Running Costs for Diesel Cars

2007

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**Diesel car running costs – basic guide for 2007**

	Cost new (£s)
	up to 10000	10000 to 13000	13000 to 20000	20000 to 30000	over 30000
Standing charges per annum (£s)
Road tax	115.0	115.0	140.0	205.0	205.0
Insurance	396.0	445.0	572.0	764.0	907.0
Cost of capital	343.0	440.0	611.0	930.0	1489.0
Depreciation (at 10,000 miles/annum)	1204.0	1585.0	2425.0	3191.0	4384.0
Breakdown cover	42.0	42.0	42.0	42.0	42.0

Total (£s)	2100.00	2627.00	3790.00	5132.00	7027.00
Standing charges per mile (pence)
5,000	41.52	51.90	74.82	101.38	138.78
10,000	21.00	26.27	37.90	51.32	70.27
15,000	14.32	17.93	25.91	35.07	48.01
20,000	11.10	13.92	20.16	27.26	37.32
25,000	8.98	11.27	16.32	22.06	30.21
30,000	7.52	9.44	13.68	18.49	25.32
Running costs per mile (pence)
Diesel*	8.72	8.99	10.62	13.46	16.98
Tyres	0.5	0.65	0.99	1.62	1.88
Service labour costs	2.61	2.96	3.27	3.82	5.11
Replacement parts	1.9	1.76	1.98	2.23	2.3
Parking and tolls	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8

Total (pence)	15.53	16.16	18.66	22.93	28.07
* Diesel @ 114.3p/litre. For every penny more or less, add or subtract	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.12	0.15
Total of standing charges and running costs (in pence) based on annual mileage of
5,000 miles	57.05	68.06	93.48	124.31	166.85
10,000 miles	36.53	42.43	56.56	74.25	98.34
15,000 miles	29.85	34.09	44.58	58.00	76.08
20,000 miles	26.63	30.08	38.82	50.19	65.39
25,000 miles	24.51	27.43	34.99	44.99	58.28
30,000 miles	23.05	25.60	32.35	41.42	53.39

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