save 4.3 cents a mile in city driving with the hybrid, and that means $1,595 will be repaid after 37K miles of city driving. Even if you don't hypermile, you still win big with the Fusion hybrid. Good read on the Fusion hybrid, but I wanted to point out something on price.

If we assume $2.25 a gallon, the Fusion hybrid comes at a premium of only $1,595 (factoring in the $1,700 federal tax credit) and it pays for itself after just 37K miles of city driving. It short, it’s very economical.

$27,270 – Hybrid MSRP
$23,975 – SEL MSRP w/4 cylinder (SEL & hybrid are closest in terms of features)
$1,700 – Federal tax credit
$1,595 – Hybrid premium

23,975 + 1,700 + 1,595 = 27,270

41 MPG city – 9.8 cents a mile – hybrid
23 MPG city – 5.5 cents a mile – non hybrid

You save 4.3 cents a mile in city driving with the hybrid, and that means $1,595 will be repaid after 37K miles of city driving.

Even if you don’t hypermile, you still win big with the Fusion hybrid.

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