Truck

Ram 1500

The Ram 1500 is a truck with a starting purchase price of $46,000 and an EPA combined rating of 21 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 40k mi and sell at 200k mi, your true cost is $7,903.44 per 10k mi, transaction friction included.

Results
Details: Ram 1500

Sticker Price: $46,000

Total Net Cost per 10k mi

$7,903.44

Asset Costs

$3,678.20

Depreciation
$1,395.63
Maintenance
$2,177.25
Exit friction
$105.33

Running Costs

$4,225.24

Financing
$380.37
Opportunity Cost
$249.62
Fuel
$2,095.24
Insurance
$1,500.00
Monthly payment$1,043.46
Total interest paid$6,085.98
Amount financed$44,000