If you serve as your family’s chauffeur, a hybrid can be just the thing to keep fuel expenses manageable. The problem is that the up-front costs can be so steep that it might take a decade to see any real savings, by which point you may well have traded that car in for something a little newer. A 2023 Kia Sorento PHEV cost nearly $50,000 when it was brand-new, for instance.
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