The Most and Least Expensive Cars to Maintain
The most expensive thing most Americans own, after their house, is their car. On average, Americans spend 5% of their income on purchasing a car. Another 5% goes towards ongoing maintenance and insurance costs.
But not every car costs the same to keep it running. And different cars have varying risks of leaving their drivers suddenly immobilized.
At YourMechanic, we have a massive dataset of the make and model of the cars we have serviced and the type of maintenance done. We decided to use our data to understand which cars break down the most and have the highest maintenance costs. We also looked into which types of maintenance are most common to certain cars.
Which Car Brands Cost the Most to Maintain?
Based on estimates of total car maintenance over 10 years
Rank Car-Brand Cost 1 BMW $17,800 2 Mercedes-Benz $12,900 3 Cadillac $12,500 4 Volvo $12,500 5 Audi $12,400 6 Saturn $12,400 7 Mercury $12,000 8 Pontiac $11,800 9 Chrysler $10,600 10 Dodge $10,600 11 Acura $9,800 12 Infiniti $9,300 13 Ford $9,100 14 Kia $8,800 15 Land Rover $8,800 16 Chevrolet $8,800 17 Buick $8,600 18 Jeep $8,300 19 Subaru $8,200 20 Hyundai $8,200 21 GMC $7,800 22 Volkswagen $7,800 23 Nissan $7,600 24 Mazda $7,500 25 Mini $7,500 26 Mitsubishi $7,400 27 Honda $7,200 28 Lexus $7,000 29 Scion $6,400 30 Toyota $5,500
What has been your experience in this regard ?
(Score: 2) by driverless on Tuesday July 14 2020, @02:45AM (3 children)
Interesting that there are no Italian cars there. If they were, they'd be at position 0, -1, -2, -3, .... You don't really own an Italian car, you're just put in charge of paying its bills.
(Score: 2) by fliptop on Tuesday July 14 2020, @10:49AM (2 children)
Fiat owns Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep. I also just noticed GMC is listed but not Ram.
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(Score: 2) by driverless on Tuesday July 14 2020, @11:03AM (1 child)
Yeah but that's just brand ownership, I meant genuine designed-and-slapped-together-in-Italy cars, Alfa Romeo ("What's in the last ten pages of the Alfa owner's manual? Bus and train timetables") and Fiat ("How do you get spare parts for a Fiat? Follow another one around") being the main culprits.
(Score: 2) by fliptop on Tuesday July 14 2020, @12:45PM
Italian engines, transmissions and a lot of their technology are being put into Chrysler products [youtube.com].
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.