Top Ten Cheapest Premium Cars to Maintain
Ellie Dyer-Brown, 15 days ago
5 min read
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FixMyCar reveals which premium cars have the lowest average maintenance costs.
Buying a new car is an exciting experience. It's easy to let your heart rule your head without considering the practicalities, such as annual running costs, which can soon add up when you're in the market for something a little more premium.
FixMyCar is here to make the decision-making process as straightforward as possible by taking a closer look at the average maintenance costs of the best premium models on the road today.
Contents
Methodology
We compiled a list of the best luxury and premium cars for 2024 according to Autocar, WhatCar? and Top Gear. Then, using FixMyCar's data from 2023 and 2024, we looked at the average price of a full service, interim service, MOT and aircon regas for each model.
The final step was to calculate the total average price per model, which we used to determine the order of our top ten list.
Top 10 cheapest premium cars to maintain
| Model | Total Maintenance Cost |
|---|---|
| Jaguar XJ | £483.61 |
| Audi A8 | £483.91 |
| Jaguar XF | £490.50 |
| Alpha Romeo Stelvio | £512.86 |
| Land Rover Range Rover Sport | £513.12 |
| Lexus LS | £530.44 |
| Land Rover Range Rover | £530.59 |
| Porsche Panamera | £535.05 |
| Audi Q8 | £540.60 |
| Mercedes S-Class | £550.62 |
The cheapest car to maintain
The cheapest premium car to maintain is the Jaguar XJ with an overall cost of £483.61, beating Audi's A8 model by just 30 pence.
| Maintenance | Average price |
|---|---|
| Aircon regas | £67.39 |
| Full service | £222.16 |
| Interim service | £150.84 |
| MOT | £43.22 |
Data insights
The cheapest premium model for an aircon regas is the Lexus LS (£62.94). The most expensive is the Mercedes S-Class (£105.27).
Lexus LS owners end up paying the most on average for a full service (£253.86), and Jaguar XF owners pay the least (£218.19).
The most expensive premium model for an interim service is the Range Rover (£184.69), and the cheapest is the classic Alpha Romeo Stelvio (£124.92).
When it's time for an MOT, Stelvio owners also see the lowest prices (£42.94 on average), while Range Rover Sport drivers end up paying the most (£45.98).
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Written by Ellie
Ellie is FixMyCar's Content Writer. She has over three years of experience writing about cars and regularly collaborates with automotive experts to provide trustworthy advice for drivers in a language they understand. Her work has been featured in Yahoo! Finance, iNews, The Daily Express and The Sun. She has a BA in English literature and an MA in creative writing from Durham University. Outside of work, Ellie follows F1 and eagerly awaits Ferrari's next era of dominance in the sport. She drives a Suzuki Swift.