Screw hybrids and their costly batteries, go Diesel:
Dave Null Sr. wrote:
>
> Using today's average gas price here, the typical 20k kms per year
> and city consumption (the hybrid forte), yearly gas costs are:
>
> Civic Si (gas only) $1456
> Civic Hybrid $892
> Insight $710
> Prius $728
VW Jetta Diesel $600 (US)
> I would say the Prius (or any hybrid) makes lots of economic sense.
>
>
> Gas today here is 91¢/litre
> Consumption, city, from CanadianDriver.com
> Civic Si 8.0l/100km
> Insight 3.9l/100km
> Civic Hybrid 4.9l/100km
> Prius 4.0l/100km
Jetta Diesel 5.1l/100km
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