According to YourMechanic, the top 20 most expensive car models all cost more than $10,000 to maintain over 10 years. Those estimates include expensive one-off costs, such as a transmission rebuild that skew the average higher. Still, it’s worth taking a look at the top 10 most expensive car models to maintain over 10 years in case you want to avoid some of them. Keep in mind, however, that this uses data on vehicles that are at least 10 years old, so improvements could have been made to those models since.
10. Subaru Forester
The Subaru Forester costs an average of $12,200 to maintain over 10 years. YourMechanic also grouped all years of all mdoels by brand to compute an automaker’s average cost to maintain over 10 years and Subaru came in 19th place overall (out of 30 automakers ranked) with an estimated $8,200 maintenance cost over 10 years.
9. Mazda6
With a cost of $12,700 to maintain over 10 years, the Mazda6 lands in 9th place. The Japanese automaker finished 24th overall however, as one of the cheapest automakers to maintain with a cost of $7,500.
8. Audi A4 Quattro
The Audi A4 Quattro comes in eighth place with a maintenance costs of $12,800 over 10 years. Not surprisingly, the German automaker ranked fifth overall among brands, costing $12,400 for maintain over 10 years.