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I just came up with this really quick because of all the reviews between the VT and other cars on the market that it is being compared to. I was interested in how much of a difference there was between an Ultimate M/T VTurbo and some of the other vehicles on the market that it is being compared to in reviews.
I added in an area for fuel costs based on current gas prices and over a 5 year period based on the 'combined mpg'/
I was pretty amazed what I came up with.
One thing that was not included was if you were to want the Mini in orange it would be another 500$. Didn't want to skew the results I came up with based on color preference.
The numbers in the following image are based off of the most comparable to the Ultimate package that you can get on each vehicle. Most of the cars fall short on some features, even with the packages. Some do include things like HIDS, which are cheap anyway.
The smallest difference in price over a 5 year ownership is the FR-S which obviously if techy features or a sunroof are important, you can't get in the FR-S.
I could have included specs like cargo space or the fact you can't even get people into the rear of the FR-S/BR-Z but this is just a meat and potatoes comparison to cars the VTurbo is being compared to and can put the cost into perspective.
Up front, the competitor's range from $575-$6325 more than the VTurbo and over 5 years (gas only) range from $2875-$6825 more than the Vturbo.
Obviously, supporting the VTurbo from my point of view is biased but the numbers are the numbers as far as the COST goes. I know when I bought the car, the VTurbo was in the higher end of my budget in the trim we were looking for. Getting a competitor in a similar trim would have been out of the question. We would have had to sacrifice a lot of tech and features to get a price close to the 25,000$ range and STILL have paid more in fuel over time.
Not including loan interest but based on a 60 month loan on either car the cost difference would be:
FR-S: 48$/month
BR-Z: 89$/month
Golf GTi: 100$/month
ST: 101$/month
Cooper S: 84$/month
Clubman S: 114$/month
Obviously these are rough estimates and there are quite a few variables. Insurance would also be something to consider. I got a few quotes on some of the other cars when I was initially looking and most of them were close to the V but slightly more in the Mini and FR-S/BR-Z case.
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I added in an area for fuel costs based on current gas prices and over a 5 year period based on the 'combined mpg'/
I was pretty amazed what I came up with.
One thing that was not included was if you were to want the Mini in orange it would be another 500$. Didn't want to skew the results I came up with based on color preference.
The numbers in the following image are based off of the most comparable to the Ultimate package that you can get on each vehicle. Most of the cars fall short on some features, even with the packages. Some do include things like HIDS, which are cheap anyway.
The smallest difference in price over a 5 year ownership is the FR-S which obviously if techy features or a sunroof are important, you can't get in the FR-S.
I could have included specs like cargo space or the fact you can't even get people into the rear of the FR-S/BR-Z but this is just a meat and potatoes comparison to cars the VTurbo is being compared to and can put the cost into perspective.
Up front, the competitor's range from $575-$6325 more than the VTurbo and over 5 years (gas only) range from $2875-$6825 more than the Vturbo.
Obviously, supporting the VTurbo from my point of view is biased but the numbers are the numbers as far as the COST goes. I know when I bought the car, the VTurbo was in the higher end of my budget in the trim we were looking for. Getting a competitor in a similar trim would have been out of the question. We would have had to sacrifice a lot of tech and features to get a price close to the 25,000$ range and STILL have paid more in fuel over time.
Not including loan interest but based on a 60 month loan on either car the cost difference would be:
FR-S: 48$/month
BR-Z: 89$/month
Golf GTi: 100$/month
ST: 101$/month
Cooper S: 84$/month
Clubman S: 114$/month
Obviously these are rough estimates and there are quite a few variables. Insurance would also be something to consider. I got a few quotes on some of the other cars when I was initially looking and most of them were close to the V but slightly more in the Mini and FR-S/BR-Z case.
