A widely quoted 2013 study comparing the total cost of ownership (TCO) between gasoline and dieselpowered vehicles conducted by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute concludes that owners of diesel vehicles enjoy a cost advantage over owners of gasoline vehicles. However, the study was heavily slanted toward diesel automobiles from Volkswagen and Mercedes and only covered the first three to five years of ownership, when diesel resale values enjoy a decidedly higher advantage. The study’s conclusions for trucks include the following:

“Vehicles in the mediumsize pickup segment have a mixed picture of TCO in the threeyear timeframe. The Chevrolet Silverado 2500 saves the owner $3,673 more than the owner of the gaspowered version of the vehicle and the GMC Sierra 2500 owner saves $2,720. The Dodge Ram diesel owner saves only $67 more than the owner of the gaspowered version. The F250 diesel owner pays an estimated $1,395 more than the owner of the gaspowered version,” the study stated.

It should be noted that this study compared vehicle costs operated by ­consumers rather than vehicles operated in commercial/­fleet related service.

Another wellknown and oftenquoted source of vehicle cost data is Vincentric. In a 2012 study comparing gasoline vs. diesel vehicles, the company found: “When all costs to own and operate a diesel were taken into account, the average cost of ownership for diesels was $1,203 more than their allgasolinepowered counterparts, with results assuming an annual mileage of 15,000 over five years.”

These findings were largely unchanged in the company’s followon study in 2014.

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