Compact

Honda Civic

The Honda Civic is a compact with a starting purchase price of $23,500 and an EPA combined rating of 33 MPG. Below is our 0–200,000 mile lifecycle TCO analysis displaying marginal depreciation, maintenance trajectories, and the optimal buy/sell ownership window.

Optimal Buy/Sell Analysis
Marginal cost of each additional 10k miles: shrinking depreciation plus rising maintenance traces the U-curve. The shaded Optimal Ownership Window marks the statistically optimal buy/sell mileage window, net of transaction friction.

If you buy at 0k mi and sell at 90k mi, your true cost is $5,700.96 per 10k mi, transaction friction included.

Results
Details: Honda Civic

Sticker Price: $23,500

Total Net Cost per 10k mi

$5,700.96

Asset Costs

$2,297.25

Depreciation
$1,396.44
Maintenance
$846.67
Exit friction
$54.14

Running Costs

$3,403.71

Financing
$330.43
Opportunity Cost
$239.95
Fuel
$1,333.33
Insurance
$1,500.00
Monthly payment$509.87
Total interest paid$2,973.83
Amount financed$21,500