Truck

Toyota Tacoma

The Toyota Tacoma is a truck with a starting purchase price of $36,500 and an EPA combined rating of 19 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 10k mi and sell at 110k mi, your true cost is $7,809.69 per 10k mi, transaction friction included.

Results
Details: Toyota Tacoma

Sticker Price: $36,500

Total Net Cost per 10k mi

$7,809.69

Asset Costs

$3,195.09

Depreciation
$1,494.70
Maintenance
$1,495.60
Exit friction
$204.79

Running Costs

$4,614.60

Financing
$477.20
Opportunity Cost
$321.61
Fuel
$2,315.79
Insurance
$1,500.00
Monthly payment$818.17
Total interest paid$4,771.96
Amount financed$34,500