Minivan

Toyota Sienna

The Toyota Sienna is a minivan with a starting purchase price of $41,000 and an EPA combined rating of 36 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 20k mi and sell at 120k mi, your true cost is $7,351.74 per 10k mi, transaction friction included.

Results
Details: Toyota Sienna

Sticker Price: $41,000

Total Net Cost per 10k mi

$7,351.74

Asset Costs

$3,738.57

Depreciation
$1,637.80
Maintenance
$1,901.40
Exit friction
$199.37

Running Costs

$3,613.17

Financing
$539.44
Opportunity Cost
$351.51
Fuel
$1,222.22
Insurance
$1,500.00
Monthly payment$924.88
Total interest paid$5,394.39
Amount financed$39,000