Most Expensive Cars To Maintain
Expensive vehicles are built with higher-quality parts and to a higher standard. If we’re talking about an expensive car like the Porsche 911, you have to do the correct car maintenance in order for the vehicle to work as intended. A cheap 911 or Boxster might look like a good idea, but unless you can afford the expensive parts needed to keep them running, don’t bother. If you’re going to start putting cheaper brake pads, discs, shock absorbers, and tires on these performance cars, they’ll kill you.
Maintenance costs are just part of the bigger picture, but it is one of the highest costs you’re going to pay unless you crash the car. The car maintenance we’re referring to here includes oil changes, spark plugs, air filters, tire rotations, brakes, belts, and even small items like a bulb change.
Also, remember that you’re buying a more complex car with more that can go wrong. A base Corolla has a manually adjustable driver’s seat, while a ten-year-old S-Class has powered seats and maybe even a massage function, depending on how the owner specced it. A luxury car comes with all the bells and whistles, which need to be maintained, too.
According to a Consumer Reports study, Toyota has the lowest maintenance cost. That’s why we used it as an example. The same report states that the most expensive vehicles to maintain is basically a list of the usual suspects, including Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Audi.
Car Edge broke the most expensive cars to maintain right down to the model, and we’ll use five luxury car models to illustrate just how unlikely you are to save money.
Here they are, starting with the most affordable model first. (We skipped over a few Bimmers, Porsche, and Benzes just so the list wouldn’t only be German.)
