US: Mirage is #1 best bang for your buck -- Cars.com

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Woohoo! Mirage takes top spot on a Cars.com study of "best bang for your buck".

They awarded top place to the 5-speed Mirage for lowest total cost including MSRP plus destination fees, plus how much fuel they'll use over 8 years (15k miles/year).

For the Mirage, they calculated:

$13,790 purchase + $10,703 fuel cost ($3.30/US gallon) = $24,493 total cost.



Couple of interesting points:

• The least expensive hybrid to own over 8 years is the Prius C at $27,810
• The Mirage's CVT apparently doesn't pay for itself in 8 years going by their figures
• Even though the Ford Fiesta 1.0t has the same combined EPA rating as the Mirage 5-speed, the additional cost of the 1.0 option in the Ford actually makes it more expensive to own over 8 years than the base 1.6L Fiesta. See also: 2014 Mirage 1.2 vs. Ford Fiesta 1.0 ecoboost - which has better mileage/fuel economy?

Read the full article: http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...u-can-buy.html

This Cars.com ranking joins others showing the Mirage as unbeatable value, although not quite as comprehensive as: Mirage is cheapest new car to own/run in Australia, NZ (RACV/RACQ/NRMA)