Which Is the Cheapest Premium German Car to Maintain?
FixMyCar reveals whether Audi, BMW or Mercedes cars are cheaper to maintain.
Compare maintenance pricesEllie Dyer-Brown
Friday August 15 2025
2 min read
Audi, BMW and Mercedes are three of the UK's biggest and best-known car manufacturers. But how do their maintenance costs compare? Find out in this guide.
Average maintenance costs
| Audi | BMW | Mercedes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full service | £209.57 | £213.113 | £219.749 |
| Interim service | £149.82 | £152.71 | £153.91 |
| MOT | £46.67 | £46.66 | £48.97 |
| Aircon regas | £80.22 | £75.86 | £82.28 |
| TOTAL | £486.28 | £488.34 | £504.90 |
As you can see from the table, Audi is the cheapest premium German car manufacturer for maintenance, with the best price in all categories except aircon regas and MOT.
How we worked it out
All prices in this guide are averages based on quotes from FixMyCar's garage network in the past 12 months. To calculate the annual cost of maintenance for each brand, we focused on four categories:
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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.