Top Ten Cheapest Cars to Maintain
FixMyCar reveals which of the most popular new and used cars are the cheapest to maintain.
Book a car repair nowEllie Dyer-Brown
Friday November 08 2024
2 min read
New year, new you…new car? If you’re looking to buy a new set of wheels, it’s worth researching annual maintenance costs before you decide which model to go for.
Fortunately, FixMyCar has all the information you need.
Top ten cheapest cars to maintain
| Model | Total maintenance cost |
|---|---|
| Tesla Model Y | £352.25 |
| Tesla Model 3 | £360.76 |
| Ford Puma | £361.37 |
| Volkswagen Polo | £364.88 |
| Vauxhall Corsa | £366.43 |
| Ford Focus | £372.81 |
| Nissan Juke | £373.01 |
| Volkswagen T-Roc | £375.48 |
| Nissan Qashqai | £377.75 |
| Hyundai Tucson | £379.17 |
The cheapest car to maintain
The Tesla Model Y is a fast yet practical EV that provides excellent range between charges and comes with the added benefit of Tesla's Supercharger network. It has a four-star rating from WhatCar?.
| Maintenance | Average price |
|---|---|
| Full service | £185.90 |
| Interim service | £120 |
| MOT | £46.35 |
| Total | £352.25 |
The Model Y's annual maintenance cost is £8.46 less than the second-cheapest car, the Tesla Model 3, and £26.92 cheaper than the most expensive model, the Hyundai Tucson.
Data insights
The most expensive model for a full service is the Tesla Model 3, with an average price of £199.83. The cheapest is the Ford Puma (£185.35).
In the interim service category, the Model 3 is the cheapest, costing £115 on average. The most expensive model is the Nissan Qashqai, with an average price of £138.66.
An MOT costs the most for a Tesla Model Y (£46.35) and the least for a Ford Focus (£44.34).
How we worked it out
This guide uses FixMyCar's average quote data from 2023 and 2024 for three aspects of car maintenance: full service, interim service and MOT.
We looked at the ten best-selling cars and the most popular used cars to come up with a final list based on the total cost of the three services above.
Cars that were included in our analysis but didn't make it into the top ten include the Audi A3, BMW 1 Series and Volkswagen Golf.
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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.