What Are the Most Expensive Cars to Maintain?

FixMyCar reveals which cars have the highest maintenance costs.

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Ellie Dyer-Brown

Tuesday November 12 2024

2 min read

It's easy to overlook potential maintenance costs when you buy a car, but these can soon add up. This guide reveals the 15 most expensive car brands for maintenance.


15 most expensive cars to maintain

Car makeTotal average maintenance cost
Bentley£647.84*
Porsche£547.45
Maserati£534.26
Aston Martin£527.95*
Land Rover£505.76
Jaguar£500.02
Subaru£497.76
Lexus£496.78
Mercedes£496.07
Jeep£488.98
Mitsubishi£485.01
Volvo£483.95
SAAB£482.45
BMW£479.26
Mazda£478.87

Data highlights

  • The most expensive manufacturer for a full service is Bentley, costing £354.85 on average. The cheapest is Jeep with a price of £207.46.

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  • An aircon regas costs the most for Maserati drivers, who pay £103.10 on average. Aston Martin is the cheapest brand for keeping cool, costing £64.53.

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  • Bentley is the cheapest for an MOT, with an average price of £45.39. Aston Martin costs the most at £47.94.

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How we worked it out

All the prices in this guide are averages based on FixMyCar's quote data from 2024. We looked at average prices in four key categories - full service, interim service, MOT and aircon regas - to calculate each brand's annual maintenance cost.

Prices with an asterisk (*) next to them include quotes from 2023 since there isn't enough data from 2024 alone to produce a reliable average.


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Ellie is FixMyCar's Content Manager. She has over three years of experience writing about cars and regularly collaborates with automotive experts to provide trustworthy advice for drivers that is easy 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.

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