Running Costs for Petrol Cars

2007

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**Petrol 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		140.0		165.0		205.0		205.0
Insurance	396.0		445.0		572.0		764.0		907.0
Cost of capital	328.0		426.0		545.0		897.0		1515.0
Depreciation (at 10,000 miles/annum)	1132.0		1557.0		2349.0		3441.0		5670.0
Breakdown cover	42.0		42.0		42.0		42.0		42.0

Total (£s)	2013.00		2610.00		3673.00		5349.00		8339.00
Standing charges per mile (pence)
5,000	39.82		51.58		72.52		105.60		164.52
10,000	20.13		26.10		36.73		53.49		83.39
15,000	13.73		17.81		25.11		36.57		57.11
20,000	10.63		13.82		19.54		28.46		44.53
25,000	8.60		11.18		15.82		23.05		36.08
30,000	7.20		9.37		13.26		19.32		30.25
Running costs per mile (pence)
Petrol*	10.40		11.70		13.34		17.46		20.92
Tyres	0.5		0.65		0.99		1.62		1.88
Service labour costs	2.89		3.08		3.31		3.82		4.69
Replacement parts	1.61		1.68		1.81		2.03		2.11
Parking and tolls	1.8		1.8		1.8		1.8		1.8

Total (pence)	17.20		18.91		21.25		26.73		31.40
* Unleaded petrol @ 106.8p/litre. For every penny more or less, add or subtract	0.1		0.11		0.12		0.16		0.2
Total of standing charges and running costs (in pence) based on annual mileage of
5,000 miles	57.02		70.49		93.77		132.33		195.92
10,000 miles	37.33		45.01		57.98		80.22		114.79
15,000 miles	30.92		36.72		46.36		63.31		88.51
20,000 miles	27.83		32.73		40.79		55.20		75.93
25,000 miles	25.79		30.09		37.07		49.78		67.48
30,000 miles	24.40		28.28		34.51		46.05		61.66

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