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When you want to buy your next DeSoto used car, make sure that the fuel economy does not get lost in the shuffle of things. Buying a used car with great gas mileage is both friendly to the environment and your wallet. You will like the financial savings throughout the life of the DeSoto car.
A lot is to be considered when purchasing a DeSoto used car. If you are purchasing a used DeSoto car, checking the condition of the clutch, brakes, engine and transmission will play a huge role in how much that car will cost to run. Even minor problems can result in $100 repairs.
With new and old cars you need to find the make and model that has a proven track record and fits your specific needs. Make certain that fuel efficiency plays a role in your decision making. If you emerge from the car and truck purchasing process with a fuel efficient car you will take up less cash in your tank and have more dollars to spend on things that matter.
Take full advantage of what is known.
When it comes to car and truck maintenance, the one thing you can easily and accurately predict for the future is how much gas you are going to use. Fuel prices may fluctuate, but most people can spend a week or two logging their gas consumption and get a great idea of how many gallons they use. If you don't already know, track your gas consumption so you can use this information when purchasing a DeSoto used car.
Make it the best priority.
One way to make certain that fuel efficiency is considered is to start by looking at a DeSoto used car that gets good gas mileage. Make it the best priority and see where that leads you. The problem with today's used cars and trucks market is car manufacturers know that gas mileage is not a significant consideration when purchasing a used vehicle for many United States customers.
Tightening up the numbers.
When you are evaluating a DeSoto used cars fuel efficiency, ask yourself how long you think you will be driving the car and determine how much gas will be.
Let us say you want to get a used car for $4,000 and hope to drive it for 4 years. Below are some 4 year gas cost estimates based on driving 15,000 miles per year and buying gas for $1.40 per gallon. If gasoline is more expensive than $1.40, the costs will be even higher. A Sampling of Used Cars: 1994 Ford Explorer SUV (2WD) 4 year gas estimate = $5525 1994 Honda Accord Sedan 4 year gas estimate = $3885 1994 Honda Civic DX Sedan 4 year gas estimate = $2385 A Sampling of New Cars: 2004 Ford Explorer 2WD 4 year gas estimate = $6175 2004 Honda Accord 4 year gas estimate = $3750 2004 Honda Civic Hybrid 4 year gas estimate = $2235 2004 Toyota Prius Hybrid 4 year gas estimate = $1910
This is a little sampling of trucks and cars but you get the point. Unless you really need a sports utility vehicle or big truck, you can save a lot of dollars by purchasing a fuel efficient DeSoto used car. You will sacrifice size and sometimes luxury when choosing fuel economy first. Part of this is because larger cars and trucks contain more weight and will naturally get worse gas mileage. But it is also a function of consumers not concerned about gas mileage when they make a decision on purchasing a used DeSoto car.
Prosperity seemed endless in 1928 when the fast-rising new Chrysler Corporation purchased Dodge and issued its first DeSoto and Plymouth. Though good times soon turned to "hard times," DeSoto would be one of the few pre-Depression "expansion" makes to survive them.
DeSoto went on to build its most-exciting cars in the '50s, only to die in late 1960 after a flash recession and sibling rivalry obliterated its narrow, well-defined price niche. In between, DeSoto did good and sometimes great business as the medium-price "bridge" between Dodge and Chrysler, with design and engineering that usually owed more to the latter than the former.
But DeSoto's fate had long been sealed, so Chrysler wound down production by Christmas 1960, filling what few orders remained with mostly '61 Windsors. Some DeSoto-Plymouth dealers then became Chrysler-Plymouth stores -- to the chagrin of existing C-P dealers nearby. Left stillborn were the smaller '62 DeSotos based on the planned new corporate "S-series" platform -- though that was no great loss considering their dumpy looks.
It was a sad finale for a marque that had generated much business for Chrysler over more than three decades. And ironically, it was premature. Less than a year later, DeSoto was effectively resurrected at Dodge to bolster sales of its unpopular 1962 standard line, which had been shrunk to near-compact size.
Called Custom 880, this reborn full-size Dodge was much like the '61 DeSoto, and even cost about the same, but sold much better with its smoother styling and more model choices. One suspects, then, that DeSoto's rapid decline, like Edsel's, stemmed from a "loser" image as much as from a changed market.
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