Midsize Sedan

Toyota Camry

The Toyota Camry is a midsize sedan with a starting purchase price of $28,500 and an EPA combined rating of 32 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 150k mi, your true cost is $6,058.67 per 10k mi, transaction friction included.

Results
Details: Toyota Camry

Sticker Price: $28,500

Total Net Cost per 10k mi

$6,058.67

Asset Costs

$2,755.97

Depreciation
$1,405.73
Maintenance
$1,327.13
Exit friction
$23.10

Running Costs

$3,302.70

Financing
$244.36
Opportunity Cost
$183.34
Fuel
$1,375.00
Insurance
$1,500.00
Monthly payment$628.45
Total interest paid$3,665.42
Amount financed$26,500