Motoring Clubs Annual Running Costs Survey: Mirage And Alto On Top
Results from the annual Vehicle Operating Costs survey – conducted by Australian motoring bodies including the RACV and RACT – have found the Mitsubishi Mirage and Suzuki Alto are the most affordable new cars to run. As expected, the light a
Results from the annual Vehicle Operating Costs survey - conducted by Australian motoring bodies including the RACV and RACT – have found the Mitsubishi Mirage and Suzuki Alto are the most affordable new cars to run.
As expected, the light and sub-light (city car) categories offer the cheapest new cars to buy and operate, with Victoria’s RACV ranking the Mirage ($112.81), Alto ($114.87) and Holden Barina Spark ($116.47) in the top three.
Volkswagen’s up! hatch ($124.07) and Hyundai’s i20 ($125.12) finished fourth and fifth respectively.
The RACT, however, found that the Alto ($104.11) pipped the Mirage ($107.80) for weekly running costs in Tasmania.
The survey considers everything from fuel to loan repayments and even the few cents in tyre degradation, and breaks it down into an average weekly cost.