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- <text id=93AC0119>
- <title>
- Cost of Owning & Operating an Automobile:1975-92
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--United States Statistics
- Energy & Transportation
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Almanac</source>
- <hdr>
- Cost of Owning & Operating an Automobile: 1975 - 1992
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <table>
- <tblhdr><cell>Item<cell>1975<cell>1980<cell>1985<cell>1989<cell>1990<cell>1991<cell>1992
- <row><cell type=a>COST PER:<cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n><cell type=n>
- <row><cell>Mile(1)(cents)<cell>18.31<cell>27.95<cell>27.20<cell>38.20<cell>40.96<cell>43.60<cell>45.77
- <row><cell>10,000 miles(1)($)<cell>1,831<cell>2,795<cell>2,720<cell>3,820<cell>4,096<cell>4,364<cell>4.577
- <row><cell>VARIABLE COSTS (cents/mile)<cell>6.45<cell>7.62<cell>8.04<cell>7.90<cell>8.40<cell>9.80<cell>9.10
- <row><cell>Gas & oil<cell>4.82<cell>5.86<cell>6.16<cell>5.20<cell>5.40<cell>6.70<cell>6.00
- <row><cell>Maintenance<cell>.97<cell>1.12<cell>1.23<cell>1.90<cell>2.10<cell>2.20<cell>2.20
- <row><cell>Tires<cell>.66<cell>.64<cell>.65<cell>.80<cell>.90<cell>.90<cell>0.90
- <row><cell>FIXED COSTS($)<cell>1,186<cell>2,033<cell>2,441<cell>3,534<cell>3,877<cell>4,217<cell>4,538
- <row><cell>Insurance<cell>383<cell>490<cell>503<cell>663<cell>675<cell>726<cell>747
- <row><cell>License & registration<cell>30<cell>82<cell>115<cell>151<cell>165<cell>169<cell>179
- <row><cell>Depreciation<cell>773<cell>1,038<cell>1,253<cell>2,094<cell>2,357<cell>2,543<cell>2,780
- <row><cell>Finance charge<cell>(NA)<cell>423<cell>570<cell>626<cell>680<cell>779<cell>832
- </table>
- <list>
- <item>NA=Not available.
- <item>(1) Beginning 1985, not comparable to previous data.
- </list>
- <p>Source: Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Detroit, MI.
- </p>
- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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