Only when the fuel saving over your real mileage is large enough to recover the extra purchase and the other running costs of the car.
Do the calculation with your mileage
A driver covering 4,000 miles a year and one covering 20,000 should not value an mpg improvement to the same extent. Calculate annual fuel use for your expected mileage.
Include what you spend to obtain the saving
If the more economical car costs £3,000 more, that £3,000 is part of the calculation. Insurance, servicing, finance and depreciation may differ too.
official mpg figure is not your mpg
Use realistic consumption for the kind of journeys you make. Short cold trips, motorway speeds and heavy urban traffic can work out quite differently results.
Do not save £200 a year on fuel by accidentally spending far more elsewhere; compare insurance and the other running costss with similar prices time.
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