Cars costing pounds 100 a week.THE average cost of running a car has fallen,but is still more than pounds 100 a week. The figure of pounds 103.58 represents around a quarter of people's disposable income disposable income Portion of an individual's income over which the recipient has complete discretion. To assess disposable income, it is necessary to determine total income, including not only wages and salaries, interest and dividend payments, and business profits, but also , according to an index from the RAC See remote access concentrator. . The figure -for the AprilJune 2003 period -was actu-ally pounds 1.83 a week lower than for the same period last year. Typical running costs range from pounds 63.12 a week for a Toyota Yaris to pounds 322.91a week for a BMW 7 series The BMW 7 Series is a line of full-size luxury vehicles produced by the German automaker BMW. It replaced the "New Six" models in 1977. It is BMW's flagship car and is only available as a sedan. . RAC Financial Services managing director Jason Richards said: ``The real cost of motoring isn't just filling the car up with fuel and renewing the insurance and tax. Depreciation costs an average car owner almost pounds 42 a week. Our cars are costing us money every day whether we drive them or not.'' |
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