TABLE 7-2b Average Cost per Mile of Owning and Operating an Automobile: 1993–2003

Cents (in current dollars)

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NOTE: Data are the cost per mile based on 15,000 miles per year and a composite of three current model American automobiles. Fuel costs are based on a late year average price per gallon of regular unleaded gasoline.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2004 (Washington, DC: 2005), table 3-14.